Sunday, September 23, 2007

Coconut Bi Tua Ice Cream ( I Tim Gathi Bai Tua )

coconut-bitua-icecream.jpgThis ice cream recipe has a cream based ice cream flavoured with bi-tua (pandan) leaves and young coconut pieces (I used canned young coconut, you can easily get in an Asian grocers). In the back of the photograph you can see I've also frozen them into lollipops. When you make the lollipops, it's nice to cut star shapes out of the coconut meat to add after the final blending, it makes the lollipop more interesting.Ingredients 150 ml Bi Tua Water (aka Pandan Essence)200 ml Coconut Milk150 ml Whipping Cream150 gms Sugar1/4 Teaspoon Salt2 Egg Yolks150 Sliced Young Coconut MeatPreparation1. Bi tua water is bi tua leaves shredded and liquidised in water, bring to the boil, then chill and sieve to be left with a green liquid with a bubblegum flavour. This can be made weeks in advance, it lasts quite well in the fridge and can be frozen.2. Boil the bi tua water with the sugar until the sugar dissolves.3. Whip the egg yolks with the cream and sieve into a saucepan. Heat gently, stirring all the time until steam comes off. It is important not to boil this mixture or you will end up with scrambled eggs. You just want to cook the eggs.4. Add the coconut milk, bi tua water, salt and mix well.5. Leave in the fridge to chill, then move to the freezer to freeze.6. After 2-3 hours, remove it, blend it with a whisk to break up any ice crystals, then put it back in the freezer. You may need to repeat this if the crystals reform.7. Add the young coconut meat pieces after the final blend.

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Thursday, September 20, 2007

Crabs in Fish Sauce

crabs-in-fish-sauce.jpgThis, pretty gruesome, jar is the result of a day spent beach combing. Those are tiny crabs we use in papaya salads, we crush them into the salad and they form a seafood sauce that flavours the salad. In cases like this, when I've collected too many to use immediately, I preserve them like this in fish sauce. The saltiness of the sauce will keep them for months.

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Monday, September 17, 2007

Grilled Meats and Seafood ( Nur Yang )

grilled-plates.jpgFinally I can time to catch up on my recipe site! Todays recipe is a selection of grilled or barbecued meats and seafood, marinaded with Thai flavours. Summer is still strong in Thailand, and there's plenty of good weather to enjoy outdoors, so a grill seems a good thing to do! For this recipe we marinade pork, beef, pork with fat, liver (also pork) and squid overnight to get some good strong flavours into them. For each of the marinades, simply blend or pound the ingredients together, mix with the meat and leave in the fridge for grilling the next day. The pork with fat should be grilled long and hard until the fat becomes crunchy!marinaded-pork-beef-grill.jpgMarinaded Pork Ingredients 200 gms Pork1 Teaspoon Green Peppercorns1 Tablespoon Dark Soy SauceMarinaded Beef Ingredients 200 gms Beef2 Pieces of Galangal1 Tablespoon Oyster Saucemarinaded-bacon-liver.jpgMarinaded Pork With Fat Ingredients 200 gms Pork With Fat1 Teaspoon White Pepper1 Teaspoon Salt1 Teaspoon Ground Dried ChilliMarinaded Liver Ingredients 100 gms Pork Liver5 Kaffir Leaves1 Tablespoon Light Soy Saucemarinaded-seafood-for-grill.jpgMarinaded Squid 200 gms Squid2 Pieces of Gar Chay1 Tablespoon Black Vinegar Sauce For Dimsum ( Jig Cho Sauce )

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Friday, September 14, 2007

Hibiscus Tea ( Cha Ka Jeape )

hibiscus-tea.jpgHibiscus tea, a cold infusion served over lots of ice, but for this photograph, I've piled the dried flowers into the tea. It looked better that way. This is common in Thailand, but I also recently saw they drink this in Egypt too!Ingredients 100 gms Dried Hibiscus Flowers500 ml Water100 gms SugarPreparation1. Rinse the hibiscus flowers.2. Add the water flowers and flowers and sugar and bring to the boil in a saucepan.3. Cover and leave to cool, then chill in the fridge, and serve over ice.

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Thursday, September 6, 2007

Cooking Tips

Check out these cooking tips to make your culinary exploration of Thailand a little easier. Includes tips for stir frying and flavor balancing.

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Meng Khum Recipe

This special Thai appetizer can only be described as tastebud-tantalizing! Meng Khum (or Miang Khum) combines ingredients like coconut, peanuts, dried shrimp, and lime. Traditionally it is served on banana leaves, but spinach or basil leaves work just as well (and unlike banana leaves, they're edible). Try this simple thai dish with my step-by-step recipe. Then serve it to your friends at your next dinner party and wait for the "wow!" to escape their lips!

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Thai Chicken Rice Soup

In Asia, breakfast often takes the form of soup, noodles, or "porridge", which is actually a kind of soup. This chicken-rice soup recipe is a good example, although I am more apt to make it for dinner. It's a soothing, comfort food, and excellent if you're fighting a cold or flu. Whether cooked in a slow cooker, or on the stove, it's extremely easy to make, low in fat and calories, and healthy too (see my substitutions for whole grains).

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Cooking with Banana Leaf

Banana leaves serve many purposes in Asian cooking, from adding flavor to foods cooked inside them, to simply being used as a colorful and exotic background for serving-plates and party platters. Banana leaves are beautiful, fun to use, and easy to cook with! Find out how to buy banana leaves, how to cook with them, how to decorate your platters with them, and how to store extra banana leaves for use next time.

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Thai Red Chicken Curry Recipe

This one-dish meal starts with a homemade curry paste - no store-bought pastes required! And it's easy to make - just throw the ingredients together in a food processor and you have the makings of a restaurant-quality Thai red curry dish that will be sure to please every palate. Simply adjust the spiciness according to your taste (instructions included).

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Thai Fresh Spring Rolls

These fresh spring rolls are truly a refreshing change from regular spring rolls, and they're also much healthier. Make up a "bouquet" today as an appetizer, snack, or part of a main course (served with a Thai salad, these rolls make a complete meal). Or make culinary waves by serving them at your next party. They're a beautiful party food to look at - AND to eat! (Includes instructions on wrapping spring rolls.)

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Lemongrass Noodle Soup

This comforting Thai soup recipe is a great natural remedy if you're suffering from a cold or flu bug - or simply want to warm up on a cold day. It's also a good way to get your greens, with broccoli, Chinese cabbage, carrots, and fresh basil added to a mound of thin Thai rice noodles. Combined with vegetable broth and coconut milk, this quick and easy lemongrass soup is a cup of warm comfort on a cool fall or winter day.

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Banana Sticky Rice Cakes

A common, naturally low-fat dessert and snack in southern Thailand, these banana rice cakes are wrapped in banana leaves and then baked in the oven (or barbequed, as in Thailand, if you have the right weather!). This Thai recipe is easy and fun to make - just pick up some banana leaves (fresh or frozen) and some sweet rice at your local Asian food store. The rest you should already have in your kitchen. It makes a great potluck or party food!

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Pandan Leaves

pandan leaves definition, what is pandan?, pandan paste

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Massaman Curry Paste

Massaman curry hails from the south of Thailand. Similar to Malaysian curries, and with some similarities to Indian cury, Thai Massaman curry has an abundance of warm spices such as cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg. With lemongrass, fish sauce, and other classic Thai ingredients added, this curry paste is brimming with all the flavor and richness of Asian cuisines. Use it to make a wonderful curry chicken, or vegetarian curry by adding wheat gluten or tofu plus lots of vegetables. Enjoy!

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Thai Prawn & Pumpkin Soup

This yellow curry soup is a soothing comfort food when the weather turns cooler. Butternut squash may be substituted for pumpkin, or make a vegetarian version by adding chickpeas instead of prawns. Either way, you'll have your guests asking for second helpings of this delicious, nutritious soup!

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Thai Iced Tea

Thai iced tea is easy to make and wonderfully refreshing to drink. While packaged iced tea mixes appear attractively easy to make, once you try making iced tea from scratch, you'll wonder why you never did it before - it's nearly as easy, and tastes far better! It's also healthier for you (no chemicals, colorings, or preservatives). So make up a jug of Thai iced tea today and see for yourself how simple and thirst-quenching it is!

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Thai Basil-sesame Noodles

These Thai-inspired vegetarian noodles are quick and super easy to make. Start with some fresh or dried rice, wheat, or egg noodles (round udon or Shanghai-type noodles work well). While the noodles are boiling, make my no-cook Thai-style pesto with ingredients like Thai or sweet basil, sesame, and chilli. Toss the noodles in the pesto, and voila, healthy and incredibly delicious noodles you'll want to make again and again!

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Thai Menu Plan

Plan a complete and authentic Thai dinner party for your family or friends. Dinner parties can be loads of fun - not only to attend, but also to host - especially when they feature fresh new dishes and styles of cooking. Thai food is now one of the hottest new cuisines to hit North America, so why not try cooking up some of this fantastic food for your party? My dinner party menu includes fabulous Thai recipes and cooking tips to make your gathering the dinner party of the year!

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Coconut Pancakes

These coconut pancakes can be served for dessert warm and topped with a few scoops of ice cream. OR they make a great breakfast or brunch dish on the weekends. Colorful and flavored with coconut, these pancakes are actually closer to crepes in thinness (and they're gluten free). Have fun with them and make several different colors (pandan essence provides the bright green color). A great brunch dish to make for Easter, or anytime you're feeling young and happy!

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Thai-style Creme Caramel

A Thai version of the classic creme caramel dessert that is super-easy to make, melt-in-your mouth delicious, and healthier than traditional creme caramel! This easy dessert recipe calls for coconut milk instead of cream (coconut milk contains good fats that actually lower your cholesterol) - good for lactose-free diets. It also makes an elegant dessert to serve guests or take to a party. Best of all, this recipe can be whipped up in less than 10 minutes!

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Roasted Lemongrass Chicken

Roast chicken with a Thai twist! This roast chicken recipe is fragrant and moist, and imbued with the flavors of lemon and lime. Learn how to make lemongrass chicken roasted in the oven (either half a chicken, or a whole chicken). It is delicious as is, or serve it together with my sweet lime sauce for a delectable Thai treat your family and friends (including the kids!) will absolutely love!

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Best Thai Soups

The 10 best Thai recipes for fragrant and flavorful soup - all in one place. From world-famous Tom Yum soup to Thai-style chicken noodle and vegetarian soups, you'll find the right soup to suit the occasion. Thai soups are among the tastiest in the world, and some of the healthiest. Tom Yum soup is even earning a reputation as a good cold and flu remedy. So get out your soup pot and cook up an aromatic and zesty Thai soup today - you'll be glad you did!

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Chicken Noodle Soup Recipe

Do you like the idea of an Asian twist on chicken noodle soup? Then try this delicious and easy Thai Chicken Noodle Soup Recipe. Using fresh slices of chicken, plus coconut milk, noodles, and toasted coconut, this chicken noodle soup is sure to please your taste buds, warm up your insides, and brighten your mood. And if you happen to be fighting a cold or the flu bug, this soup is the perfect remedy - full of healthy, immune-boosting ingredients!

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Thai Coconut Pudding Cake

This deliciously moist Thai dessert can either be served as a pudding or a cake. For coconut pudding, serve warm with a dollop of coconut milk and a sprinkling of toasted coconut. For coconut cake, bake the batter in a loaf pan, then simply cool and slice. Either way, this coconut dessert is extremely delicious, super-easy to make, and healthy too - low in fat and sugar, plus gluten free. Best of all, you can have this easy dessert recipe whipped up and in the oven in just 10 minutes!

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Thai Squid with Glass Noodles

This Thai chili squid recipe is super-yummy, healthy, and easy to make. And if you serve it with glass or rice noodles (as in this recipe), it makes a one-pot meal complete with plenty of nutritious vegetables. The squid is stir-fried briefly, so it is very tender and never rubbery. You can also simply serve the stir-fried squid with plain rice. Makes a terrific seafood dish for any occasion, even in the winter (frozen squid works just as well as fresh!). Includes gluten-free instructions.

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Stuffed Chilies

If you like spicy, you'll love these hot red chili peppers! This fun recipe starts with an assortment of chili peppers which are anywhere from 2 - 4 inches long. Experiment with jalapeno, red peppers, or banana peppers (these are especially hot). Stuffed with shrimp or chicken meat plus Thai herbs, these peppers are then dipped in a simple batter and fried. Superb for an appetizer, or enjoy them with a Thai salad for a complete meal!

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Vegetarian Tom Yum Soup

Tom Yum Thai Spicy Soup Recipe with a vegetarian twist. Tom Yum Soup is currently under study for its ability to boost the immune system and help fight off cold and flu viruses. This vegetarian version is easy to make, and just as healthy (if not more so!) than the original recipe. Make this easy soup today as an appetizer, for lunch, or as a nutritionally complete dinner. You'll love how it warms you up from the inside!

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Thai Pasta Salad

Pasta salad - but with a twist. That's my new Thai-style pasta salad. Made with rice noodles and a flavorful Thai dressing, this healthy dish will prove a big hit at your next potluck, picnic, BBQ, or dinner party. Makes a great summertime salad, lunch, snack, or side dish that's also low in calories and fat, plus it's wheat and gluten free. It can also be made vegetarian (instructions included). Once you've tried it, you'll never go back to regular pasta salad again!

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Thai Rolls

This Thai Fresh Spring Rolls recipe is easy to put together, and can also be made vegetarian (see instructions). Makes a great finger food for parties and potlucks, or serve Thai fresh rolls as an appetizer or part of a main course (perfect with a Thai salad!). Fresh Rolls are also nice "munchies" for in front of the TV - a terrific snack for any time of the day...or night! As a bonus, they're very healthy - low in both calories and fat, and are made with gluten-free rice wrappers.

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Thai Cashew Salad

This Thai cashew salad recipe is incredibly scrumptious - but you won't believe just how scrumptious until you try it for yourself! Whole cashews are combined with cucumber, carrot, red pepper and Thai herbs. This healthy combination is tossed in a very easy and fat free Thai dressing. Cashew salad can be made in just 15 minutes, but tastes truly gourmet! A great salad recipe to accompany any meal, but especially other Thai food favorites.

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Sticky Rice Dumplings Recipe

Sticky rice dumplings are common throughout Southeast-Asia - both savory and sweet versions. This savory Thai recipe has a healthy chicken and shiitake mushroom filling. These chicken dumplings are then wrapped in banana leaves and either steamed, barbecued, or baked in the oven. Serve them as part of a main course, or as a snack. They also make a great lunch - just take one of these compact packets to work and microwave it for a quick, deliciously unique lunch!

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Lemongrass

Lemongrass is an essential ingredient in Thai cooking. Find out how to purchase lemongrass, and how to prepare it for use in Thai food. Learn how to add lemongrass to your recipes, and even how to grow it in your garden!

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Thai Steamed Fish

Afraid of cooking fish? Don't be! This simple recipe will teach you how to make delicious steamed fish step by step. In coastal Thailand, fresh fish is plentiful and delicious grilled or steamed in a wok. Try this healthy steamed version combining lemongrass, galangal (or ginger), and fresh coriander for a melt-in-your-mouth taste experience. Be sure to use fresh fish for the most succulent results.

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Sticky Rice Cakes

These Sticky Rice Cakes (Kanom Thuay) are small glutinous rice balls with a red bean filling. They are easily put together with rice flour (available at Asian/Chinese or health food stores) and then steamed for 10 minutes. Extremely delicious, plus the red bean and gluten free rice flour mean this Thai dessert is also very healthy - low-sugar, low-fat, and low-sodium. So indulge and create a batch of these beautiful miniature rice cakes with this clear, easy-to-follow recipe (with pictures).

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Thai Hot and Sour Soup

Hot and Sour Soup is similar to Tom Yum Soup, but has a delightfully different flavor, plus it relies on egg instead of coconut milk to thicken it. The egg cooks in the soup, shredding into beautiful white "clouds". Includes lots of greens, plus your choice of chicken, seafood, or tofu/wheat gluten. A great soup whether you're fighting a cold or flu, or are simply craving some warm comfort food. Enjoy as an appetizer or main entree.

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Thai Crab Cakes

These Thai crab cakes are guaranteed to melt in your mouth! You will definitely be wowed by how deliciously moist these crab cakes are, plus they're imbued with wonderful Thai flavors. This crab cake recipe makes an elegant appetizer or entree to serve guests, but is also easy enough to cook as an everyday treat. Just follow the simple step-by-step instructions, and learn how to make the best crab cake recipe you've ever tried!

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Best Thai Salads

Are you tired of the same old tossed salad? Then check out these Top 10 Best Salad Recipes from the Thai kitchen! These salad recipes are fresh AND refreshingly different. Bursting with flavor and texture, these salads are a culinary delight in every bite. Find everything from chicken salad to pasta and fruit salad, as well as classic green Thai salads. Many are vegetarian, or have a vegetarian option. Plus, they're low-fat and low-carb. Try them all - you won't believe your taste-buds!

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Thai Stir-fried Vegetables

Making a "simple stir fry" isn't all that simple. Getting the stir fry sauce to taste just right is usually a challenge. But my Thai stir-fried vegetables is a no-fail recipe, mostly because the stir-fry sauce is made before beginning to fry the vegetables, allowing you to adjust the flavor according to your taste. Try it as a side dish, or make it the main course. Nuts, tofu, wheat gluten, or slices of chicken (if you are non-vegetarian) can be added as a protein source - you'll love it!

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Easy Noodle Recipe

Cook this classic and popular Pad Thai recipe following my easy step-by-step instructions (with pictures). Long on looks and taste but simple to prepare, Pad Thai is the very dish to serve when you want to pull out all the stops. While traditional Pad Thai has virtually no vegetables in it (except bean sprouts and garnish), I've added some snow peas to this recipe in order to make it more nutritious.

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Banana Coconut Custard Recipe

Ever have extra bananas on your hands? Use them to make this healthy dessert that is the Thai equivalent of bread pudding - but without the bread/gluten. Instead, glass noodles (made from bean flour) are used, together with slices of banana and an easy custard. You'll enjoy this delicious dessert, especially when served warm with vanilla ice cream (or frozen low fat vanilla yogurt). It's a delicious, comforting, low fat and gluten free dessert recipe that's also incredibly yummy!

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Veggie Thai Red Curry

This Vegetarian Thai red curry recipe is easy to follow and combines shallots, lemongrass, red chillies, galangal, cumin, coriander seeds, kaffir lime leaves, wheat gluten or tofu, yams or sweetpotatoes, Japanese or Chinese eggplant, shiitake mushrooms, and Thai holy basil to create a real vegetarian thai dish that will tantalize the taste buds.

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Green Mango Salad

This Green Mango Salad recipe will blow you away with its tastebud-awakening flavors and mix of textures. And as a bonus, it's very healthy, plus low in calories and fat. Enjoy it as a complete meal by adding cooked shrimp, chicken, or deep-fried tofu if you are vegetarian. Any way you toss it, this green mango salad is incredibly healthy, and will be sure to win rave reviews from all your culinary fans!

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Stir-Fried Bok Choy

This bok choy stir fry is terrific to serve as a side vegetable dish - or add tofu or your choice of chicken, pork, or seafood for a delicious mixed stir fry dish. With a rich garlic taste, the stir fry sauce recipe is easy to make and goes well with other vegetable dishes, such as stir fry broccoli or Chinese vegetables such as baby bok choy, yu choy, gailan (Chinese broccoli), or any Chinese cabbage. Enjoy!

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Ginger Chicken Stir-Fry

This Thai Ginger Chicken stir fry is quick and easy to make, plus it's super healthy, aromatic, and flavorful. Ginger and chicken pair extremely well, making for a superb stir fry that's extra good-for-you. Plus, with all of the "greens" in this dish, you needn't cook vegetables on the side - simply serve it with rice. Ginger Chicken Stir Fry also makes for great leftovers, including hot lunches.

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Thai Red Curry Paste

This Thai red curry paste recipe is red hot! Check your spice-o-meter when preparing this paste, adding less fresh chili if you prefer milder dishes. Red curry paste makes for excellent Thai curry, including curry chicken and seafood curries, vegetarian curries, or noodles. So try making my homemade red curry paste - it's better tasting than the store-bought variety, and much healthier too!

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Sticky Rice Balls

Sticky rice balls are fun and easy to make, plus extremely yummy! These have a sugar filling, and are dusted in coconut. Although it sounds sweet, this Thai dessert is actually low in sugar, plus it's a low fat dessert, and gluten free! And while most sticky rice desserts are steamed, this one is simply boiled. As for the dough, it's like playing with play dough! Get your kids involved, or be a kid yourself and make up a batch of these rice balls for dessert - or just for fun!

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Chili Crab Noodles

This recipe is a wonderful example of Thai fusion. Fettuccine-style pasta noodles OR Chinese wheat noodles are tossed with a Thai-style crab sauce for an exquisite seafood dish that is right up there on the gourmet scale. One of my family's favorite recipes, you'll find it is sure to please everyone at dinnertime, including the kids (just reduce the chili for them). Also makes a romantic dinner for a mate or loved one. An excellent "world cuisine" dish that goes well with a nice bottle of wine.

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Thai Green Beans

This green beans recipe is aromatic and spicy. In Thailand (as well as in other South-east Asian countries), green beans are called "long beans" because they are literally 1 foot or more long. For this vegetable recipe, you can use regular green beans, or purchase long beans at nearly any Asian store or market. The advantage of long beans is found in the preparation (they're much faster and easier to cut). And while the taste is similar, long beans are chewy (rather than crisp) in texture.

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Veggie Pad Thai

A vegetarian variation of the ever-popular Pad Thai noodles recipe. All the taste of a Thai cooking dish with health benefits

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Kao Phad Kung

This easy shrimp fried rice is restaurant-quality (or better!). Fresh or frozen shrimp are quickly stir-fried with garlic and onions. Add the cooked rice, a couple of eggs, frozen peas, plus my own special Thai sauce, and you have a fried rice recipe that is sure to please everyone, even your kids. A great way to use leftover rice - and leftover roasted chicken can also be added if you have some taking up space in the refrigerator. Add chilli if you like it spicy. Yum!

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Thai Steamed Fish

Afraid of cooking fish? Don't be! This simple recipe will teach you how to make delicious steamed fish, step by step. In coastal Thailand, fresh fish is plentiful and delicious grilled or steamed in a wok. Try this healthy steamed version combining lemongrass, galangal (or ginger), and fresh coriander for a melt-in-your-mouth taste experience. Be sure to use fresh fish for the most succulent results.

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Thai Peanut Sauce/Dip

While most Western versions of peanut sauce are made with peanut butter, this Thai peanut sauce recipe starts with real peanuts - and you'll taste the difference! At the same time, it's super easy and quick to make. This peanut sauce can be used for a variety of purposes, from a dip for veggies to a sauce for chicken or beef satay. Or use it to make a yummy cold noodle salad. A very easy and delicious peanut sauce recipe!

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Yellow Curry Paste

Thai yellow curry paste is so versatile, you'll want to try it with a variety of meat, seafood, noodle and soup recipes. This fragrant yellow curry paste makes Thai food easy to cook, and quick as well, especially if you make the paste ahead of time and keep it on hand in the refrigerator.

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Delicious BBQ Veggies!

You won't believe how delicious vegetables can be until you try this easy recipe for Thai Barbecue Vegetables! Marinated in garlic, lime juice, and coriander, plain bell peppers and eggplant come alive with flavor and sweetness when grilled over the barbecue. Also try grilling cherry tomatoes and onions on a skewer. This vegetable recipe is so sweet and delicious, even your kids will want to eat their veggies! Superb as a side dish for a barbecue!

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Wednesday, September 5, 2007

New Chicken Dumplings Recipe: How to Make Thai Chicken Dumplings (Wrapped in Banana Leaf)

Sticky rice dumplings are a common sight throughout much of Southeast Asia, and many recipes feature Thai sticky rice (or "sweet rice") as a key ingredient. If you've ever...

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Tuesday, September 4, 2007

New Soup Recipe: Special Sour Orange Soup - An Ancient Thai Recipe!

Ready for a new Thai recipe that is actually very old? Then check out my Sour Orange Soup (Geng Som Pla). This special Thai soup is...

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Clay Pot Cooking

This clay pot cooking lesson will teach you how to use a clay pot to make an array of Thai, Chinese, or other Asian dishes. Clay pot cooking is easy and fast, and also saves electricity. Another advantage of cooking with a clay pot is that it's pretty enough to take from stove to table - AND the food will bubble and stay hot while you're eating. And when you're done, the pot can go straight into the refrigerator until you're ready for leftovers!

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New Soup Recipe: Special Sour Orange Soup - An Ancient Thai Recipe!

Ready for a new Thai recipe that is actually very old? Then chicken out my Sour Orange Soup (Geng Som Pla). This special Thai soup is...

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Monday, September 3, 2007

Fall in Love with Thai Food! - 10 Best Thai Recipes for Fall

September is here, and although not all of us want summer to disappear so quickly, there are some pluses to fall's imminent arrival, like all of those wonderful fall...

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thai cooking

What is galangal? What is turmeric for? They are two of the herbs and spices indispensable to Thai cooking. Read about these ingredients and find out how to use them.

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Easy Rice Recipe: Thai Coconut Rice

You don't need a rice cooker to make my deliciously easy Thai Coconut Rice Recipe. This side dish makes a terrific accompaniment to many Thai, Indian, and...

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Sunday, September 2, 2007

Mock Oysters

This beautiful Thai appetizer looks remarkably like oysters. However, the initial taste, unlike oysters, is crisp and crunchy. Then you get a hit of seafood (shrimp) followed by a wonderful taste-explosion of Thai flavors. A great appetizer to serve at a party, cookout, or any social gathering. Pairs nicely with various wines (I like it with a shiraz/syrah), as well as ice-cold lager. Just follow the steps to this gourmet appetizer that is sure to please even the more discerning of tastes!

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Green Mango Salad

You asked for a one-page printable version of my step-by-step Green Mango Salad recipe, so here it is! This salad will blow you away with its tastebud-awakening flavors and mix of textures. And as a bonus, it's very healthy, plus low in calories and fat. Enjoy it as a complete meal by adding cooked shrimp, chicken, or deep-fried tofu if you are vegetarian. Any way you toss it, this healthy salad will be sure to win rave reviews from all your culinary fans!

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Thai Atmosphere

Create a truly Thai atmosphere at your next dinner party. Take your guests to Thailand without stepping on a plane.

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Easy Salmon Recipe: Thai Grilled Salmon with Coconut Sambal!

Wild salmon has finally come into season, and what better way to enjoy it than with a new Thai recipe? This Grilled Salmon Recipe (with Coconut Sambal Sauce)...

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Easy Thai Green Salad

This easy Thai tossed green salad recipe can be put together in a matter of minutes. Salad makes a wonderfully cooling side dish to spicy Thai curries and other Thai recipes, but is equally excellent with everyday meals. This tossed salad includes a very simple salad dressing recipe that's deliciously creamy but also low in fat and calories. Tip: Double the salad dressing recipe and keep any extra in the refrigerator for a quick tossed salad anytime!

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