THAI FISH CAKES (Tod Man Pla)

1. 450 g firm white fish fillets
2. 3 tablespoons cornflour or rice flour
3. 1 tablespoon fish sauce
4. 1 egg, beaten
5. 1/2 cup fresh coriander leaves
6. 3 teaspoons Red Curry Paste or commercial paste
7. 1-2 teaspoons chopped red chillies, optional
8. 100 g green beans, very finely sliced
9. 2 spring onions, finely chopped
10. 1/2 cup oil, for frying
11. Basic Dipping Sauce or commercial sauce

THAI FISH CAKES (Tod Man Pla)

1. Place the fish in a food processor and process for 20 seconds or until smooth. Add the cornflour, fish sauce, beaten egg, coriander leaves, curry paste and chillies. Process for 10 seconds or until well combined.
2. Transfer the fish mixture to a large bowl. Add the sliced green beans and chopped spring onions and mix well. Using wet hands, form two rounded tablespoons of the mixture at a time into flattish patties.
3. Heat the oil in a heavy-based frying pan over medium heat. Cook 4 fish cakes at a time until they are dark golden brown on both sides. Drain on paper towels and serve immediately, with a dipping sauce.

Haw Mok Pla (Steamed Curry Fish Custard) ห่อหมกปลา

Recipe from: Colonel Ian F. Khuntilanont-Philpott

Haw mok is a rarity: a dish intended as an appetizer or snack. It is essentially a custard made from curried steamed fish. A non curried set of ingredients is included as an "afterthought", though to avoid repetition I won't repeat the method - I leave that to the experience and imagination of the lovers of bland food. In Thailand this is steamed in little cups made from banana leaves, pinned together with tooth picks, but you could just as well use ramekin bowls.

2 eggs
1 pound white fish (cod), cut into small bite sized chunks
5 tablespoon finely chopped phak bung (swamp cabbage)
6 tablespoon red curry paste
6 tablespoon finely chopped, freshly toasted peanuts
3 tablespoon finely chopped bai makrut (kaffir lime leaves)
6 tablespoon thick coconut milk
2 tablespoon fish sauce
2 tablespoon corn starch
2 tablespoon prik ki nu daeng (red birdseye chilis) julienned

Mix all the ingredients but the peanuts, julienned chilis, phak bung and fish in a food processor. Line the bowls with the phak bung, then put the fish in the bowls. Stir the peanuts and chilis into the sauce mixture and pour over the fish. Leave a little expansion space at the top of the dish. Place the filled bowls in a steamer, and steam for 15 to 20 minutes (until the fish is cooked and the sauce has set into a custard like consistency).

Either serve the dishes 'as is' with the usual Thai table condiments, or for a more formal occasion, whip some thick coconut milk, and garnish each bowl with a couple of teaspoons of the whipped coconut milk and a slivered red chili.

Haw Mok (Fish Custard, Non-Chile Version)

4 egg yolks
2 cups coconut milk
2 tablespoon fish sauce
2 tablespoon corn starch

Follow the instructions for haw mok, the normal version.

Green Curry Chicken -Gang Kheaw Wan

Ingredient

2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 medium onion, cut in 8 wedges
1 green bell pepper, cut in 8 wedges
1 stalk lemongrass, white bulb only
1 tablespoon coarsely chopped fresh ginger
3 tablespoons Thai green curry paste, recipe follows
2 kaffir lime leaves
3 cups unsweetened coconut milk, 2 (13.5 ounce) cans
3/4 cup chicken broth
1 1/2 pounds skinless, boneless chicken breasts, cut in 1-inch strips
Sea salt
1 lime, juiced
Fresh Thai basil leaves
Fresh cilantro leaves


Lime wedges, for garnish Place a large, deep skillet over medium heat and coat with the oil. Saute the onion and green peppers for 3 minutes to soften. Split the piece of lemongrass down the middle and whack it with the flat side of a knife to open the flavor. Add the lemongrass, ginger, curry paste and lime leaves to the skillet and stir for 2 minutes. Pour in the coconut milk and chicken broth. Lay the chicken pieces in the mixture to poach; add a pinch of salt. Stir together and simmer over low heat for 10 to 15 minutes. Squeeze in the lime juice and shower with basil and cilantro; serve in dinner bowls with lime wedges.

Thai Green Curry Paste:

2 tablespoons coriander seeds
1 tablespoon cumin seeds
1 tablespoon whole black peppercorns
8 fresh Thai green chiles
2 shallots, coarsely chopped
4 garlic cloves, smashed
Small handful of fresh cilantro sprigs
2-inch piece galangal, peeled and coarsely chopped
2 lemon grass stalks, white part only, coarsely chopped
2 kaffir lime leaves, torn
2 teaspoons dried shrimp paste
1/2 cup water Heat the coriander, cumin seeds, and peppercorns in a small dry skillet for 2 minutes until fragrant. Put the seeds in a clean coffee grinder or spice mill and buzz the spices to a powder.

Put the spice blend and remaining ingredients in a food processor, and pulse to combine. Pour in the water to help grind everything down into a paste.

Thai Noodle Soup

The breakfast choice for many Thais. Everywhere in Thailand there are shops selling noodle soup. They are open all day but I just love it for breakfast.

Ingredients

Chicken Broth

Meat or seafood

Vegetables

Fresh rice noodles

Method

Bring the broth to a rapid simmer

Now depending on what you are going to add you will need to change the order of when you add things to ensure the food is properly cooked. For My noodles soups I use a Vietnamese pork roll or cooked seafood paste, with both of these cooking is not required you just need to heat it up. If you are using raw meat it should be added first.

Add your noodles to the broth and allow the broth to recover for a minute or two

Add in your meat and vegetables and allow to heat through

Season with Fish Sauce, sugar, rice vinegar and chillies

Enjoy!

SON-IN-LAW EGGs

This Thai Clear Soup menu is easy to make. Serve hot as part of a main meal...

Ingredients for Spice Mixture :

1. 8 eggs
2. 2 tablespoon oil
3. 2 tablespoons soft brown sugar or palm sugaror
4. 1 tablespooon fish sauce
5. 2 tablespoons tamarind puree
6. 1 teaspoon chopped red chillies optional
7. 1/2 cup fresh coriander leaves chopped

1. Place the eggs in a pan of cold water.Bring the water boil and cook the eggs for 7 minutes.Drain and run under cold water until cool Remove the shell
2. Heat the oil in a work or frying pan Add the eggs to the work in batches and turn frequently over medium heat. When they are golden brown and blistered,remove the eggs from the work and keep warm.
3. Remove excess oil from pan; add brown sugar,fish sauce, tamarind and chillies.Bring to boil;boil rapidly for 2 minutes or until mixture resembles a syrup.Serve eggs with syrup poured over,sprinkled with coriander leaves

With permission from : Ting, E.Thai Cooking Step by Step.Bangkok : Asia Book.

Kai Yat Sai (Omelet) ไข่ยัดไส้

Kai Yat Sai (Omelet) ไข่ยัดไส้
Recipe from: Royal Thai Cuisine
Servings: 4

Kai Yat Sai is square stuffed omelet.

¼ cup (60 ml) oil
150 g ground pork or chicken
3 tablespoon diced cherry tomatoes
3 tablespoon fresh or frozen green peas
2 tablespoon minced onion
2 teaspoon sugar
1 ½ tablespoon fish sauce
¼ tspn black soy sauce
¼ teaspoon ground white pepper
3 eggs, beaten
2 sprigs coriander leaves (cilantro) to garnish
1 finely sliced red chilli, to garnish

Heat half of the oil in a wok high heat and stir-fry the meat for 2 minutes or until cooked. Add the tomatoes, green peas, onion, sugar, fish sauce, soy sauce and pepper. Stir-fry another 2 to 3 minutes until cooked then set aside.

Heat a small skillet or omelet pan 12 to 20 cm in diameter and add a drop of the remaining oil. Pour in enough egg to thinly cover the base. Brown the omelet lightly on both sides, being careful to turn the omelet over gently halfway through cooking.

To stuff the omelet, place 1 to 2 spoonfuls of the meat mixture in the center, fold two opposite sides toward the center and then fold in the remaining sides so that the omelet forms a square. Place on a serving plate and repeat until all the egg and pork mixture is used up.

Garnish with coriander leaves (cilantro) and finely sliced red chilli. Serve accompanied by rice.

Kaeng Leuang (Hot Yellow Fish Curry) ​แกงเหลือง

Recipe from: Colonel Ian F. Khuntilanont-Philpott

This curry is hot, as a complement to it I suggest the Kai Yang Isan recipe. This is a curry that is best if you have an angler in the family. You can probably prepare it with anything that you catch that doesn't eat you before you get it on the plate. I particularly like it done with catfish. If you don't have access to fresh caught fish, you can use any shop bought fish. Mackerel is a good staple.

1 pound filleted fish (catfish or mackerel)
¼ cup fish sauce
½ cup shallots
½ cup crushed garlic
/12 cup prik ki mu
2 tablespoon kapi (fermented shrimp paste)
5 cups water
2 tablespoon palm sugar
1/3 cup tamarind juice
½ cup long beans
½ cup bamboo shoots

If using mackerel discard the head and tail, cut the fish in half along its belly, discard the backbone. If using catfish just chop it into chunks, and warn the diners about the bones. Briefly fry the kapi to bring out it's flavor. In a blender or food processor, place a cup of water, the fish sauce, shallots, garlic, thinly sliced prik ki nu and fermented shrimp paste. Blend to a coarse paste, and add to 4 cups of water in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Add the fish, palm sugar, tamarind juice, sliced long beans and sliced bamboo shoots. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat until it is just boiling and the fish is cooked (about 5 minutes).

Serve over Thai Jasmine rice.

Tao Huu Song Krueng (Fried Bean Curd Dressed with Oyster Sauce)

เต้าหู้ทรงเครื่อง
Tao Huu Song Krueng
(Fried Bean Curd Dressed with Oyster Sauce)

Prepare:

1 cup bean curd
1 group scallion (cut 1 inch)
1 group Chinese celery (cut 1 inch)
1/2 cup minced pork
1/2 cup sliced carrot
1/2 cup corn flour
1/2 cup shitake mushroom
1/4 cup asparagus (cut 1 inch)
1 tbsp. minced garlic
1 sweetbell pepper (sliced)

1 tbsp. fish sauce
2 tbsp. oyster sauce
1 tbsp. soy sauce
vegetable oil

Cooking Instructions:

1. Dissolve corn flour with 1/4 cup of water.

2. Dip bean curd in mixed corn flour. Fry it until it has yellowish color.

3. Put fried bean curd in a strainer.

4. In the pan, put 1 tablespoon of olive oil. Fry minced garlic and then put mince pork. Cook for 5 minutes.

5. Next, add fish sauce, oyster sauce, soy sauce. Put carrot, scallion, chinese celery, asparagus, shitake mushroom. Pour the mix 1/2 cup corn flour with 1/2 cup of water in the pan. Stir until the sauce get thick.

6. Turn off the fire. Dress the sauce mixed from number 5 over fried bean curd.

Kai Phat Yot Khao Pot (Chicken with Baby Corn) ไก่ผัดยอดข้าวโพด

Servings: 4

500 grams (1 pound) chicken fillets
1 tablespoon fish sauce
pepper
1 teaspoon oil
400 grams (13 ounce) babycorn, fresh or canned
3 spring onions
2 cloves garlic
3 tablespoon oil
2 tablespoon fish sauce
2 tablespoon oyster sauce
1 tablespoon sugar

Slice chicken and marinade with fish sauce, pepper and oil for ten minutes. Cut babycorn lengthwise into halves. Cut spring onions into 3 cm (a little over an inch) long pieces. Chop garlic. Heat oil in a wok or a pan and roast garlic until golden. Add chicken and stir-fry until tender. Add babycorn and onion and continue to stir-fry. Add fish sauce, oyster sauce and sugar and taste if extra sugar or fish sauce is needed.

Garlic Fried Rice (KHAO PHAT KRATIEM)

INGREDIENTS : Left over rice, at room temperature 1 1/2 cup Vegetable oil 1/4 cup Garlic, chopped 3 tbsp. Egg 1 whole Spring onions, chopped 6 Butter 1 tbsp. Japanese soy sauce 3 tbsp. Salt/pepperTo taste (1 servings) 1. Heat oil in a wok or large frying pan. Add chopped garlic and stirfry until almost golden. 2. Add rice to the frying pan and stirfry rice until hot and well mixed. 3. Create space at the center of the pan. Add butter to the space and when melted, crack an egg into the space and scramble it. Mix the rice with the egg and stirfry to evenly distribute the egg. 4. Add Japanese soy, salt and pepper to season. Before serving the fried rice, add the chopped green onions and mix together. Serve hot as a side dish to accompany the main courses. Tips This dish is also an import but very popular and very familiar with most visitors to Thailand. lt is important to use left over rice to make fried rice or else your rice will be soggy. It's avery good way to use left over rice.

The origin of Satay

Some people belief that Satay (or sate as it is called in Malay language) is not of Thai origin, but this is a mistake. Thailand shares many recipes with surrounding countries, as this is also the case with Satay which is immensely popular in Indonesia, Malaysia and the southern provinces of Thailand.

Satay is also a popular Thai street food, as it can be found around Thailand sold from push-cars or motorcycle sidecars. But now try to make our own Satay to impress our employers, friends, girlfriends, boyfriends, wifes, husbands or family in Law.

Slice the chicken breast (ไก่เลือกตัวที่ไม่เป็นไข้หวัดนกค่ะ) finely, width approximately 3 cm. Pound together, or blend in a blender, coriander seeds (ลูกผักชี), Cumin seeds (ลูกยี่หร่า), pepper (พริกไทย), tumeric (ขมิ้น), curry powder (ผงกะหรี่), galangal (ข่า), lemon grass (ตะไคร้), salt (เกลือ) and garlic (กระเทียม). Pour the blended ingredients into the coconut milk. Add sugar and vegetable oil and blend again so that all ingredients are well mixed.

Add the chicken sliced and marinate for 2 hours, tread the chicken slices onto the skewers. Pour the marinating sauce into a pot and heat until boiling.

Place the chicken slices over a charcoal grill (barbecue) and apply the sauce to the chicken while turning over. When cooked through, serve with satay sauce and cucumber sauce.

We hope that you will enjoy your own made Satay and think about our website, of course any failure to make it aroi aroi will not be our fault. (ถ้าคุณทำไม่อร่อยอย่างเราทำ เราไม่มีส่วนรับผิดชอบใดๆ)

Chicken Satay

These delicious Thai-style chicken satay are made of chicken marinated in a peanutty sauce, and then grilled.

INGREDIENTS
* 2 tablespoons creamy peanut butter
* 1/2 cup soy sauce
* 1/2 cup lemon or lime juice
* 1 tablespoon brown sugar
* 2 tablespoons curry powder
* 2 cloves garlic, chopped
* 1 teaspoon hot pepper sauce
* 6 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves - cubed


DIRECTIONS
1. In a mixing bowl, combine peanut butter, soy sauce, lime juice, brown sugar, curry powder, garlic and hot pepper sauce. Place the chicken breasts in the marinade and refrigerate. Let the chicken marinate at least 2 hours, overnight is best.
2. Preheat a grill to high heat.
3. Weave the chicken onto skewers, then grill for 5 minutes per side.

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

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 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]

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.

Thai Cuisine

Thai cuisine refers to typical foods, beverages, and cooking styles common to the country of Thailand. Thai Cuisine is known for its balance of five fundamental flavors in each dish or the overall meal - hot (spicy), sour, sweet, salty and bitter (optional). Although popularly considered as a single cuisine, Thai food would be more accurately described as four regional cuisines corresponding to the four main regions of the country: Northern, Northeastern (or Isan), Central and Southern. Southern curries, for example, tend to contain coconut milk and fresh turmeric, while northeastern dishes often include lime juice. Thai cuisine has been greatly influenced by the cuisine of its neighboring and nearby countries, especially India, China, Malaysia, and Laos.

Thai food is known for its enthusiastic use of fresh (rather than dried) herbs and spices as well as fish sauce. Thai food is popular in many Western countries especially in Australia, New Zealand, some countries in Europe such as the United Kingdom, as well as the United States, and Canada.