Grilling is part of Southeast Asian home cooking repertoire, according to cookbook author Leela Punyaratabandhu. She describes classic but often unfamiliar dishes in her cookbook, “ Flavors of the Southeast Asia Grill .” Recipes include Laotian grilled beef-stuffed lemongrass, Northern Thai grilled eggs in banana-leaf boats, and grilled bananas.
The cover of “Flavors of the Southeast Asia Grill.” Photo courtesy of Ten Speed Press