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.

PORK SATAY

Small pieces of tender pork are skewered on bamboo satay sticks, grilled (broiled) or barbecued, them served with a delicious peanut sauce.

Ingredients:


SERVES 4

8 bamboo satay sticks, soaked in warm water
500 g/1 1b pork fillet (tenderloin)

SAUCE:
125 g/4 oz/1 cup unsalted peanuts
2 tsp hot chilli sauce
180 ml/6 fl oz/ ¾ cup coconut milk
2 tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp ground coriander
pinch ground turmeric
1 tbsp dark muscovodo sugar
salt

TO GARNISH:
Fresh flat-leaf parsley or coriander (cilantro)
cucumber leaves
red chillies

Directions           

1.                  To make the sauce, scatter the peanuts on a baking sheet (cookie sheet) and toast under a preheated grill (broiler) until golden brown, turning them once or twice. Leave to cool, then grind them in a food processor, blender or food mill. Alternatively, chop them very finely.

2.                  Put the ground peanuts into a small saucepan with all the remaining sauce ingredients. Heat gently stirring constantly. Reduce the heat to very low and cook gently for 5 minutes.

3.                  Meanwhile, trim any fat from the pork. Cut the pork into small cubes and thread it on to the bamboo satay sticks. Place the kebabs on a rack covered with foil in a grill (broiler) pan.

4.                  Put half the peanut sauce into a small serving bowl. Brush the skewers pork with the remaining satay sauce and place under a preheated grill (broiler) for about 10 minutes, turning and basting frequently. Until cooked.

5.                  Serve the pork with the reserved peanut sauce and garnish with flat-leaf parsley or coriander (cilantro) leaves, cucumber leaves and red chillies.                   

CUCUMBER LEAVES
To make cucumber leaves, slice a thick chunk from the side of a cucumber, and cut to shape cut grooves in the cucumber flesh in the shape of leaf veins.

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