Asian Ingredients for Recipes.

Before I drop all the unfamiliar names for recipes, I would like to make sure we are on the same page. (Pun intended!)

In California, these are easy to come by in major supermarkets and you can always find them in Asian grocery stores.

Buddha Melon	Burdock Root	Chinese Yam	Enoki

Produce:

• Buddha Melon or Buddha's Palm or Chayote Melon 佛手瓜, 合掌瓜
• Burdock Root or Gobo in Japanese 牛蒡
• Chinese or Wild Yam (Nagaimo in Japanese) - 山药 Shan Yao (Also in dried form, called 淮山 Huai Shan) 
• Ginkgo Nuts 銀杏 or 白果
• Enoki Mushrooms 金针菇
• Shiitake Mushrooms 
• Tofu Skin

Ginkgo	Shiitake	Tofu Skin

Canned Food:

• Straw Mushroom or Paddy Straw Mushroom - mostly in canned food section.
• Water chestnut - mostly in canned food section.

Straw Mushrooms	Longan

Dried Fruits:

• Chestnut
• Dried Fig 
• Longan Pulp, pitted or in shells 龍眼

Dried Yam	Dried Lily	Dried Orange Peel

Dried Herbs:

• Dried Chinese Yam - 淮山 (Huai Shan)
• Dried Lily Bulb 百合
• Dried Orange Peel or Tangerine Peel 陳皮
• Dried Shiitake Mushrooms
• Fox Nut 芡實
• Hair-like Seaweed 髮菜
• Honey Prune 蜜枣
• Lady Bell Root 沙參
• Lotus Seed 蓮子
• Red Dates or Jujube 红枣/紅棗
• White Fungus 白木耳 or 雪耳

Fox Nuts	Hair Seaweed	Honey Prune

Lady Bell Root	Lotus Seeds	Jujube	White Fungus

Also, check out my Chinese Herbs Page.