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.

FILLED CUCUMBER CUPS

There are two types of Thai cooking: the elaborate Royal cooking, and the peasant style of cooking. This dish is form the royal cuisine, where care is taken over presentation, and the flavours are subtle.

Ingredients:


SERVES 4-6

SERVES 6
1 cucumber
4 spring onions (scallions), chopped finely
4 tbsp lime juice
2 small red chillies, deseeded and chopped finely
3 tsp sugar
150 g/5 oz/1 ¼ cups ground roasted peanuts.
¼ tsp salt
3 shallots, sliced finely and deep-fried, to garnish

Directions

1.                  To make the cucumber cups, cut the ends off the cucumber, and divide it into 3 equal lengths. Mark a line around the centre of each one as a guide.

2.                  Make a zigzag cut all the way around the centre of each section, always pointing the knife towards the centre of the cucumber. Pull apart the 2 halves.

3.                  Scoop out the centre of each cup with a melon baler or teaspoon.

4.                  Put the remaining ingredients, except for the shallots, in a bowl and mix well to combine.

5.                  Divide the filling between the 6 cucumber cups and arrange on a serving plate. Garnish with the deep-fried shallots.

CHERRY TOMATOES

Cherry tomatoes can also be hallowed out very simply with a melon baler and filled with this mixture. The two look very pretty arranged together on a serving dish.

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