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.

CARROT AND CORIANDER (CILANTRO) SALAD

This is a tangy, crunchy salad, which is popular with everyone. It makes an ideal accompaniment to aubergine (eggplant) & mushroom satay with peanut sauce 

Ingredients:


SERVES 4

4 large carrots
2 celery sticks, cut into matchsticks
2 tbsp roughly chopped fresh coriander (cilantro)

DRESSING:
1 tbsp sesame oil
1 ˝ tbsp rice vinegar
˝ tsp sugar
˝ tsp salt

Directions

1.                  To create flower-shaped carrot slices, as shown, cut several grooves lengthways along each carrot before slicing it.

2.                  Slice each carrot into very thin slices, using the slicing cutter of a grater.

3.                  Combine the carrot, celery and coriander (cilantro) in a bowl. Combine the dressing  the ingredients thoroughly

4.                  Just before serving, toss the carrot, celery and coriander mixture in the dressing and transfer to a serving dish.

GARNISHES
You can make this attractive salad look even more appealing with the addition of a simple garnish. Cut very fine strips of carrot with a vegetable peeler and curl into a spiral, or drop in iced water for a few minutes to make them curl up alternatively you could make very thin cuts through a chunk of celery from the top almost to the bottom, and leave in iced water until the founds curl up.

SESAME OIL
Sesame oil is a very aromatic oil used in small quantities in a lot of oriental cooking, to impart a special flavour to salad dressing and sauces. If it is not available, you can substitute any high quality oil, though the dressing will not have the distinctive Thai flavour.

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