I Love Thai Cooking

3 tablespoons http://ilovethaicooking.wordpress.com/2011/01/06/pomalo-salad-with-crab-recipe-yum-som-oh-phu/ plus 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil 1 tablespoon Lee Kim Kee Honey Garlic Sauce    

    LEMONGRASS & LIME SORBet   Inspired by my very own lemongrass lemonade recipe, I wanted to create a refreshing sorbet to cool down spicy food. But the recipe still lacks in color and texture. After, attending Jerry Traunfeld workshop in “Adventures in the Herb Garden”, I was inspired and love the flavor of Shiso Apple Ice-cream.  Adding green apple with my lemongrass lemonade, I get a…

Pla Goong – Dancing Shrimp

Happy Mother’s Day Happy Mother’s DayAll the best wishes and happiness on Mother’s Day Dancing Shrimp – Pia Goong – Thai Shrimp Herbal Salad Thai Shrimp Herbal Salad – Dancing Shrimp Serves 4 Preparation time: 20 minutes        Cooking time: 5 minutes 20 shrimps, peeled and deveined 3 Thai chili peppers, sliced, or 1 teaspoon ground roasted red pepper 1 tablespoon roasted red chili…

Coconut Palm Sugar 101, how palm sugar being made

Coconut Palm Sugar 101

Palm Sugar

Thai coconut palm sugar has a unique flavor of caramel & butterscotch notes. It is has a low melting point and high burning point which ideas for desert. It is also a great sugar for savory dishes, as…

Happy Mother’s Day

Virtual Thai Cooking Class to Fund the Frontline Against Covid

I hope you are all doing well. I am finally adjust to Stay-at-Home and would like to do something special on this Mother’s day. I would like to celebrate the Mother’s Day with Thai food enthusiasts and fans out there. Whether you are a mom or just want to take this opportunity to learn Thai cooking over the zoom online platform. I…

~Khanom Yok Manee Recipe – ขนมหยกมณี ~

Pandan Tapioca Peal Cake – ขนมหยกมณี – Khanom Yok Manee

Another ancient Thai dessert, Pandan Tapioca Pearl Cake, it’s Thai name is  Jade Gemstone – ขนมหยกมณี – Khanom Yok Manee

Steamed Pandanus Tapioca Pearl Cake

Khanom Yok Manee

ขนมหยกมณี

The photo above was from my visit to Phuket and I had this childhood dessert for breakfast. This dessert can be prepared in an instant. Simply…

Sesbania flowers Scrambled Egg Recipe ~ ดอกโสนผัดไข่

Sesbania Flower, ดอกโสน, Dok Sano 

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  Growing up in the village was a grand opportunity to eat exotic kind of food you can’t find in the big city just like Sesbani Flower Dok Sano and more. Edible flower has it own appeal than any vegetable, so when I walked the freezer section of  the Asian Market another,

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Happy Mother’s Day

  TOD MAN PLA

Phuket Fish Cake with Red Curry & Lime Leaf

ทอดมันปลา

Serves6 as a main dish, 12 as an appetizer

Yield:3 cups to make about 12 patties

Preparation time:20 minutes

Cooking time:20 minutes

5 shallots, minced

4 cloves garlic, minced

2 tablespoons red curry paste

3 tablespoons chopped cilantro

1½ pounds snapper, or other firm white fish

1 tablespoon sugar

1 tablespoon light soy sauce

Thai Food is Main Stream

Happy New Year 2019

I hope your 2018 is filled with many memories. I wish to here some of your stories. My 2018 year began with more traveling that has been in a velocity since 2015 then I finally able to slow the speed down in April. So the past few years has been an interesting years of discovery both professionally and personally. I have been to many culinary destination in Southeast Asia,…

~Thai Fish Sauce Condiment Recipe, Nam Pla Prik~

For Richer or For Poorer

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In Thailand, fish sauce is called nam pla. It is made of anchovies and salt which are fermented for 6 to 12 months under the tropical sun. The process of fermentation leaves behind an elixir laden with flavor and concentrated glutamic acid. This elixir creates a mouthful of flavor when added to salads, soups, curries, stir-fries,…

Tom Kha Ja Recipe

TOM KHA JAY

(Zucchini and button mushroom in galangal-coconut milk soup)

  I had lunch with my friends Nandini and Nadia at Vegetarian restaurant and love this combination of zucchini and button mushroom in a sour kind of curry. I knew then, they will work well with this vegetarian tom kha. And it is so true.

  Servings: 6 to 8

Preparation: 20 minutes

Cooking time: 5 minutes.

3 medium zucchini,…

Quick and Easy Vinaigrette

Ice Berg-Strawberry-Dill Salad with Soy Vinaigrette

Recipe

1 tablespoon sesami oil

1 tabspoon garlic honey sauce

1 tablespoon honey or palm sugar syrub

2 tablespoons soy (healthy boy with mushroom)

1/2 tablespoon ginger

Stuffed Sweet Pepper Green Curry Recipe

Curry Without the Hurry Sometimes we can add a little creativity and time to an ordinary Thai curry dish and a magic spell happens. When you bring the food to the table it produces a touch to the heart as well as a gastronomic experience. When I returned home for a visit, my mom’s kitchen invoked a fond memory of her preparing stuffed southern style eggplant in Phuket red curry sauce — her…

~Angled Luffa Gourd, Stir-Fried Angled Luffa with Egg Recipe~

What is a Fruit, Eaten as a Vegetable, and Used as a Sponge? Wait—you are eating luffa? Yes, in Thailand luffa fruit is eaten at a young stage as a vegetable. It is soft, sweet and aromatic after cooking, either in a stir-fry or a soup dish. We eat the whole fruit except for the skin. When I have a craving for luffa as a vegetable, I only choose the youngest luffa available. As the fruit gets…

~Thai Ceremony & Culinary Traditions~

Thai Ceremony & Culinary Traditions One year, remembrance. I arrived in Phuket in late March 2015 amid the stunning beauty of the hot season. All my favorite flowers from large trees were in full bloom, and the sky had a beautiful blue hue. The heat and humidity greeted me and welcomed me home. I love Thailand at this time of year. However, this visit was unlike any other. It was an urgent one to…