Holy Trinity

Every cuisine in the world has the most basic aromatic ingredients to provide the distinctive flavor. There are usually three basic ingredients and they are called the “Holy Trinity”. For example:

French – butter, butter, butter. Ok, I am just kidding. Celery, onion and carrots

Indian – garlic, ginger, onion

Italian – carrots, onion, celery (very much like the French), and sometimes tomato

Japanese – dashi, mirin amd soy sauce

Korean – garlic, ginseng, kimchi

Mexican – pepper, pepper, pepper.

Spanish – garlic, onion and tomato

Chinese – spring onion, ginger, garlic, and sometimes shallots

I have been going back to my roots of Chinese cooking and it is true, the Chinese “holy trinity” is found in almost every dish.