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Ingredients: 4 tablespoons black sesame seeds 1/3 cup white sugar 1 tablespoon palm sugar 1 cup glutinous rice flour (white or pandanus flavour) 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 can coconut milk (or maybe more, depending on how thick it is) 1/2 cup peanuts or cashews. 1/2 cup of white or black sesames seeds (for the coating) …
Thai Stuffed Omelette – ไข่ยัดไส้
This is a quick, easy meal for one, or appetiser for two. To make this successfully, you need to make a large, thin omelette, which is left to rest whilst you prep the filling. This allows it to “toughen up” enough to be folded around the filling without splitting in the process. Ingredients: 2 eggs …
Stuffed bitter melon and pork rib soup – ต้มมะระ
If you want a nice clear broth, it’s important to parboil the ribs, discard the liquid portion and then wash the ribs to remove any scum. Ingredients: Half a rack of ribs 7 cups of water 1 large or 2 small bitter melons 4 or 5 green or red Thai chillies 3 tablespoons soy sauce with mushroom large pinch of white pepper s plash of fish sauce 2 cloves of garlic about 250grams minced pork Method: 1.
Crab fried with curry powder – ปูผัดผงกะหรี่
There are quite a few variations on this theme, involving a little egg or even a splash of coconut milk. Either are really just to add richness, but add too much egg, for example, and can make it like crab scrambled egg, so be careful. Ideally you want to use freshly cooked crab for this, …
The best chicken and rice you’ll ever have – ข้าวมันไก่
Boiled chicken and rice sounds a little bland doesn’t it? Not this one!! Khao man gai food stands are a very common sight on the streets of thailand. If you don’t know how to ask for it in Thai, just point. They’ll almost definitely follow up your request with a question as to whether you’d …
Steamed Rice – ข้าวสวย
Cooking jasmine rice is extremely simple. The ratio of rice to water is different for all types of rice. 1 measure rice to 1.5 of water works well with most jasmine rice, but it’s best to check on the packaging to see if the ratio is different. If you’ve bought the rice from a shop …
Minced chicken and basil, on rice, with a fried egg on top – ผัดกะเพราไก่ราดข้าวใส่ไข่ดาว
This is what comfort food is all about! The egg isn’t necessary but I love it as a finishing touch. Might be a man thing as Sandy isn’t into it. Be sure to open the windows before you start cooking, otherwise you’ll be sneezing quite a lot. This feeds 1 but can, of course, be …
Red Chicken Curry – แกงเผ็ดไก่
Some version of red curry is found at pretty much every “curry over rice” shop up and down the country, with many regional variations. In England it’s often sweetened to the point of being sickly. Please don’t make this mistake! There is a lot of room to manoeuvre with quantities, as with a lot of …
Crispy Pork and Chinese Broccoli over Rice – ผัดคะน้าหมูกรอบ
This delightful dish blends melt-in-the-mouth crispy pork belly with crunchy chinese broccoli creating a flavour sensation that will have you coming back for more every time. Once you have made the crisp pork belly, it is exceptionally quick to prepare and cook. The recipe below serves 2. Ingredients: 2 tables spoons of oil 5 …
Crispy Pork Belly – หมูกรอบ
When you mention this crispy pork belly to anyone who has tried it, they’ll go all misty eyed. It’s not eaten on it’s own (other than by the chef!), but is the vital ingredient in several mouthwatering dishes. These delightful strips of crunchy pork are very easy to make, but take a bit of time …