Tom Sap!!

Hi,

First I would like to apologise that I didn't post any new recipes for a week. I was really busy with my exams and my university stuffs.

The recipe for today is Tom Sap. Tom Sap is adapted from Tom Yum in E-San way(North-East of Thailand). Now, Tom Sap is popular all over the country. The taste of Tom Sap is stronger and more spicy than Tom Yum. Ummm.... from talking about the Tom Sap makes me hungry!! Alright! Let's cook it.


Ingredients:

Parsley, A few Lime Leaves, Chilli, Galanga, Onion, Lemon Glass, and meat (Mostly people use Pork and Beef to cook Tom Sap).

Sauces:
4 Table spoons of Fish Sauce
2 Limes
1/2 Tea spoon of Salt
1 Table spoon of Roasted Rice Powder
1 Tea spoon of Sugar

How to cook:
1. Boil some water and put Lime Leaves, Galanga and Lemon Glass in the pot. Wait until the water is boiled, then put the meat in it.
2. Put Fish Sauce, Limes Juice, Salt, Roasted Rice Powder, Chilli and Sugar in the pot. Taste if you like it!! You can put more flavor if you want it more sour or salty. You can also put some chilli powder in if you want it more spicy.
3. Put onion and Parsley in. Wait until it's boiled. Then........ FINISH!!

Easy hah?

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Sorry, I'm having final exam this week. I don't have time to cook. I will do a new menu again on this Sunday :)

Cheers,
Nick

Pat Prik Gaeng Moo (Fried red curry with pork)

Pat Prik Gaeng can be found in a normal Thai restaurant. The taste of this dish is a bit sweet and spicy. Mostly you will see it with Pork,Chicken, and Prawns. The dish is easy to cook as well! Let's do it!!


Ingredients

Meat(Pork,Chicken,Beef,and Seafood), Long beans, Lime leaves, Mushroom(optional)

1 table spoon of Fish sauce
1 table spoon of Oyster sauce
1 1/2 tea spoon of Sugar
1 small cup of coconut milk
3 table spoons of Oil
2 table spoons of Red curry paste

How to cook it:

1. Fry the Red curry paste with oil. Then put Coconut milk in the pan, mix them and wait until it's foamy.
2. Put Meat in the pan, stir them until the meet is almost cooked. Then put Long beans and Lime leaves in the pan.
3. Put Fish sauce, Oyster sauce and sugar in the pan and mix them together for a while.
4. DONE!!

LAB MOO!!

Lab is a famous E-San(Northeast of Thailand) dish and every Thai person love Lab. It's really nice if you eat with some warm sticky rice or steam rice :) If I go to an E-San restaurant, I always order Lab at the first place. Then, Somtam(Papaya Salad) and Nam-Tok(Almost like lab but different meat and a bit different ingredients). Ummmm..... Let's cook the Lab!!


Ingredients

Sliced Spring onion, peppermint leaves, Sliced Parsley, Sliced Onion,Sliced Chilli, Meat (Pork, Chicken, Beef)

Sauces

4 Table spoons of Fish sauce
2 Limes
2 Table spoons of Roasted Rice Powder
1 Tea spoon of Salt
1 small cup of water
1 spoon of Cayenne Pepper

How to cook :
1. Put a small cup of water, Chilli and meat in a pot. Stir them until the meat is a bit cook.
2. Turn off the heater or fire. Put Fish sauce, Limes, Salt, Cayenne Pepper and Roasted Rice Powder in the put and mix them.
3. Put all vegetables in the pot and don't forget to leave some Mint for the decoration.
4. Mix everything together and DONE!!

Tom Ka Moo (Coconut soup)!

Another famous soup that you can find from a Thai restaurant is Tom Ka. Mostly you will see Tom Ka Gai (Coconut soup with chicken) but you can put any meat in it. The coconut soup is not really taste like coconut juice, they taste like another version of Tom Yum and it's sooooooooooo good! Alright, let's cook it!!!


Ingredients

Meat (Pork, Chicken, Beef, Seafood, etc..), Lemon grass, Lime leaves, Galanga, A Lime, Mushroom, Chilli, and Coriander(at the end).

Sauces
2 table spoons of Fish sauce
1 tea spoon of salt
1 table spoon of Soy sauce
1 small box of coconut milk
1 small cup of water

How to cook it :

1. Put half box coconut milk in a pot and wait until it's boiled. Then put a small cup of water it the pot and mix them.
2. Put Galanga, Lemon grass, Chilli, and Lime leaves in the pot, wait until it's boiled the put Meat and Mushroom in.
3. Put the rest of coconut milk and Fish sauce, Salt, Soy sauce and lime in the pot. Mix them and wait until it's boiled.
4. Put Coriander on top at the end.



*You can also put extra mini corn and potatoes in if you would like to :)

Pad Gra-Pao!! Fried basil!!

If you go to a Thai restaurant and they don't have Pad Gra-Pao, it's not a Thai restaurant!! You can find Pad Gra-Pao everywhere that sells Thai food. I love to cook Pad Gra-Pao also because It's quick and easy and the taste is super good :) Alright! Let's get it started !!


Ingredients

Onion, Chilli (if you want it spicy, you can put it a lot), Meat (Pork,Chicken,Beef, Crispy pork, Seafood, etc..), Garlic, Long beans and Basil leaves.

Sauces
1/2 table spoon of Fish Sauce
1/2 tea spoon of Sugar
1 table spoon of Oyster Sauce
3/4 table spoon of Soy Sauce
1 table spoon of Oil

HOW TO COOK IT!

1. Chop Garlic and Chilli. Fry them with oil until the Garlic are yellow. Then put meat in the pan and fry them together until the meat is a bit cooked.
2. Put Onion and Long beans in the pan and quickly put Fish sauce, Sugar, Oyster sauce and soy sauce in.
3. Mix them all together and turn of the fire(heat). Put Basil leaves it mix them. Then.... FINISH!!



Serve it with rice and put a fried egg on top (Sorry my egg doesn't look good because I don't have a nice pan... LOL)

Pa-naeng CURRY!!

Pa-naeng Curry is one of famous Thai dishes and also my favorite dish. It's really easyyyyy to cook and the taste is soooo good! :D Talking about it makes me hungry already! Let's cook it!!!



Ingredients
1 1/2 table spoon of Pa-naeng (Panang) curry paste ( You can also make it buy your self but it will take long time and you need in put many ingredients in(see at the end of the blog). It's easier to but the one that's already made. You can buy it at a Thai shop or Asia supermarket near your house)
3/4 table spoon of fish sauce
1 tea spoons of sugar
1 small box of coconut milk
4 table spoons of oil


Meat(Pork,Chicken,beef,shrimp or fish), Lime leaves, Chilli (if you don't want it spicy you can put Paprika or sweet paper instead), Peanuts (you don't really see it in many restaurant but I like to put it :P)


How to cook it? :O

1. Fry oil with Pa-naeng curry paste and put a little bit of coconut milk in it. Mix them together and wait until they look a bit foamy.



2. Then put meat and peanuts in the pan and mix them together until the meat is a bit cooked.
3. Put the rest of coconut milk, lime leaves, and chilli in the pan ( you can leave some leaves and chilli to decorate the dish at the end if you want).
5. Put Fish sauce, Sugar and wait until it's boiled..... then FINISH!!



*Extra information! How to make the Pa-naeng curry paste (If you really want to do it)

Ingredients

7 BIG pieces of dry chilli
1/4 cup of sliced red onion
2 table spoons of sliced garlic
2 table spoons of really small sliced of lemon grass
1 tea spoon of salt
2 tea spoons of caraway powder
1 tea spoon of pepper powder
1 tea spoon of really small sliced of galanga
1 tea spoon of really small sliced of coriander roots
1 tea spoon of shrimp paste

To cook it : Pound everything together except the shrimp paste. Make sure everything is mixed together and then put the shrimp paste in it. Mix them all together until they all look the same.

Tom Yum!

My first dish is Tom Yum!!

Tom Yum is a famous Thai dish that is popular around the world. When people think about Thai food, they often think about Tom Yum first. Tom Yum is a soup that includes a variety of herbs and spices. You can also cook it with pork, chicken, beef and seafood. I also personally like Tom Yum very much <3 Now let's see how to cook Tom Yum!




INGREDIENTS

Cut Lemongrass, Lime leaves, Galanga, Mushrooms, Meat(Pork,Chicken,Seafood, etc.), Chilli, Onion, Tomato and 2 Limes as the picture.

Prepare

4 table spoons of fish sauce
1 table spoon of Chilli Shrimp Paste
1 tea spoon of sugar
Milk (optional)

HOW TO COOK

1. Boil some water and put Lemongrass, Lime leaves and Galanga in the pot. If you want it spicy you can put chilli in the pot at the beginning.
2. Put meat and mushroom in the pot. Wait until they are almost cooked then put onion and tomato in the pot. You can also put chilli in this process if you don't want it too spicy.
3. Wait until everything is cooked and turn of the fire(heat). Put fish sauce, salt, lime juice, sugar and the Chilli Shrimp Paste in the put and mix them. You can also add more favor if you want it more sour, salty,sweet, or spicy.
4. You will see some restaurants they have clear Tom Yum soup and some condensed Tom Yum soup. If you want it condensed, put some fresh milk in it.

The picture of my Tom Yum :)

See? Tom Yum is EASY!!!