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.

Monday, September 5, 2011

Thai Steamed Curry Fish in green pepper

Thai Steamed Curry Fish in green pepper or "Hor Mok Pla ; ห่อหมกปลา" in Thai. I made this recipe with banana leaves last time. I enjoyed to play with banana leave to make a small cup for the steaming of the fish. The banana leaves added the flavor to the food. I love to make this dish for my family. This time I want to try to make the Thai Steamed Curry Fish with green pepper. I used green pepper for the dish, I save some time to prepare the cup from the banana leaves and I can eat the whole green pepper. I like it. I hope you try to make it sometime. It tastes good and very easy to make it. Enjoy :-)

Ingredients:
1) 1/2 Lb. Tilapia
2) 1 egg
3) 3 Tbsp fish sauce
4) 1 Tbsp rice flour
5) 2 sprigs cilantro
6) 4 fresh chilies
7) 3 kaffir lime leaves
8) 4 green pepper
9) 2 Tbsp red curry
10) 1 Tsp sugar
11) 1/2 can coconut milk ( 1 cup )
12) 2 cups sliced napa
13) 1 cup Thai basil

Preparation:
1) This is all ingredients you will need for this recipe.
2) Wash tilapia and slice it.
3) Open the top of green pepper and take the seeds out.
4) Pick only basil leaves from stems, remove chilies stems and thinly slice chilies and kaffir lime leaves. Wash dirt from cilantro.
5) Pour water in a pot then bring to boil in a medium heat, on the mean time cut napa into small pieces.
6) When the water is boiling, add cut napa to boil for 2-5 minutes.
6) Pour out the hot water and drain in cold water and squeeze napa to bring water out and set aside.
7) In a mixing bowl, add coconut milk, sugar, fish sauce and red curry.
8) Stir well until all ingredients are mixed.
9) Add sliced tilapia and stir well.
10) Add egg and Stir well until all ingredients are mixed.
11) Here is the mixture you get, then bring to stuff into the green pepper.
12) Add Thai basil on the bottom of each green pepper.
13) Then add squeezed napa .

14) Then fill each of green pepper with the mixture.
15) Bring to steam for 20-25 minutes.

16) In a small bowl, add1 Tbsp of rice flour and 1 Tbsp of water.
17) After steamed for 30 minutes, open the steamer then top with the mixing of water and rice flour.
18) Top with some sliced kaffir lime leaves, sliced chilies and cilantro.
19) Cover the lid for another 5-10 minutes, then the fish should be cooked.
20) Place a Hor mok Pla on a plate, I hope you enjoy my blog. :-)