Recipes

Sweet and Sour Vegetable with Prawns (Pad Priow Wan Gung)

Sun, 13 Sep 2009 18:08:00 +0700

Clean shrimp by removing the external skeleton and slice down the middle of the back then remove the center vein.
Heat oil in a pan over medium heat and fry garlic until aromatic. Add shrimp, cucumber, pineapple, onion and stir to mix. Turn off the heat, add white onion and fry until translucent.
Add stock, fish sauce, sugar, tomato sauce and stir. Add tomatoes and spring onion, turn off heat and stir to mix.

This recipe is a small portion, meant for tasting.

Sun, 13 Sep 2009 17:58:00 +0700

Clean chicken and slice into 2.5 cm wide by 8 cm long pieces.
Grind galangal, lemon grass, tumeric, coriander and cumin in mortar until fine.
Mix with coconut cream and marinate chicken for 30 minutes.
Sauce 1: Place pan over medium heat, add half the coconut milk and red curry paste. Keep stirring until aromatic and the oil separates from the coconut milk. Then add tumeric, coriander, cumin, stir to mix and add the balance of the coconut milk.
Add sugar, salt, tamarind paste, mix well to dissolve, add peanuts, and cardoman, turn off heat.
Sauce 2: Place pan over low heat, add sugar, salt, vinegar and bring to a boil, remove from heat and allow to cool. Add cucumber, shallot and banana pepper to the cooled liquid. Transfer to a serving bowl.
Thread chicken on the bamboo skewers and grill, drop coconut milk on chicken while grilling till the chicken is cooked.
Dip cooked chicken in either or both sauces to add flavour just before biting.

This recipe is a small portion, meant for tasting.

Sun, 13 Sep 2009 17:35:00 +0700

Prepare the duck by slicing it diagonally.
Heat oil in a wok and add red curry paste, coconut cream and bring to boil over medium-high heat, stirring continuously.
Add the grilled duck, fish or soy sauce, sugar, coconut milk, egg plant, pineapple, tomato and cook.
Next season with fish sauce or soy sauce, sugar, and salt and boil until all is cooked (5 min.).
Add kaffir lime leaves, chilli, and sweet basil leaves stir to mix and turn off the heat.

This recipe is a small portion, meant for tasting.

Sun, 13 Sep 2009 17:29:00 +0700

Combine all ingredients in a mortar with pistal or blender (start on slow), and grind until smooth.

This recipe is a small portion, meant for tasting.

Sun, 13 Sep 2009 17:07:00 +0700

Combine coriander root, garlic, chilli, shallots in a mortar and grind until smooth, set aside as paste.
(A blender can be used for this step)
Roll fish in the corn flour and fry in vegetable oil until golden brown and crispy, remove from oil.
Put 1 tablespoon of oil in the hot pan and add the following ingredients: paste from step #1,
stir until fragrant. Add sugar, tamarind, salt, stock and boil to a thin sauce. Remove from heat.
Pour the sauce over the fried fillets.

This recipe is a small portion, meant for tasting.