Sunday, September 28, 2008

Evaporated Milk Sweet Pancakes ( Kanom Tokyo )

sweet-pancakes.jpgThai recipe name pronunciationThese pancakes are a Thai favorite and very very rich. There are many types of fillings, for the photograph I've made two, taro filled ones at the back and cream filled ones at the front. Another common fillings is shredded young coconut. Prepare the filling before you start the pancakes, as you make each pancake you will fill them and roll them up.Ingredients 100 gms Wheat Flour3 Teaspoons Bicarbonate of Soda1 Teaspoon Salt1 Egg4 Tablespoons Sugar300 ml Evaporated Milk2 Tablespoons Melted Butter1 Teaspoon Vanilla EssencePreparation1. Sift the flour mix and bicarbonate of soda together.2. Whip an egg until fluffy, add the sugar, salt and blend. Add the evaporated milk, flour, butter, and vanilla essence and continue blending. Leave 20 minutes to rest.3. You will need a good clean flat non stick frying pan for this, a little butter while frying can help, but these pancakes are very soft and need to be fried carefully.4. Heat the frying pan. Pour a small amount of the mixture onto the pan and use a spoon to shape it into a circle and fill any holes. For this recipe you want small pancakes, no more than 8cms across.5. Fry gently until the pancake is brown, then turn it over. While the other side is cooking, spread some of the filling onto the pancake, then roll it up and set it on a serving plate. Serve warm. Ingredients for Cream Filling1 Egg3 Tablespoons Sugar1 Teaspoon Salt100 ml Water100 ml Evaporated Milk5 Tablespoons Butter2 Tablespoons Corn FlourPreparation for Cream Filling1. Whip the egg with the sugar and salt.2. Add the water, evaporated milk, butter, and corn flour and put into a saucepan and cook over a low heat until the cream is mixed and thick, then leave to cool.Ingredients Taro Filling50 gms Taro2 Tablespoons Sugar1 Tablespoon OilPreparation for Taro Filling1. Steam the taro until cooked.2. Pure the taro in a blender together with the sugar.3. Heat the taro in a saucepan over a low heat, to drive off excess water and thicken it. Once it's thickened, leave it to cool.

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[Source: Appon's Thai Food Recipes]

Monday, September 15, 2008

Mango (Ma Muang)

mango.jpgMangos are a popular fruit that grows all over Thailand. When they are unripe they are green and very sour and we eat them with chilli and sugar and something salty, like this Fish Hair and Mango recipe.fish-dust.jpgWhen they ripen they become soft and yellow and suitable for desserts. The most widely know dessert that uses mangos is Mango with Stick Rice and Coconut Sauce, see the picture below.mango-sticky-rice-dessert.jpgAnd two more recipes with mango's you'll find on this site, the ever popular Mango Ice Cream:mango-icecream.jpgAnd mango syrup, a mango smoothy, diluted to make it more drinkable with sugar syrup.mango-syrup.jpg

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[Source: Appon's Thai Food Recipes]