What Makes Rambutan – Thailand’s Most Tasty Fruit? It is June, and one of my favorite times of the year is happening right now in Thailand. It’s time for the RAMBUTANS to become RIPE! I’m a rambutan lush, I have to admit. I eat more of these things than a man has a right to! … Read more
Rose Apples (Thais say ‘Chompoo’) If you’ve never had ROSE APPLES, this is one Thai fruit you have to try when you visit! These Thai fruits are one of my Thai food favorites. It’s not just grown in Thailand and Thai food, but it’s all over Asia. I first had these “apples” when I was … Read more
Durian Chips (Deep Fried Unripe Durian) Durians are a Thai fruit. They might be hard to find in your Asian grocery – or they might have a whole stack of them. They are huge – watermelon size or larger. They have spikes on their brown skin. They are smelly like the most horrible smell you … Read more
Kanom Gluay (Steamed Banana) Khanom Gluay ( Steamed Banana) Prepare: 2 cups rice flour 1 and 1/2 cup tapioca flour 1 cup scraped young coconut 2 and 1/2 cup coconut milk 2 cups mashed apple banana (1kilogram) 2 cups sugar 2 tsp. salt Topping: 3 cups scraped old coconut 1 tsp. salt Banana leaves … Read more
Gluay Buad Chee – Banana Dessert Prepare: 10 Pisang Awak banana (half-ripe) if you get the one that is too ripe, the result you get will be too soft ( I like it like that though!) 3/4 cup sugar 1 tsp. salt 1/2 thickest coconut cream 3 cups of coconut milk Thai Banana Dessert Cooking … Read more
Gang Kua SubparodPineapple Curry Prepare: 1 cup shrimp, duck, beef or pork1 cup coconut thick cream2 cups coco nut milk2 tbsp. fish sauce1 tbsp. palm sugar2-4 tbsp. concentrated tamarind juice2 cups cut pineapple Prepare the paste: 7 dried pepper (red and big size)1/2 tbsp. minced galingale1 tbsp. minced lemongrass10 cloves garlic2 tbsp. minced red … Read more
Cutting Ripe Papaya: Less Pain Since I was 10 years old, my main duty is to help in the kitchen whenever there was someone is cooking and it is a must if my aunt is in there. I think that is how, EE, her daughter learn to cook, she is way better than me and … Read more
Bpla Raad Prik – Deep fried fish with 3 flavors sauce Prepare: 1 tilapia (or any kind of fish you like) 4 tbsp. sliced red onion 2 tbsp. roughly cut garlic 3 tbsp. cut chili pepper (more or less as you like) 4 big size chili peppers (remove the seeds and ground finely, this pepper … Read more
Thai Dessert: Thai Coconut Noodle Dessert (Lawt Chong) Prepare: 2 cups rice flour 1 cup palm sugar 7 aromatic pandanus leaves 7 cups lime water(white wash) 2 cups coconut milk 1/2 tsp. salt 1/2 cup water 1 cup water with jasmine flavor 1 can Instructions: 1. Cut pandanus leaves in small pieces and crush it … Read more
Thai Dessert: Kao Niao Piak Lumyai (Sticky Rice with Lumyai and Coconut Milk) Prepare: 1 cup uncooked sticky rice 2 cups lumyai meat (longan) or as much as you like 2 cups coconut milk 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 tsp. salt 2 pandanus leaves (cut 1 inch) Cooking Instruction: 1. Cook sticky rice in boiling water. … Read more