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Thai Odyssey Part 2 - Hot and Sour Soup of Shredded Chicken and Lemongrass…
… accompanied by Vermicelli Salad.
Phew, rather a long title for two relatively simple (but delicious) dishes.
I really love this picture that Ginger took of the soup; the coriander leaves floating on the surface look a little like lilly pads on the surface of a pond:
This picture of the salad turned out well, but [...]
Read More..>>Thai Odyssey Part 1 - Sour Orange Curry of Trout and Vegetables
While on holiday last week, I ended up reading a lot of what I call the Big Pink Thai Book by David Thompson. We’ve had the book for a while but I hadn’t read that much of it in the past, which is why I took it on holiday with the intention of reading [...]
Read More..>>Geng Gari Gai
I ate this recently in Busaba Eathai and it was lovely so we thought we’d try making it ourselves. Fred made the paste on Wednesday night and we cooked it together last night.
This is the recipe from David Thompson’s “Thai Food”:
200g chicken thighs
4 medium potaotes (we used some new potatoes that were lurking in [...]
Thai Green Curry
We cooked green curry almost every week for a while, but haven’t done so for some time and decided to end the green curry drought today. We had bought the ingredients when we were in Chinatown on Saturday, so this evening when I got home from work I started preparing the paste.
I [...]