Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Drunken Fried Rice Shrimp

Drunken Fried Rice Shrimp or Khao Phad Kee Mao Gung : ข้าวผัดขี้เมากุ้ง in Thai. I am not big fan of fried rice recipe but I love to make it whenever I have left over cooked rice and I found its best way to create something in hand become great meal for my family. This is quite spicy fried rice and smell good with Thai basil in the dish. Very easy to make it too. Follow my recipe step by step and you can make it from your own kitchen too. Enjoy.

Ingredients :
1) 3 cups cooked rice
2) 3 cloves garlic
3) 1 head while onion
4) 1 cup Thai basil
5) 2 eggs
6) 5 hot Thai chilies
7) 2 Tbsp oyster sauce
8) 2 Tbsp fish sauce
9) 1/2 Tbsp sugar
10) 3 Tbsp canola oil

Preparation:
1) Here is 3 cups of cooked rice.
2) Clean shrimps and wash all vegetable and herb, pick sweet basil leaves from stem.
3) Use the mortar and pestle to crush the garlic and chillies.

4) Put canola oil into pan with medium heat.
5) When oil is hot add crushed garlic and chilies.
6) Add sliced onions. Keep stir fried until fragrant.
7) Add shrimp. Stir well until shrimp is getting cook.
8) Make room for eggs in the middle, scramble with spatula.
9) After the egg is cooked.
10) Add cooked rice.
11) Season with oyster sauce, fish sauce, and sugar.
12) Stir-fry all ingredients until mix thoroughly.
13) Add sweet basil leaves.
14) Stir quickly, and remove from heat.
15) Put the fried rice on a plate, garnish with fresh sweet basil leaves.

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Phad Thai from vinegar

Phad Thai from vinegar (ผัดไทยจากน้ำส้มสายชู ). I try to make Phad Thai sauce from vinegar this time. It is surprised to me how the result come out. It tastes like Phad Thai to me and my husband loves it. Now I found another way to make Phad Thai easily for my family and friends. If you love to eat Phad Thai. You can try this recipe from your own kitchen, I hope you try to cook it sometime and enjoy my recipe.

Ingredients for Phad Thai Sauce
1) 3 Tbsp vinegar
2) 3 Tbsp fish sauce
3) 2 Tbsp sugar

Ingredients:
1) 1/8 Lb. rice noodle
2) 15 medium shrimp
3) 1/4 cup dry shrimp
4) 2 eggs
5) 1/2 cup ground roast peanut
6) 4 Tbsp canola oil
7) 2 shallots
8) 3 cloves garlic
9) 1 and 1/2 cups bean sprout
10) 4 green onion
11) 1 and 1/2 cups diced extra firm tofu

Preparation:
1) Soak dry noodle for 15-20 minutes or until noodle is getting soft.
2) When the noodle is soft. Drain and set aside.
3) Peel shallot and garlic, wash green onions and tofu.
4) Mince garlic and shallots, cut tofu into small dices and cut green onion into 1 " length.
5) Set aside all ingredients and prepare to work on the pan.
6) Heat 4 Tbsp canola oil in a pan on medium heat.
7) When the oil is hot, add cut shallots and minced garlic. Stir fried until fragrant.
8) Add cut diced tofu.
9) Keep stir fried until lightly brown.
10) Add shrimp stir fried for a 30 seconds.
11) Add dried shrimp.
12) Add half of Phad Thai sauce into the pan and stir well until shrimp is cooked.
13) Add soft noodle.
14) Add the remaining of Phad Thai sauce and stir well until noodle is soft and the sauce cover all the noodle.
15) Make room for eggs in the middle, scramble with spatula.
16) Spread eggs in a thin layer.
17) After the egg is cooked, add ground roasted peanuts. 18) Add cut green onions.
19) Add  bean sprouts.
20) Mix all ingredients thoroughly and remove from the heat.
21) Spoon onto a serving plate. Usually serves with fresh vegetable such as mung bean sprouts, green onions, cilantro. Sometime you can see ground roasted peanuts, ground dried chillies and slice lime.

Monday, October 3, 2011

Baked Tilapia with hot tamarind sauce

Baked Tilapia with hot tamarind sauce or Op Pla Rad Prik ( อบปลาราดพริก ) in Thai. This is my second entries of Pla Rad Prik. This recipe I cook fish in a difference way. I ran out cooking oil, I try to bake tilapia with 400 degree for 45 minutes. It made a simple dinner and we enjoyed our dinner very much. I hope you enjoy my recipe too.

Ingredients :
1) 2 Lbs. Tilapia
2) 1 Tbsp tamarind sauce
3) 1 Tbsp palm sugar
4) 1 Tbsp fish sauce
5) 2 cloves garlic
6) 5 shallots
7) 5 sprigs cilantro
8) 7 Thai chilies
9) 2 Tbsp canola oil
10) 1/2 Cup of water

Preparation:
1) Wash the fish and pat to dry. Turn on the oven into 400 F

2) when the oven is ready, sprinkle salt both side of tilapia then bring to bake with 4000F for 40-45 minutes.
3) Soak 1/3 cup of water with warm water for 5-10 minutes or until soft.
4) Squeeze the seeds and fiber with your fingers then strain and discard fibers.
5) Wash dirt from cilantro, peel garlic and shallots. Don't forget to remove chilies stems too.
6) Cut all vegetables into small pieces.
7) Use a mortar and pestle to crush the chillies, garlic, cilantro and shallots together.

8) Put canola oil into pan with medium heat.
9) When oil is hot add crushed garlic, shallots, cilantro and chilies.
10) Stir fried until fragrant.
11) Add tamarind juice, fish sauce, sugar and water.
12) Stir well until all ingredients mix together. The taste of sauce should be sweet, spicy and sour.
13) Check the fish in the oven.
14) When the tilapia is cook, place into the serving plate.
15) Pour the sauce on top of the fish and garnish with coriander leaves.