Ingredient
Takrai
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Thai cooks use these grayish green stalks to impart a lemony flavor to their dishes. Remove the outer leaves, then use about six inches of the base, discarding the top and the very bottom. It's best to cut lemongrass into large pieces that can be easily removed after the dish is cooked. Frozen lemongrass is a good substitute for fresh, but dried lemongrass (soaked in hot water) is only a fair substitute. Use powdered version (called sereh powder) only in a pinch.
Also known as
- Lemongrass
- Lemon grass
- Citronella
- Fever grass
- Serai
- Sereh
Equivalents
1 small, trimmed stalk = 1 teaspoon sereh powder = 1 tablespoon dried lemon grass
Substitutes
lemon zest (zest from 1 lemon = 2 stalks lemon grass) OR lemon verbena OR lemon balm OR lemon leaves
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