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A nutritious legume that is round in shape, small in size, and very versitile as an ingredient for a variety of foods and food dishes.

A coarse, unprocessed sugar, which is generally brown in color, sticky textured and crumbly in consistency.

Oval shaped seeds from the fruit pod of the lotus plant. The seeds, which are eaten fresh or dried, have a sweet, mild flavor and are eaten alone as a snack or are used in desserts, such as sweet fillings.

A plant from the parsley family, known as cilantro from which the seeds are harvested for use as a seasoning.

A starch that is extracted from a variety of palm plants, most notably the sago palm. This starch is commonly used as a thickener for soups, puddings, sauces, and glazes.

A crystalline, water-soluble sugar that is formed from germinated barley as it ferments during the brewing and distilling process, prior to being made into alcohol.

A type of fish that is characterized by a smooth, snakelike body. They are found in fresh water rivers and lakes in Europe and North America, but migrate to the southwestern Atlantic for spawning.

A sauce that serves well as a salad dressing, a marinade or a stir-fry seasoning. When served with fish, poultry, salad greens, vegetables, or pasta this sauce provides a mildly tangy ginger flavor enhanced with sesame and miso (soybean paste).

A variety of kitchen utensils made from the wood of coconut shells. The wood is shaped into the form of the utensil required and sanded to a very smooth surface.

A tropical plant native to the Americas that is grown for its fleshy round tubers, which produce an edible starch after processing.

A medium-grain variety of rice that is cultivated in Thailand. The rice is sold with much of the red bran covering the kernel so that only a hint of the white kernel is revealed.

A medium-grain variety of rice that is cultivated in Indonesia. The rice is sold with only flecks of red bran covering the kernel so that some of the white kernel shows through.

A type of Tuna that may be referred to as Oceanic Tuna or Bonito Tuna that comes from the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

Many different types of food items are placed into this category that may be provided by being taken directly from a growing plant or may be a processed as a food item specifically for the purpose of being wrapped around food.

Made as a water-based soup, this soup combines meat and pasta in a soothing chicken broth. Chicken Wonton Soup, or Chicken Won Ton as it may also be referred, is a soup that contains cooked chicken meat, thick dumpling-like pasta, celery, spinach or herbs, and flavorings that are added to a chicken stock.

Originating from the Middle East region of Europe, this variety of herb is a flowering plant that grows wild in many areas sprouting a colorful purple, star-shaped flower when mature.

A long-grain variety of rice with red bran that is cultivated in Nepal. Himalayan red rice has a rich, nutty flavor and a deep red color when cooked.

An herb that grows wild and has been sought for centuries in various regions of the world as a plant species often associated with properties that promote healing or improved physical and mental performance.

A common food in the Philippines made with anchovies, shrimp and other species of fish that are salt-cured and fermented to be served as a condiment or a seasoning in a variety of food dishes.

A flatbread cracker that may range in size from a few inches wide to a cracker the size of a small plate.