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]

Friday, June 20, 2008

Dragon Fruit ( Gow-mung-gone )

dragon-fruit.jpgDragon fruit have distinctive red orange leaves that look like flames. You can see this in the photograph, inside they have the edible white pulpy middle with many small black seeds. It's slightly sweet, the pulp texture means it's quite easy to scoop it out with a spoon to eat.These look amazing as a garnish, but I maintain the Thai fruit to taste is Sala.

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Saturday, June 14, 2008

Grilled Frog

grilled-frog.jpgCrunchy and salty, these barbecued frogs are eaten in the Eastern province of Isaan (my home province). You'll find them ready cooked in Isaan markets, simply take them home and eat with rice.Although they look burnt, they don't taste burnt, if you can imagine a very very intense savoury flavour and aroma, (and no they don't taste like chicken!). Because the flavour is so intense these are something of a high priced delicacy rather than everyday food.

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Sunday, June 8, 2008

Durian

durian.jpgThai recipe name pronunciationCalled the 'King of Fruit', durian are large (40cm long) hard spiky fruit with a pulply flesh inside. They are supposed to have a stink and you'll sometimes see 'No Durian' signs in the hotels, but that's something of an exaggeration. The smell is very mild when compared to old fish sauce for example and is reminiscent of, well flatulence. You split the outer case with a large cleaver, break it open and inside in pockets you'll find a soft pulpy flesh wrapped around large stones (shown below), this is the part you eat. The flavour is complex with some sweet and some bitter notes.durian-inside.jpg

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Monday, June 2, 2008

Fish Salty Crust ( Bla-Nin-Yang Gur )

thai-fish-salt-crust-bbq.jpgThai recipe name pronunciationEnough with the beetles berries and the bugs, here's simple clean river fish grilled with a salt crust and lemon grass stuffing for flavouring.Ingredients 1-2 Pla-Nin Fish ( Approx 500 gms each )4-6 Lemon Grass3-4 Tablespoon Crystal SaltPreparation1. Gut and scale the fish (ito scale a fish hold it by the tail and scrape the knife against the scales to scrape them off).2. Stuff the lemon grass into the center of the fish.3. Rub the salt into the outside of the fish.4. Grill the fish on the barbecue until cooked.

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Sunday, May 25, 2008

Edible Beetles ( Mang-Gudchi )

beatles-small-brown.jpgWe have many types of delicious beetles in Thailand, here are just 2! Since I'm in Isaan, I'm going to introduce you to the various farmers foods that are eaten here. I know that you'll never make them at home, but if you're in Thailand, given them a try, you might find out that you like them. I was introduced to them as a child by my father, so I don't have the revulsion to them that westerners are taught, but then I have a revulsion to beef.thai-beetles.jpgThe winged insects are eaten minus the wings and legs. When you buy them in the market, they're dry fried in a pan with salt and pepper to cook them so you don't need to cook them yourself. They're nice with Maggi sauce.Oh, one last thing, don't let the fact they live on old buffalo dung put you off...

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[Source: Appon's Thai Food Recipes]