Australian Way - Ingredients
Shopping in Australian shops
Items that differ in Australia
| Item | Equiv in Australia | Extra info |
|---|---|---|
| Bell pepper | Capsicum | |
| Candlenuts | Macadamia nuts | Macadamia nuts if you cannot find any in Indian or Asian stores. Candle nuts will vary in toxicity and other properties in each country, so be careful. Lifestylefood.com.au about the Candle Nut |
| Cilantro | Coriander | |
| Corn meal | Polenta yahoo answers | yahoo answers |
| Eddo leaves | Taro leaves | |
| Spring (salad) onions | small white onion bulb with long green leaves | green-onion-or-spring-onion-shallot-or-eschalot |
| Garbanzo beans | Chickpea | Basically English versus Spanish, read more here |
| Green Onion | Shallots | Spring onions are also related to these, but have a larger bulb and green shoots and can be used as a substitute. Read more here. |
| Green onion or spring onion, shallot or eschalot | green-onion-or-spring-onion-shallot-or-eschalot | |
| Kemangi leaves | Lemon or sweet basil. | |
| Palm oil | Vegetable oil | Vegetable oil (without palm oil in it) – say no to Palm Oil |
| Palm sugar | Brown sugar | Say no to Palm Sugar |
| Raw pork sausage | Pork sausage mince | Not uncooked sausage, but uncooked sausage mince |
| Salam leaves | Curry or Bay leaves | Salam leaves are Indonesian bay leaves. You can substitute with curry leaves or bay leaves. |
| Scallions | local equiv Spring Onions | wiki pedia Scallion |
| Scotch bonnet | local equiv hot chilli | 100,000–350,000 Scoville Units – see the table here |
| Squash | Butternut pumpkin |
Squash in Australia is
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| Taro root | Yam | Taro is often also called yam more info |
| Taro leaves | Spinache leaves | Can be replaced with Spinache in most cases |
| Vanilla Extract (Pure) | Vanilla Essence | There are different stories comparing them but the common rule of the thumb is; add 2 times more essence than extract. |