Showing posts with label thai food. Show all posts
Showing posts with label thai food. Show all posts

2009/04/30

Som tum (Green Papaya Salad)




Product Description

Green Papaya Salad:-

• Som Tum is traditionally made using a mortar and pestle. If you don’t have a mortar and pestle, mince the Thai chili and garlic and combine all of the ingredients in a mixing bowl.

Ingredients:-

1 pound green papaya

2 Thai chilies (add more chilies if you want it hotter!)

1 small clove garlic

2 strings long bean (cut into 1 inch lengths)


1 tablespoon chopped roasted peanuts

5 cherry tomatoes (cut in half)

1 tablespoon palm sugar (or brown sugar)

2 tablespoons lime juice

1 1/2 tablespoons fish sauce (nam pla)

Directions:-

1.Cut papaya in half (lengthwise) and remove seeds. Peel the skin of the papaya and shred the flesh using a shredder or knife (the shreds should be thin and long). In a mortar and pestle, pound the chilies and garlic until they’re broken up. Add the long beans and roasted peanuts, pounding only enough to break them up a little bit.

2. Add the shredded papaya, tomato, sugar, lime juice, fish sauce, pounding until everything is thoroughly mixed together. This dish should taste sweet, sour, and a little bit salty, so you may need to add more sugar, lime juice, or fish sauce to get the taste you like. Som Tum is commonly served with roasted or grilled meats, fried fish, sticky rice, and fresh cabbage or lettuce.
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2009/04/29

Tom Yum Kung

Make tom yum kung

Ingredients

½ lb. (225g) prawns, shelled deveined

1 can (15oz) straw mushroom, drained
or ½ cup sliced fresh mushroom


4 cup of water or chicken broth


1 stalk lemongrass cut into 2 inches long

5 sliced galangal

2 shallots, sliced

5 kaffir lime leave

Sauce

6 tablespoons nampla (fish sauce)

4 tablespoons lime juice

1 teaspoons sugar

3-5 fresh Thai red hot chili

¼ cup tamarind paste

1 tablespoon nam prik pao (Thai chili paste)

Garnish

¼ cup coriander sprigs, or cilantro

¼ cup chop fresh scallion

Method

1) Combine lemongrass, galangal, lime leave, shallot, and 4 cup of water or chicken

broth, bring to a boil

2) Add prawns and mushrooms. Bring to a boil and stir, combine sauce ingredients and add to soup stock.

3) Heat throughly. Garnish the soup with cilantro and scallion
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