Shanghai Bai Cai
Shanghai bai cai or bak choy is one of the most popular Chinese vegetable today. In the DC area, you can buy it in almost every supermarket. I use it…
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Choy sum, cai xin
Choy sum is the Cantonese name of this popular Cantonese vegetable. In Mandarin it’s cai xin. A member of the mustard family, choy sum has tiny yellow flowers.…
Gailan
Gailan, known as Chinese broccoli, is from the broccoli family. It has white flowers but the favored part of the vegetable is its stalk. Young tender gailan (pictured first) is…
Pandan leaves
Many people in Singapore love to grow their own pandan plant in their garden so that they have pandan leaves when they need it. The blades of the pandan leaves…