Good international recipe sites?

[Anonymous]

I’m looking to build a “library” of good resources for different cuisines. Websites that are authentic but also accessible to English speakers/American home cooks. YouTube videos with subtitles and specific measurements. Hard copy cookbooks are fine too.

I am going down this rabbit hole because I was trying to make drunken noodles for ages but nothing tasted the same as what they serve at restaurants. I finally figured out the key was using palm sugar, not brown sugar or whatever. We live in an area with access to specialty ingredients, which I’m happy to buy to give it a more authentic taste!

Here are some that I like (I guess I can’t really speak to how authentic these all are, but the entire focus is on the cuisine so I guess that’s something):

- Korean: Maangchi; SeonkYoung Longest
- Thai: Pailin’s Kitchen (Hot Thai Kitchen)
- Indian: South Indian - Hebbar’s Kitchen, Venkatest Bhat on YouTube; North Indian - Ranveer Brar;

What are your favorites from these or other countries? Asia/Africa/Central-South America/Europe - anywhere!

[Anonymous]

Woks of Life: Chinese/Asian
Rasa Malaysia
Omnivore’s Cookbook: Asian
Woon Heng: Asian vegetarian
Sanjana Feasts: Indian vegetarian
Traditionally Modern Food: South Indian
Masterchef Mom: South Indian

[Anonymous]

Made With Lau — Chinese

I’ve had a lot of success with his recipes — and enjoy watching the videos.

https://www.madewithlau.com/

[Anonymous]

I am a polyglot so I just search for what I'm looking for in its language and there are plenty of recipes on the web.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am a polyglot so I just search for what I'm looking for in its language and there are plenty of recipes on the web.

So share some links or this isn’t very helpful.

[Anonymous]

Hot Thai Kitchen is great, and very authentic.

[Anonymous]

I like Marion Grasby. She does a lot of fusion foods though.

[Anonymous]

I like Ministry of Curry - it's accessible for a non-Indian, but as a non-Indian, I have no idea how authentic it is. I do know I had to branch out to an Indian spice shop to find a bunch of ingredients that my local supermarket grocery store doesn't carry. But they also translate a lot of the recipes for using an instant pot, which is a huge time saver and they all come out really good.

[Anonymous]

I took years of Thai cooking classes from Kasma in Oakland long ago. She retired but still maintains her website w recipes. An absolute wealth of knowledge!

https://www.thaifoodandtravel.com/recipe.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hot Thai Kitchen is great, and very authentic.

+1 and Pailin is so brilliant at explaining things. Her Pad See Ew recipe (https://hot-thai-kitchen.com/pad-see-ew-new/) is one of my family’s very favorites. I even made her homemade rice noodles because she was so insistent that proper noodles are the key, and that’s something I never would have done had her YouTube video not made the the steps so clear.

For Vietnamese recipes, I like Andrea Nguyen’s Viet World Kitchen and OP’s recommendation of Maangchi’s site for Korean. I have so many Madhur Jaffrey cookbooks that I don’t use the internet as much when making Indian meals.

[Anonymous]

Chinese Cooking Demystified: https://www.youtube.com/@ChineseCookingDemystified

Glebe Kitchen: https://glebekitchen.com/ - Literally the only Indian recipe site I have ever found that gets US/British Indian restaurant food exactly right. Maybe not 100% authentic but these recipes will taste exactly like the dishes you get at a good Indian restaurant.

SeriousEats covers just about every food from every country and is consistently great: https://www.seriouseats.com/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Woks of Life: Chinese/Asian
Rasa Malaysia
Omnivore’s Cookbook: Asian
Woon Heng: Asian vegetarian
Sanjana Feasts: Indian vegetarian
Traditionally Modern Food: South Indian
Masterchef Mom: South Indian

Another South Indian .. swayam paaka