21.   Stir the tomatoes, onions, cilantro leaves and diced green chiles into the rice.

22.   The essence of the cooking is the sofrito, a mixture of recao and cilantro leaves, small sweet chili peppers, onions, green peppers and garlic.

23.   Toss noodles with dressing, cilantro leaves, scallions, chicken and broccoli.

24.   Transfer to serving plates and garnish with cilantro leaves.

25.   Using a toothpick, stick a cilantro leaf on top of each shrimp.

26.   Unlike cilantro leaves, which are at home in the likes of salsa, coriander seeds are used to flavor spice cakes and sweet breads in Europe.

27.   When it is done, garnish with minced fresh ginger or minced cilantro leaves.