A quick and easy recipe with Isaan-style green chili pepper paste filled up our stomachs at lunch yesterday. As the green chilies were about to get rotten and I have to get rid of them real soon, this Isaan recipe came into my mind. The food is so healthy. It contains lots of vegetables and the … Read more
Gaprao Neu-uh , (Stir fried Beef with Basil) Prepare: 500g. minced beef 1 onion (sliced) 1/2 yellow sweet bell pepper (sliced) 1 cup Basil 2 tbsp. sliced garlic 2 tbsp. slice red chili pepper 1 cup rice 2 tbsp. vegetable oil or olive oil 1 tbsp. fish sauce 1 tbsp. soy sauce 2 tbsp. oyster … Read more
Thai Food Vegetables: Chili Peppers! Thai food: Chilis! These are green and red chili peppers that we use in our Thai food dishes on this web site. It is very difficult to tell which chilis are going to be medium spicy and which chilis are going to be “hurting your ears” spicy. There are different … Read more
Thai Food: Som Tam Bla Rah! – Spicy papaya salad with fermented fish/crab sauce Gather: 5 peppers 3 garlic 1 tomato (sliced) 1 eggplant (sliced) 1 fermented crab 1 handful chopped papaya 1 tbsp. fish sauce 3 tbsp. fermented fish juice (Bla rah) 2 pieces lemon 1 tsp. sugar or palm sugar Som Tam … Read more
Thai Food Ingredients: Dried Red Chili Pepper! Thai Food: Dried Red Chili Pepper This is one of the prime ingredients and spices in so many food dishes we eat here in Thailand. Every breakfast my husband and I add this to our “Gwit Diao” pork noodle soup. Along with a dash of fish sauce it … Read more
Kao Pad Nam Prig Sawan Pla Dook Foo: (Fried Rice and Deep Fried Crushed Fish with Chili Paste from Heaven) Prepare: 1 cup fish meat (cooked and crushed) 1 cup steamed rice 1/4 cup carrot 2 tbsp. green bean 1 tbsp. minced garlic 1 tbsp. olive oil 1 tomato (sliced) 1 cucumber (sliced) 2 tbsp. … Read more
Tom Yum Gai Tom Yum – Spicy Thai Chicken Soup Prepare: 1/2 pound chicken breast 1 cup straw mushrooms 1 cup water 1 lemon grass (cut 2 inches) 4-6 kaffir lime leaves 3 small red onions cut into quarters 2 medium to large tomato 2 pieces galangal 2 tbsp. fish sauce 4 tbsp. fresh … Read more