Pesto with roasted potatoes and sirloin steak. Vegan variations of pesto can include mixes of fresh basil, nuts such as walnut or pine nut, olive oil, and the addition of miso paste and nutritional yeast to provide additional flavor enhancement to the dish. For reasons of expense or availability, walnuts, pecans, cashews or even peanuts are sometimes substituted for the traditional pine nuts. Also, while the nuts are traditionally used as is, some recipes call for prior toasting. While not preferable, other culinary nuts may be used due to the taste disturbances that some people may experience after consuming pine nuts
Soy sauce recipes usually mean "gaeryang-ganjang". Another common name of "gaeryang-ganjang" is "jin-ganjang" (, "dark soy sauce"), because "gaeryang-ganjang" varieties are usually darker in appearance compared to traditional "hansik ganjang". Having been introduced to Korea during the era of Japanese forced occupation, "garyang ganjang" is also called "Wae-ganjang" (, "Wae soy sauce"). Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety's Food Code classifies "gaeryang-ganjang" into four categories by their method of production. Malays from Malaysia, using the Malay dialect similar to Indonesian, use the word "kicap" for soy sauce. "Kicap" is traditionally of two types: "kicap lemak" (lit "fat/rich soy sauce") and "kicap