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Post by mei on Feb 20, 2015 13:10:10 GMT -5
I'm making dim sum tomorrow and for one of the recipes I need this leave vegetable. Haven't been able to find it in the Chinese shop, haven't heard of it before. Am thinking of replacing it with chives and maybe a chopped up onion or spring onions. should be fine, right? (I'm still not good cooking without a recipe.... ) |
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Post by whothingie on Feb 20, 2015 15:21:54 GMT -5
The flavour would be similar but the texture may not be. Are garlic chives available where you are as they are slightly coarser in texture?
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Post by elliedee on Feb 20, 2015 15:41:03 GMT -5
Hmm I've never seen wild garlic in shops, but I get loads of it in my garden. It's the wrong season for it just now. Garlic chives would be a good substitute, alternatively I'd put in some bulb garlic for flavour and/or spinach for texture.
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Post by mei on Feb 20, 2015 16:24:28 GMT -5
Thanks. I did actually get garlic chives, but the recipe wants 350gr which seems like quite a lot. Will use that in any case.
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Post by mei on Feb 20, 2015 16:25:23 GMT -5
I could also try spinach actually.
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Post by Raised_By_Wolves on Mar 24, 2015 17:04:20 GMT -5
How did it turn out?
I was having a Chinese cooking lark during the week of Chinese new year.
Wild garlic is popular in Germany in the spring, where it's known as Bärlauch. I bring back the dried kind from Germany every year. Does not exist in NL in either fresh or dried form.
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Post by mei on Mar 25, 2015 4:25:26 GMT -5
the dumplings were good! ended up adding some garlic chives and spinach which worked.
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Post by elliedee on Mar 25, 2015 15:46:11 GMT -5
Glad they turned out well! The wild garlic is now out in my garden... Trying to think of something I can do with it for Easter lunch.
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Post by sprite on Mar 25, 2015 16:36:19 GMT -5
i think i have garlic growing in a pot in my 'garden.' i'll test it in a month.
not wild, but i did forget about it.
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Post by Raised_By_Wolves on Mar 26, 2015 9:32:47 GMT -5
I want to make them again next week when we have Easter break. Re garlic. I have it in pots in the back garden, has long slender greens but no bulbs. Don't know what went wrong last year. They are still alive and well, just no garlic. Mine:  |
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Post by leela on Mar 26, 2015 13:31:05 GMT -5
The woodland by my house is full of wild garlic in the spring. The smell is amazing. But I've never used it in cooking.
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