Healthy Meal Ideas: Green Herbs For Laksa Soup And Pasta Dishes

Cooking a dish to perfection is getting hold of the mix and match secrets of herbs. There is, for instance, to create the quintessential sweet and spicy taste of coconut milk in curry laksa soup, or the sour and spicy flavor of the tamarind version, you need at least 8 herbs, including the garnish. In both laksa cases, the dominant strong-flavored herb root is ginger while the rest is a mixture of medium and mild-flavored herbs. As for pasta dishes, the herb requirement is derived from four recipes: 'Pasta with Pesto and Fresh Herbs' from 'Good Food' magazine, 'Pasta with Spring Herbs' of Martha Stewart, 'Lemon Pasta with Herbs and Cracked Pepper' from Delia's vegetarian collection, and 'Garlic Butter Spaghetti with Herbs' of Lindsay Ostrom. It is found that, for pastas, you will need either all green herbs or a mixture of bulbous and green herbs. Only one strong-flavored herb, sage or basil is included while the remaining herbs are either medium or delicate-flavored. The point is you must strike a balance among the different flavors of herbs.

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