black dry turtle beans • boiling water with 1/2 Tsp of salt and 1/2 Tsp of baking soda • canola, grapeseed, or other neutral oil • hardneck garlic cloves, peeled • dried red thai peppers, whole • white onion, chopped • fresh ginger, chopped • corn starch in 3 Tbs cold water • five spice condiment: 10 grams (1 Tbs) each anise pods, whole cloves, cinnamon stick, fennel seeds, whole black peppercorns • rice cooking wine • shoyu soy sauce • palm sugar •