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Whether you want clarity on a cooking technique, recipe term or specific ingredient,
you'll find it here in our A to Z guide to epicurean wisdom. Use the keyword search
or the alphabetical index above to get to grips with culinary lingo.
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Glossary
SrirachaSriracha is a hot chilli sauce made by Huy Fong in Thailand, and is commonly used to spice up streetfood. It's made from sun ripen chilies which are ground into a smooth paste along with garlic and packaged in a convenient squeeze bottle. It is excellent in soups, sauces, pastas, pizzas, hot dogs, hamburgers, chowmein or on anything else to give it a delicious, spicy taste. Available from Woolworths or Asian food stores.
conversion table
½ t = 2 ml
1 t = 5 ml
1 T = 15 ml
½ cup = 125 ml
1 cup = 250 ml
Fahrenheit - Celsius
Subtract 32, then multiply by 0.56
Celsius - Fahrenheit
Multiply by 1.8, then add 32
