HOT THAI RECIPES

FRIED RICE AND PRAWNS (SHRIMP)
When you‘ve got one eye on the clock and a meal to make this the one! Made in a trice, yet simply stunning to look at, its taste belies its simplicity.

SON-IN-LAW EGGS
This recipe is supposedly so called because it is an easy dish for a son-in-law to cook to impress his new mother-in-law!


GREEN BEEF CURRY
This is a quickly made curry prepared with strips of beef steak, cubed aubergine (eggplant) and onion in a cream sauce flavoured with green curry paste. Serve with fluffy rice and a salad


PAW - PAW (PAPAYA SALAD)
Choose firm paw-paws – or papayas as they are something called – for this delicious salad.


(SHRIMPCELLOPHANE NOODLES WITH SHRIMPS & BEAN-SPROUTS
Cellophane or ‘glass’ noodles are made from mung beans. They are sold dried, so they need soaking before use.

HOT AND SOUR SOUP

A very traditional staple of the Thai national diet, this soup is sold on street corners, at food bars and by mobile vendors all over country.

Ingredients:


Serves 4
1 tbsp sunflower oil
250 g/8 oz smoked tofu (bean curd), sliced
90 g/3 oz/1 cup shiitake mushrooms, sliced
2 tbsp chopped fresh coriander (cilantro)
125 g/4 oz/2 cups watercress
1 red chilli, sliced finely, to garnish

STOCK:
1 tbsp tamarind pulp
2 dried red chillies, chopped
2 kaffir lime leaves, torn in half
2.5 cm/1 inch piece ginger root, chopped
5 cm/2 inch piece galangal, chopped
1 stalk lemon grass, chopped
1 onion, quartered
1 litre/1 ¼ pints/4 cups cold water

Directions

1.                  Put all the ingredients for the stock into a saucepan and bring to the boil. Simmer for 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and strain, reserving the stock.

2.                  Heat the oil in a wok or large, heavy frying pan (skillet) and cook the tofu (bean curd) over a high heat for about 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Add the strained stock.

3.                  Add the mushrooms and coriander (cilantro), and boil for 3 minutes. Add the watercress and boil for 1 minute.

4.                  Serve immediately. Garnished with red chilli slices.

MUSHROOMS
You might like to try a mixture of different types of mushroom. Oyster, button and staw mushrooms are all suitable.

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