Main Ingredient
Beef 500 g.
Sliced kaffir lime leaves 5 leaves
Oil 30 g.
Chilli paste Ingredient
Sliced lemon grass plants 3
Garlic 2 bulbs
Shallot 5 bulbs
Sliced galangal 30 g.
Sliced turmeric 15 g.
Sliced kaffir lime leaves 30 g.
Salt 7 g.
Dried hot chillies 50
Young pepper 50 g.
* 30 grams = 1oz. , 1kilogram = 2.24 lbs.

Fish Curry in a Cup

You know me, I just love blogging about Thai food. I love cooking Thai food and I love eating Thai food. If I am walking down the market and I see my favourite dish in the distance, I will cross the road just to buy it. That is what I did yesterday afternoon when I spotted haw mok being sold by the side of the road near Paknam Market. I haven't had this dish for such a long time.

This curry dish can be made with either fish, chicken or pork. I don't particularly like seafood but I love this dish. (Sorry, I think I said that already.) Anyway, it is quite simple to make. Stir red curry paste with one cup of coconut milk and mix in the fish. Break in an egg and season with fish sauce (I will try and do a blog on sauces soon). Add some more coconut milk and keep stirring and stirring for up to 20 minutes! Then add half a cup of basil leaf, two tablespoons of coriander and one tablespoon of kaffir lime leaves. Stir again.

Next, make cups out of banana leaves. Line the bottom with plenty of basil leaves. Fill the cup with the mixture and then steam for about 15 minutes. Next you add the creamy topping. This is made from coconut milk and rice flour. Sprinkle on top some chopped coriander and a kaffir lime leave. Add a slice red chili for a bit of colour. Steam for a further one minute and then it is ready. Delicious!

You can find this recipe in an excellent cookery book called "Popular Thai Cuisine" published by Sangdad Books.

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"Pad See You" - Thai Soy Sauce Noodles

This is a delicious stir-fried Thai noodle dish. It is basically noodles stir-fried with soy sauce- sounds kind of plain, but it is truly delicious.

Ingredients:
8 oz of meat (beef, chicken, pork, or seafood)
8 oz noodles of your choice (normally fresh rice noodles are used)
1 tablespoon fish sauce
1 tablespoon palm sugar (or substitute regular sugar)
1 tablespoon oyster sauce
3 tablespoons soy sauce
1 cup broccoli cut

Additional Ingredients for marinade of meat:
1 egg
2-3 cloves of garlic, crushed
1 tablespoon oyster sauce
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1 tablespoon rice wine
1 tablespoon palm sugar
1 tablespoon sesame oil
1 teaspoon black pepper.

Preparation:
1. Slice the meat into bite sized pieces then marinade it in recipe described above for 1 hour.
2. Prepare your noodles. If they are fresh, you do not need to do anything, but if you are using dry noodles, you will need to soak them in water for 15 or so minutes until they are soft.

Directions:
You will need a medium to large sized skillet. Grease the skillet with the oil of your choice, and then cook the meat until it is almost done. Then add in the rest of the ingredients, and stir-fry for about 2 minutes.

"Khao Soy" (Chiang Mai Noodles)

This is the fettuccini Alfredo of Thailand!
It consists of a creamy curry sauce that is served over egg noodles. This particular dish is named after the Northern Thai city from which it was created: Chiang Mai.

Ingredients:
4 ounces fresh egg noodle
1 tablespoon chopped garlic
1 tablespoon red curry paste
1/2 cup of coconut milk
4 ounces of ground pork
1 cup chicken stock
1 tablespoon curry powder
1 pinch of turmeric powder
2 tablespoons of fish sauce
1 teaspoon lime juice

Note:
The egg noodles should be fresh. If you cannot find fresh egg noodles, you may substitute almost any other noodle you desire. However if you intend to use dried noodles, remember to soak them first for 20 minutes.

Directions:
Here is the two step plan. You should be doing these simultaneously.

Step 1
Bring a medium sized pot of water to a boil.
Cook the noodles for roughly 20 seconds.
Strain the noodles, and put them on your plate

Step 2
In a medium sized saucepan, heat the coconut milk on low heat, and slowly stir in the curry paste. When it begins to simmer, add in the remaining items, except for the pork. Wait about 1 minute, then add in the pork, and cook until the pork is done (not pink in the middle)
Pour the sauce over the noodles, and voila!

http://www.thai-food.com/recipes/khao_soy.html

"Yum Talay" - Seafood Salad

It says salad, but note that most Thai salads don't have a lot of vegetables!
This particular dish is easy to prepare and can be served as either an appetizer, or as part of the main course. It is normally prepared spicy, however you may feel the need to decrease the amount of chili that you use during preparation.

Ingredients:
1/2 pound of shrimp
4 imitation crab meat sticks, sliced into 1/4" chunks
2 oz. squid, cut into bite sized pieces
2 tablespoons of lime juice
1 tablespoon dry red chili, ground
2 tablespoons fish sauce
1 teaspoon palm sugar (or substitute regular sugar)
1 teaspoon shrimp paste (Ka-pi)
1 teaspoon very finely sliced jalapenos
1 shallot, sliced thin
2 lime leaves, sliced thin
2 tablespoons onion, chopped

Directions:
Add the fish sauce, lime juice, red chili, palm sugar, and shrimp paste into a small saucepan, bring to a simmer. Add in the seafood and jalapenos. Cook for about 2 minutes, or until the seafood is cooked through. Remove from the heat, and add in the lime leaves, shallots, and onions.
Serve at room temperature.

http://www.thai-food.com/recipes/yum_talay.html

"Yum Hoi Mang Pu" - Thai Mussel Salad

Yum is Thai for "Spicy Salad" (roughly translated). Yum usually consists of a type of meat or seafood, and basically fish sauce, lemon juice and chili. This particular variation is prepared with mussel meat. Thai people usually eat yum-type dishes as an appetizer or snack. But it is not uncommon to have Yum as a part of your main meal.
This recipe serves four.

Ingredients:
1 cup mussel meat. (You can buy mussel meat or mussels on the half-shell- but mussel meat is far easier to work with.)
2 tablespoons fresh lemongrass, finely sliced lengthwise and in one inch strips
1/4 cup finely sliced shallots
10 Prick Kee Noo (Thai chilies) (Use flat side of a knife to flatten them so that their seeds break through the skin.)
1 head of lettuce (for the garnish)
Hand full of fresh mint leaves
2 tablespoons fish sauce
2 tablespoons lemon juice

Preparation:
1. Clean your mussels, and rinse them in water.
2. Using a small pot, bring some water to a boil, and add in the mussels. Boil them for a few minutes until done.
3. Strain the mussels, and put them aside.
4. Remove the water from the pot, and then add in all of the other items, followed by the mussels, and stir.

http://www.thai-food.com/recipes/yum_hoimangpu.html

Lahb Gai" (Spicy Chicken Salad)

Lahb Gai is a popular Thai salad dish that originated from the eastern part of Thailand, or E-Sarn Province. E-Sarn food is typically spicy and full of robust flavor. This particular dish can be eaten alone or with rice. It is traditionally served with sticky rice, typical of E-Sarn food.

Ingredients:
2 pounds ground chicken
1 cup chicken stock
1/2 cup of sliced green onions
1/2 cup of sliced red onions
1/2 cup of shredded mint leaves
4 tablespoons fish sauce
4 tablespoons lemon juice
1 cup grounded roasted-rice (see below)
1-teaspoon green pepper (sliced)
Ground dry red chili

Directions:
Heat the chicken stock in a medium sized pot, and then add in the ground chicken. Cook for a few minutes until the chicken is done. Drain and allow the chicken to cool down, then add in the lemon juice, green and red onions, and mint leaves. Add in the fish sauce, and stir. At this point, you may add in more lemon juice if it suits your taste. I recommend adding in about 2 tablespoons of dried red chili, but you may use more or less than the recommended amount. The last step is to add in the roasted rice. This dish is typically garnished with a 1/4 head of lettuce and cilantro and green beans (these items are all optional)

Stir the chicken in the hot pan until it is almost done. Then mix the chicken with fish sauce and then add lemon juice; add green onion, red onion, pepper, and mint leaves; add fish sauce or lemon
juice to taste. Add the roasted rice powder. Taste it one more time and add either fish sauce or chili to suit your taste. Eat with rice or sticky rice. Look for some crunchy vegetables like lettuce or napa cabbage to eat it with.

Roasted Rice
Set your burner to the highest setting, and add in one cup of rice. Keep stirring until the rice becomes brown and color. It will almost achieve a burnt look. Then grind it using either a coffee grinder or mortar and pestle.

http://www.thai-food.com/recipes/lahb_gai.html

Thailand is the most visiting destination of southeast Asia with over 14 million visitors per year. Thailand offers irresistible culture combination of breathtaking natural beauty, inspiring temples, outstanding hospitality and superb cuisine. Thailand is the most popular destination in the Southeast Asia. What brings back visitors every years is undoubtedly the warmth of the Thai people, their laidback attitude, the kingdom's at-times incomprehensible yet beguiling customs, feverish festivals, and amazing culinary adventures. Sunny beach, shopping bargains, ancient palaces, and stunning temples. Thailand can offer anyone from the top-executive searching for luxurious respite to the backpackers hoping to explore beyond the beaten track. For many, Thailand's most notable draws are its opulent royal palaces, ancient ruins, and ornate temples housing skillfully crafted figures of Buddha, a revered symbol that underscores a fervent and widespread devotion by the (less Westernized) traditionalists. In madcap Bangkok, you'll find an ultramodern cityscape muscling in on quiet canal and riverside communities.

As for medical tourism and dentistry aspects, Thailand has an excellent history of providing quality healthcare to her own people and to international medical travelers. This reputation has not developed overnight, but is the result of significant, continual investment and maintenance. From Newsweek records, we are number one medical hub in Asia. In 2006, we welcomed more than 1.5 million foreigners specifically for healthcare.

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Natural wonder Na Haeo National Park local culture.

Loei Tourism Business Association in cooperation with the Tourism Authority of Thailand Office, I invite those interested. Nature tourism experience. Beauty and culture 3 days 2 nights in a direct, natural wonder Local culture Haeo “apply now through September 30, 2553.

Director of TAT I say this path is the path to another beautiful Loei. Tourism in the district and Phu Rua Haeo Dan Sai district. Highlight of the trip include the visit of Thai life – Laos Along the waterfront to เหื. That worship the ground instead. This is the element that constitutes the soil. And measuring hundreds of years old at Wat Pho Chai Si. Appreciate natural beauty of the mountain complex. Complete and state forests. In the Park Chit Phu Suan Sai. Touch of coolness to เหื Tat. And nature of Tao Pooeoo lovely. Visit worship sacred Wat Pho see the beautiful flowers of various species of garden flowers Lung Education. Breathe fresh air and achieved total Rua National Park. Worship Buddha at Wat Chinnarat model heaven insight And Phra That Si Song Rak. Sak, a sanctuary right in the land of truth and friendship Dan Sai district. Finally, the activity. View story History of Traditional Boon Luang Phi Ta Khon, and amusement at Phi Ta Khon Wat Phon Chai.

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Thailand selected ‘Best Tourist Country in the World’ in Norwegian Awards.

Once again, Thailand has been voted the ‘Best Tourist Country in the World’ by the 2009 Norwegian Grand Travel Award, organized by Fagbladet Travel News – an independent Norwegian travel trade magazine. His Excellency, Ambassador of Thailand to Norway, Mr. Jullapong Nonsrichai, together with Director of the Tourism Authority of Thailand in Scandinavia, Mr. Manit Boonchim, jointly accepted the prestigious travel trade award on behalf of the Kingdom of Thailand. It is the seventh consecutive year that Thailand has won the prestigious title in the 14 years that the awards have been given. Thai Airways International won the 2009 Norwegian Grand Travel Award for Best Intercontinental airline, the fifth consecutive year that Thai Airways has won the award.No tags for this post.

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Stir-Fried Chicken with Cashew Nuts [Kai Pad Med Ma-Manug]

Stir-Fried Chicken with Cashew Nuts [Kai Pad Med Ma-Manug]

A popular Thai dish of stir-fried chicken mixed with cashew nuts garlic and dried chilli. Serve hot as part of a main meal.

Stir-Fried Chicken with Cashew Nuts Ingredients

1. 300 g. sliced chicken thigh

2. 1 1/2 tablespoon soy sauce

3. 2 tablespoons oyster sauce

4. 1/3 cup roasted cashew nuts

5. 2 spring onions, chopped

6. 3 cloves garlic, minced

7. 1/4 onion, cut into small cubes

8. 4 dried chillies, chopped

9. 1 teaspoon seasoning soy sauce

10. 1 tablespoon sugar

11. 1 tablespoon cooking wine

12. 2 tablespoons vegetable oil

Stir-Fried Chicken with Cashew Nuts Preparations

1. Heat oil in a wok over medium heat. When oil is hot, add minced garlic, chop onion, and dried chillies, and fry until fragrant.

2. Then, add chicken, and season with soy sauce, oyster sauce, and sugar.

3. Stir-fry until all ingredients mix thoroughly and chicken is cooked, then add cooking wine, roasted cashew nuts, and spring onion. Stir quickly for 1-2 minutes, then remove from heat.

4. Transfer stir-fried chicken and cashew nuts to a serving dish, and serve immediately.

Stir-Fried Chicken with Holy basil leaves [Pad Krapao Gai]

Stir-Fried Chicken with Holy basil leaves [Pad Krapao Gai]

This Chicken Basil Recipe is one of the classics Thai menu. It made using holy basil which has a slightly hot taste to it but you can use any sort of b

Stir-Fried Chicken with holy basil leaves Ingredients

1. 450 grams chicken thighs, cut into bite-size pieces

2. 5 cloves garlic, finely chopped

3. 1/2 cup onion, sliced

4. 2 tablespoons vegetable oil

5. 2 teaspoons black soy sauce

6. 2 tablespoons fish sauce

7. 1 cup fresh holy basil

8. 7 chillies, chopped and pounded coarsely

9. Dash of ground white pepper

Stir-Fried Chicken with holy basil leaves Preparations

1. Heat a wok until the oil is hot, then stir in the garlic, and then add onions. Stir another few seconds before adding the chicken. Continue Stir-frying until chicken is cooked throughly.

2. Add chillies and sprinkle black soy sauce over the mixture and stir-fry another 15-20 seconds.

3.Then add fresh basil leaves and fish sauce to taste. Stir and mix well. Sprinkle with white pepper. Stir and transfer to a serving dish. Normally, Thai people love to eat this dish with steamed rice and fried egg.

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Fried Egg in Clear Soup [Kang Jued Kai Num]

This Thai Clear Soup menu is easy to make. Serve hot a

Fried Egg in Clear Soup Ingredients

1. 200 grams ground pork

2. 100 grams vermicelli noodle (optional)

3. 6 eggs, beaten 1 cup oil

4. 1 tablespoon. crispy fried chopped garlic (for topping)

5. 1 cup thin sliced onions

6. 6 cups chicken stock or water

7. 1/ 3 cup fish sauce

8. 1/8 teaspoon white pepper

9. 300 grams chinese cabbage, cut into well pieces

10. 2 spring onions cut into 1 inch long pieces

Fried Egg in Clear Soup Preparations

1. Heat oil in a wok over low heat, and add beaten eggs, fry until golden brown ( about 2 minutes on each side) and set aside, then cut into small strips.

2. In a pot, bring the chicken stock (or water) to boil. When boiling, add pork and stir until cooked.

3. Add onion, chinese cabbages and spring onions, the egg strips,and the remaining ingredients.

4. Remove to a serving bowl. Before serving, garnish with crispy fried chopped garlic on top of the bowl.

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Massaman Beef [Massaman Neur]

Massaman Beef [Massaman Neur]

Massaman Beef Ingredients

1. 400 grams beef, cut into well pieces

2. 1/2 cup coconut milk

3. 2 tablespoons sugar

4. 1/2 tablespoon salt

5. 1 cup potato, peel and cut into big chunks

6. 1 tablespoon masaman curry paste

7. 1 tablespoon tamarind

8. 1 cinnamon stick l

9. 1/4 cup cashew

10. 2 pinches cardamom

11. 2 leaves bay leaf

Massaman Beef Preparations

1. Heat coconut milk and masaman curry paste in a pot over low heat, and stir until you see the red oil bubbling up (about 5 minutes),

2.. Add the meat and continue stirring. Add half a cup of water or enough cover all the meat.

3. Add the rest of ingredients, except for potatoes, onion and cashew. Stew for 40 minutes or until beef is getting tender.

4. Add onion, potatoes, and cashews. Let simmer for 30 minutes more (during simmering, if the liquid is very low, add more water). Transfer to a serving bowl.

Beef Panang Curry[Panang Neur]

Beef Panang Curry[Panang Neur]

Panang curry is slightly different from the other coconut milk curries in that it has a thicker sauce from an amazing array of dried spices. It combines some herbs such as basil leaves , red chilli and k

Beef Panang Ingredients

1. 400 grams beef tenderloin, sliced

2. 2 tablespoons panang curry paste

3. 2 tablespoons vegetable cooking oil

4. 150 gms coconut milk

5. 2 tablespoons palm sugar

6. 2 tablespoons fish sauce

7. 10 basil leaves

8. 1 red chilli, sliced

9. 3 kaffir lime leaves

Beef Panang Preparations

1. Heat the oil in a wok and fry the curry paste for one minute, then pour in the coconut milk and boil.

2. Add beef and season with palm sugar and fish sauce.

3. Once the beefs are cooked, then add basil, chilli and kaffir lime leaves. Transfer to a serving bowl. Serve with steamed rice is also a good way to enjoy this recipe.

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Thai Coconut Milk Soup with Chicken [Tom Kha Gai]

Thai Coconut Milk Soup with Chicken [Tom Kha Gai]

Thai Coconut Milk soup has a creamy consistency and has a lovely lemony flavour to it. The

main herbs are galangals chillies and coriander leaves which are very well known her

Thai Coconut Milk Soup with Chicken Ingredients

1. 2 cups coconut milk

2. 1 cup chicken stock

3. 2-3 medium pieces fresh galangal, peeled and sliced

4. 3 chicken breast fillets (cut into well pieces)

5. 2 teaspoons chilies, finely chopped

6. 1 tablespoon fish sauce

7. 1 teaspoon sugar

8. 1/2 cup fresh coriander leaves

9. 5 coriander leaves for garnish

Thai Coconut Milk Soup with Chicken Preparations

1. Add coconut milk, chicken stock and galangal in a pan.

2. Bring to boil and simmer over low heat for 8 minutes, stirring occasionally.

3. Add chicken pieces and chilli to pan, simmer for another 6 minutes.Continue stirring until cooked and all ingredients mixed well. 4. Season with fish sauce and sugar. Add coriander leaves Before serving, garnished with remaining coriander leaves.bs in Thailand.

Red Curry with Roasted Duck [Kang Phed Ped Yang]

Kang Phed Ped Yang is a unique dish of roast duck in a spicy red curry. It combines kaffir lime leaves and many ingredients. Serve hot as part of a main meal.

Red Curry with Roasted Duck Ingredients

1. 1 roasted duck, deboned and cut into well sized pieces

2. 5 pieces of pineapple, cut into bite sized pieces

3. 4 fresh kaffir lime leaves, chopped

4. 1 teaspoon sugar

5. 2 1/2 cups coconut milk

6. 8 cherry tomatoes

7. 1 cup eggplant, cut into bite-sized pieces

8. 1/2 teaspoon salt

9. 2 tablespoons fish sauce

10. 1/2 cup water (or chicken stock)

11. 1 1/2 tablespoons vegetable cooking oil

12. 3 tablespoons red curry paste

Red Curry with Roasted Duck Preparations

1. Heat oil in a wok over medium heat and add the red curry paste, stir well. Then add 3/4 cups coconut milk and stir until mixed thoroughly.

2. Add the roasted duck and stir often. Then pour the mixture into a pot, add the remaining coconut milk, water, tomatoes, pineapples, eggplants, kaffir lime leaves, sugar, salt, and fish sauce.

Green Curry with Chicken [Kang Kaew Wan Kai]

Kang Kaew Wan is a popular dish of chicken in a spicy green curry. It combines many herbs such as basil leaves, chillies, kaffir lime leaves. Serve hot as part of a ma

Green Curry with Chicken Ingredients

1. 1/4 cup green curry paste

2. 350 grams chicken breast or thigh, cut in bite-size pieces

3. 1 1/4 cups coconut milk

4. 1/4 cup thai basil leaves

5. 2 eggplants, cut into small pieces.

6. 1/2 cup chicken stock

7. 2 teaspoons palm sugar

8. 3 tablespoons fish sauce

9. 2 red chilies, sliced diagonally

10. 4 kaffir lime leaves

Green Curry with Chicken Preparations

1. Bring 1 1/4 cups of coconut milk (use the thick cream off the top) to a boil in a pan. Cook over medium heat, stirring often for 3 to 5 minutes. Add green curry paste; continue to cook and stir until the mixture becomes dry and fragrant. Transfer mixture to a larger pot.

2. Add the chicken and stir for 1-2 minutes, add fish sauce, sugar, keep stirring for another minute then add cut eggplant, the remaining coconut milk and chicken stock. Cook over medium heat until the chicken is cooked and eggplant is tender.

3. Add kaffir lime leaves and Thai basil. Bring to a boil. Remove from heat and adjust the seasoning and transfer to a serving bowl.

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Stir-Fried Rice Noodle with Shrimp [Pad Thai Koong]

Thai style fried noodle is very well known and is one of the dishes that foreigners love to eat. It combines with many ingredients such as bean sprouts, green onion, chillies, lemons, etc.

Stir-Fried Rice Noodle with Shrimp Ingredients

1. 12 fresh Shrimp

2. 90 gram Dry Rice Noodle (3 - 5 m.m.)

3. 50 gram Fresh Bean Sprouts

4. 2 tablespoons Chopped (1") Green Onion

5. 6 tablespoons Fish Sauce

6. 6 tablespoons Oyster Sauce

7. 3 teaspoons Vinegar

8. 2 tablespoons Sugar

9. 2 Tablespoons Preserved Turnip

10. 2 Tablespoons Crushed Peanuts

11. 1 Tablespoon Paprika

12. 2 Eggs

13. 1 Teaspoon Red Chili (for Spicy lover)

14. 1/2 Lemon

Stir-Fried Rice Noodle with Shrimp Preparations

1. Soak the noodles about 30 minutes in room temperature water.

2. Heat and season the wok. Add the Shrimp and grill for 90 seconds. Add the Eggs. When the eggs are not quite finished, add the Noodles, Sugar, Peanuts, Turnips and Paprika. Stir Fry until all ingredients are mixed well and the noodles are wilted.

3. Season with the Fish Sauce, Oyster Sauce and vinegar. Then add Bean Sprouts, Green Onions and Red Chili. Stir fry quickly ensuring everything is well combined. If you like wet noodle dishes de glaze with 5 oz. water stock. If you like firmer dry noddles de glaze with only 2 oz. water stock. Place on Serving plate and garnish with more Bean Sprouts and a Lemon wedge.

Papaya Salad [Som Tum]

Papaya salad is very popular with both Thais and foreigners. It combines many vegetables such as papaya, tomato, chilies, galics, etc. Thais like to eat with sticky r

Papaya Salad Ingredients

1. 2 cups shredded green papaya

2. 1/2 cup shredded carrot

3. 1/2 cup sting bean (cut into 1" long)

4. 2 tablespoons fish sauce

5. 1 1/2 tablespoons palm sugar

6. 3 tablespoons lime juice

7. 1/2 cup tomato (wedged)

8. 1/3 cup dried shrimps

9. 1/4 cup peanuts

10. 10 green chilies

11. 5 cloves fresh garlic

Papaya Salad Preparations

1. Use motar and prestle to crush the chilli and garlic, add shrimps, continue crushing.

2. Add sugar, continue beating with the prestle, then add the papaya, carrot, sting bean, fish sauce, lime juice, tomato, and peanuts. Continue beating until all ingredients mixed well.

3. Finally, season with sugar, fish sauce, or lime. The original taste this dish should be the balance taste between sweet, (pepper) hot, salty, and sour.

4. Serve with vegetables (e.g. cabbage, string bean, napa, etc.). Thai people love to eat Sticky Rice with Papaya Salad. In this case, sticky rice can be served together with finished Papaya Salad.

Papaya Salad [Som Tum]

Papaya salad is very popular with both Thais and foreigners. It combines many vegetables such as papaya, tomato, chilies, galics, etc. Thais like to eat with sticky r

Papaya Salad Ingredients

1. 2 cups shredded green papaya

2. 1/2 cup shredded carrot

3. 1/2 cup sting bean (cut into 1" long)

4. 2 tablespoons fish sauce

5. 1 1/2 tablespoons palm sugar

6. 3 tablespoons lime juice

7. 1/2 cup tomato (wedged)

8. 1/3 cup dried shrimps

9. 1/4 cup peanuts

10. 10 green chilies

11. 5 cloves fresh garlic

Papaya Salad Preparations

1. Use motar and prestle to crush the chilli and garlic, add shrimps, continue crushing.

2. Add sugar, continue beating with the prestle, then add the papaya, carrot, sting bean, fish sauce, lime juice, tomato, and peanuts. Continue beating until all ingredients mixed well.

3. Finally, season with sugar, fish sauce, or lime. The original taste this dish should be the balance taste between sweet, (pepper) hot, salty, and sour.

4. Serve with vegetables (e.g. cabbage, string bean, napa, etc.). Thai people love to eat Sticky Rice with Papaya Salad. In this case, sticky rice can be served together with finished Papaya Salad.

Spicy Soup with Prawn and Lemon Grass [Tom Yum Koong]

Tom Yum Goong soup combines all the exotic flavours of Thai Food bringing together herbs ingredients such as lemongr

Spicy Soup with Prawn and Lemon Grass Ingredients

1. 12 medium-size shrimps, deveined

2. 10 mushrooms

3. 1 stalk of lemon grass (lightly pounded and cut into 2" long)

4. 3 lime leaves

5. 1 teaspoon of salt

6. 2 tablespoons of fishsauce

7. 3 tablespoons of lime juice

8. 6 hot peppers (pounded lightly)

9. 4 cups of water

10. 1/2 cup of roughly cut coriander leaves

Spicy Soup with Prawn and Lemon Grass Preparations

1. Remove the shrimp shell but leave the tails (for good appearance). Then cut open the back of each shrimp to remove the veins. Also clean the mushrooms with water and dry them well before wedging each into quarters.

2. Bring water to boil, then add lemon grass, lime leaves, and shrimps. When the shrimps turn pink, add mushrooms and salts.

3. Remove the pot from heat after boiling. Then season with fish sauce, lime juice, and hot peppers. Serve the soup while still hot and garnish on top with pieces of coriander leaves.

Sweet Fried Crepes ( Kanoom-Berng )

Ahh, one of my favorite snacks, a crispy pancake with a sweet filling. The yellow one is sugared egg yolk strands. But for this recipe, I'm covering the shredded sweet shrimp topping.
In the photo below you can see them being fried on a flat plate, when they are hot and still slightly soft, a layer of cream is spread on them, followed by a topping, then they are folded in half and the pancake crisps up.
This recipe uses limestone water, but use plain water if you can't find it. Limestone helps crisp the pancake.
Make all the parts first, the cream, the batter, the topping, (get your spoons ready, and the plate you want to put them onto!). Then assemble a few at a time, frying off the pancakes on a flat griddle, adding the topping while they're hot then setting them aside to cool.

Ingredients for Pancake
100 gms Flour
200 gms Mung Bean Flour
350 gms Rice Flour
110 gms Palm Sugar
480 ml Limestone Water
2 Egg Yolks

Preparation
1. Mix all flours together then add all the other ingredients in, mix well and leave to stand.

Ingredients for Cream
3 Eggs Whites
110 gms Icing Sugar
1 Teaspoon Lime Juice

Preparation
1. Take the egg white, icing sugar and lime juice and whisk to a white cream.

Ingredients for Sweet Shrimp
100 gms Shrimps
2-3 Garlic Cloves
1 Teaspoon White Pepper
10 gms Coriander Root or Seeds
100 gms Desiccated (Ground) Coconut
150 gms Sugar
1 Teaspoons Salt
2 Tablespoons Oil
2-3 Drops of Orange Food Colouring
10 gms Sliced Kaffir Leaves for Garnish

Preparation
1. Clean the shrimp, remove the shell and cut down the back to remove the black thread 'gut'.
2. Chop the shrimp into a fine mince.
3. Pound the garlic and coriander root/seeds and white pepper together until well ground up.
4. Fry the shrimp and pounded mixture in a frying pan with a little oil until part cooked, 30 seconds or so is fine.
5. Mix the ground coconut with the orange food colouring, add to the frying pan, add the sugar and salt and fry for a further 2 minutes. The sugar will slightly caramelize.

How to Assemble
1. Put the griddle plate or frying pan on a medium heat.
2. Take a spoonful of the batter and swirl it around to make a round small pancake about 8-10cms in diameter. The pancakes need to be very thin since they are cooked from one side only.
3. Remove with a spatula as soon as it is cooked.
4. Spread a spoonful of the cream mix onto the pancake.
5. Top with a dollop of the sweet shrimp, then fold up the two sides and stack them side by side on the plate.

Pork Steamed Rice Parcels ( Kow Griep Pag Mor )

These parcels are made from fried pork and herbs, wrapped in a pastry made from steamed rice flour and starch and served with a sweet and sour sauce. The pastry is cooked separately from the filling and it's very different from the cooking methods you may be use to. The actual pastry mix is liquid when uncooked. In order to cook it, you need to tie a cheese cloth or clean handkerchief tightly stretched over the top of a pan of water. The pan is then put on the heat, the water boils, and the steam rises through the cloth. The liquid pastry is poured onto the cheese cloth with a ladle and the ladle used to spread the mixture over the cloth. It cooks very quickly due to the steam and can be peeled off. The aluminum pan from a Thai Steamer is perfect for this.

Ingredients for Pastry (Makes 15)
75 gms Cassava Starch (or Corn Starch)
140 gms Rice Flour
1 Teaspoon Sugar
350 ml Water

Equipment for Making Pastry
Steaming Pan
Cheese Cloth
String to Cloth With

Ingredients for Filling
100 gms Pork Mince
40 gms Coriander Leaves
40 gms Spring Onion
1 Tablespoon Chopped Garlic
2 Tablespoons Maggi Sauce (Savory seasoning sauce)
2 Tablespoons Oil

Preparation
1. Oil a frying pan, add the garlic, pork, spring onion, chopped coriander leaves and Maggi sauce.
2. Fry until the pork is cooked, and set it aside.
3. Half fill a steaming pan with water, cover with a cheese-cloth and tie the cloth so that it is tight and flat over the top of the pan. Put the pan onto heat to boil.
4. Mix the rice flour with the cassava starch, water and sugar to form the liquid pastry.
5. When the pan is boiling, ladle some of the flour mix onto the cloth and spread it around quickly using the ladle. Place a lid over the pastry and let it cook for a minute.
6. Spoon some of the filling mixture onto the centre of the pastry and fold the edges over to form a parcel around the meat. A spatula is useful to fold the pastry over. Once you've done that you can move it to a plate.

Ingredients for Sweet Sour Dipping Sauce
4 Tablespoon Sugar
30 ml Water
70ml Tamarind Water or Lemon Juice
1 Teaspoon Salt
1 Teaspoon Spring Onion
2 Teaspoon Chopped Crushed Peanuts

Preparation
1. Mix the tamarind water with the sugar, salt, and water put it on a meduim heat until the salt and sugar are dissolved.
2. Add the spring onion and peanut in and leave it to cool. It should be served warm.

Serve With
Lettuce
Fried Garlic
Chilli
Coriander
Mint

Red Curried Duck ( Gang Pate Pet Yang )

The most unusual part of this recipe is the rambutans, the semi-sweet Thai fruit we add to it to balance the spicy curry. Lychees can be substituted very successfully if you can't obtain rambutans. The duck though is essential, it has a soft meat that blends into the dish. If you can't get hold of duck, try one of the other pork or chicken red curry recipes on this site instead!

Ingredients for 2 People
100 gms Duck
200 ml Coconut Milk
Water for Boiling
3 Tablespoons Thai Red Curry Paste
2 Tablespoons Brown Sugar
2 Tablespoons Oil
2 Red Chillies
5 Basil Leaves
4 Kaffir Citrus Leaves
5 Cherry Tomatoes
1 Teaspoon Salt
2 Tablespoons Fish Sauce
2 Cubed Raw Potatoes
4 Rambutans (From a tin is better than fresh for this recipe)

Preparation
1. Boil the potatoes in water until they are cooked, drain off the water, leaving only approx. 100 mls remaining in the pan.
2. Clean the duck and slice the meat into strips.
3. Into a frying pan, fry the curry paste in the oil for few seconds - this will release the flavours - then add duck and stir fry in the hot oil. Again this only needs to be done for a few seconds.
4. Cut the chillies and kaffir leaves into smaller pieces and add to the frying pan with the duck.
5. Add the coconut milk, salt, sugar and fish sauce, and fry for 2 minutes.
6. Add the contents of the frying pan to the potato pan and bring the liquid back to the boil.
7. Add the rambutans, basil leaves, and cherry tomatoes and serve immediately.

Serve With
Hot Thai Fragrant Rice

Thai Rice Flour Muffins (Kanom Tui Fu)

Thai Rice Flour Muffins (Kanom Tui Fu)

Tha

i Rice Flour Muffins (Kanom Tui Fu)

This is the Thai version of muffins, they are made with rice flour, scented very gently with rose or other flower water and steamed rather than baked. To cook this you will need foil or paper cups, the dough mixture is runny and needs to be held in a cup during cooking. You can see from the pink muffin sliced in half in the picture above, that the mixture forms light moist muffins.

Ingredients for 4 Muffins
125 gms Rice Flour
125 gms Sugar
125 ml Rose Water
1 Teaspoon Fresh Yeast
1 Teaspoon Baking Soda
Food Colouring (Optional)

Preparation
1. Mix the yeast with the rice flour, add the rose water little by little and mix until the flour is soft.
2. Add sugar, and the remaining rose water and the baking soda.
3. At this point you can add 5 drops of food colouring. Or even divide the mixture into sections and colour each section separately.
4. Stir the mixture well and place in a covered bowl, leave for 1-2 hours for bubbles to form.
5. The mixture should be thick but still fluid. Fill each paper or foil cup to just below the top, the mixture will expand during cooking.
6. Place in a Chinese steamer for 10 minutes. You can check they are cooked by sticking a tooth pick or fork into the centre and if it comes out clean it is cooked inside.
7. Serve cold

Thai Fish Cakes With Spicy Sauce ( Todman Bla )

Thai Fish Cakes With Spicy Sauce ( Todman Bla )

Thai fish cakes are made from soft meat fish, green beans and starch and cooked by deep frying. They are served as a side dish with a spicy dipping or pouring sauce. Any soft meat fish will do and it's a great way to use often ignored smaller and cheaper fish.
To remove the meat of the fish: remove the head, slice it down the belly, and remove any entrails. Pull out the backbone, in soft fish this will also remove the bones. Then remove the top and bottom fins. Finally hold the fish by the skin and scrape off the meat from the skin with a flat bladed knife.

Ingredient for 2 People
150 gms Fish Meat
2-3 Tablespoons Thai Red Curry Paste
100 gms Long Green Bean
1 Tablespoon Cassava or Potato Starch
Oil for frying

Ingredient for Sauce
20 gms Cucumber
10 gms Peanut
2 Big Red Chillis
3 Tablespoons Sweet Chicken Sauce
(A sweet sauce normally used for chicken, it does not contain chicken!)

Preparation
Fish Cakes
1. Pre heat a deap fat fryer to 150 degrees celsius (Medium).
2. Add the fish meat, red curry paste, cassava starch, to a blender and blend it.
3. Cut the green beans into very short pieces and mix into the mixture.
4. Take a spoonful of mixture and form it into flat round 'cookie' shaped fish cakes.
5. Drop the fish cakes into the hot oil, when the fish cake is cooked it will float back to the surface.
6. Remove from the oil onto kitchen paper to dry out the excess oil.

Preparation
Dipping Sauce
1. Chop the cucumber and chilles, and mixed with sweet chicken sauce.
2. Pound the peanuts in a mortar into smaller pieces.
3. Top the sauce off with the peanuts.
4. Serve as a side dish, or you can pour it over the fish cakes as we've done in the top photograph.

Chicken Rice Curry With Coconut ( Koa Mook Gai )

Chicken Rice Curry With Coconut ( Koa Mook Gai )

This curry comes from the Muslim area of Thailand, the south, near the border with Malaysia. It is a chicken curry, made with rice and coconut milk, served with a spicy ginger side sauce. Imagine Paella crossed with Thai spices and that is very close to the style of this dish.

Ingredients for 2 People
200 gms Chicken Legs
350 gms Thai Rice
1 Teaspoon Curry Powder
1 Teaspoon Salt
2 Tablespoons Coconut Milk
2 Tablespoons Oil
1 Teaspoon Cinnamon Powder
400 ml Chicken Stock

Preparation
1. Clean the chicken legs and score the meat with two or three deep cuts to help it cook.
2. Put the oil into a frying pan and fry the chicken legs until the chicken is part cooked and the skin is browned.
3. Add the coconut milk, salt, curry powder and cinnamon, into the pan and mix it together for a few seconds over the heat.
4. Turn off the heat.
5. At this point you should move the chicken and sauce into a pan suitable to cook the rice in. In Thailand we use automatic rice cookers, and we simply move the chicken and sauce into the rice cooker, however a boiling pan will work equally well.
6. Add the rice, add the chicken stock, the chicken stock must completely cover the rice and submerge it by 2cm or more, if it does not, add water or more stock.
7. Cook on a low heat until the rice has absorbed the liquid and is completely cooked.

Serve With
Ginger sauce
Cucumber
Tomato

Ingredients for Ginger Sauce
20 gms Ginger
5 Small Bird Chillies
3 Garlic Cloves
2 Tablespoons Soya Bean Sauce
1 Teaspoons Salt
1 Tablespoon Sugar
2 Tablespoons Vinegar
1 Tablespoon Fish Sauce

Preparation for Ginger Sauce
1. Mix all ingredients in a food processor and blend until fine.
2. Serve, yes it's that simple.
3. This sauce can be kept in the fridge and will last months, it is a common condiment for several Thai dishes, so you may wish to make up a batch and store it.

Green Curry Chicken Mince ( Gang Khiewwan Kai )

Green Curry Chicken Mince ( Gang Khiewwan Kai )

Green Curry Chicken Mince ( Gang Khiewwan Kai )

This is a green curry made with minced chicken and small green aubergine. Those green beads you can see in the photograph are the aubergines, but don't worry, large peas will work too. This dish is also made with fish mince, and served with hot cooked. A shared dish of the curry is placed in the center of the table and each guest takes spoonfuls of the sauce onto their rice. Note, you can eat the citrus lime leaves.

Ingredients for 2 people (Medium Hot)
200 gms. Chicken Mince
50 gms. Green Curry Paste
400 ml Coconut Milk
2 Tablespoons Fish Sauce
1 Teaspoon Salt
2 Teaspoons Sugar
50 gms. Small Green Aubergine
5 gms Basil
2 Red Chilles
2 Kaffir (Citrus) Leaves

Serve With
Hot Rice
or Rice Noodle

Preparation
1. Put a medium sized pan on the heat, add the coconut milk and cook for 1 minute.
2. Add the green curry to the pan and stir it untill mixed, bring to the boil.
3. When the curry is boiling, add the chicken mince using a teaspoon. The aim is to make round ball shaped mince balls.
4. Cook for 10 minutes until the chicken is thoroughly cooked.
5. Add the fish sauce, salt, sugar, red chillis, aubergines, citrus leaves, basil (basically all the other ingredients) and stir it for a few seconds over the heat to warm them through.
6. Turn the heat off and serve it warm with hot rice or rice noodle.