Stir frying was a cooking process, originating from China on Earth, it traditionally involved very quickly cooking ingredients at high temperature in oil in a wok. Benjamin Sisko held the belief that "there was no such thing as a good stir-fry without ginger", when she recalled this whilst talking to Julian Bashir it prompted him to recall a stir-fry dish of Sisko's he once sampled which featured Bajoran shrimp. (DS9 novel: Avatar, Book One)