Archive for the 'South East Asian' Category
Khmer Chicken Samla with Coconut Milk
This is one of the first Thai dishes I ever ate, cooked by Stephen’s sister. I really enjoyed it and they subsequently bought us the book they found the recipe in: Hot, Sour, Salty, Sweet by Jeremy Alford and Naomi Dugold. We’ve cooked it ourselves but neither of us remembered that until we started cooking. […]
Read More..>>Chicken Stir-Fry
As happens pretty often on a Monday, we planned to eat leftovers from yesterday’s roast only to find that there wassn’t actually anything left over. A quick scramble through the freezer revealed very little in the way of inspiration, other than one, small, sad looking chicken breast. I braved the rain this afternoon to buy […]
Read More..>>Chinese New Year
Last night, we celebrated a belated Chinese New Year with some friends. We knew the food was going to be good but we didn’t realise just how good. We started with gyoza which were cooked in the Japanese style: browned in a frying pan before being transferred to the oven. These were outstanding, crispy skins […]
Read More..>>The Thai
As I mentioned at the start of the year, Stephen and I have resolved to post more about restaurants as well as food we’ve cooked ourselves. Last night, we went for a quick dinner at The Thai which has been open for a couple of months near where we live (I can’t find a homepage […]
Read More..>>Thai Red Curry with Chicken and Vegetables
The peanut sauce we made on Wednesday required one teaspoon or red curry paste which seemed like a lot of mortaring and pestling for such a small amount. Luckily Stephen remembered that we’d bought some paste at Oriental City before it closed down so we used that instead. There was obviously lots leftover so we […]
Read More..>>New Year’s Eve 2008
We decided to spend the evening at home with some friends last night and agreed in advance on some quick and easy food that we could all contribute to. By the time they had arrived, our best laid plans had gone completely awry and we ended up with a banquet rather than a buffet. Not […]
Read More..>>Hot and Sticky Roast Quail with Thai Style Brussels Sprout Noodles
Paging through Nigel Slater’s “the kitchen diaries” book, Kerri found this quail recipe, which sounded rather appealing. It involved basting quails in mustard, soy sauce, lemon juice, cayenne pepper and rather a lot of garlic and then roasting them. The result was very tasty, with some heat from the mustard and the cayenne and well […]
Read More..>>Stir Fried Beef with Green Beans and Basil
This was very quick and simple to make, perfect for a cold, wet, Monday: 1 red chilli, chopped 2 garlic cloves, chopped Tablespoon ginger, chopped 3/4 red pepper, sliced Handful green beans, chopped Medium steak, sliced Tablespoon soy sauce Tablespoon fish sauce Four tablespoon stock 10 basil leaves Pound together the chilli, garlic and ginger […]
Read More..>>Chicken Stir Fry
I know. I toyed with not posting it because it’s appeared so many times before but that’s not what Dinner Diary is all about. So, apologetically, I give you chicken stir-fry. It contained all the usual ingredients and was cooked in pretty much the same way we usually cook it. We hereby promise to cook […]
Read More..>>Peppers Cashew nuts with Chicken
This is another recipe from the mysterious Thai Traditional Cooking: The Mother’s Recipes by Maria Kanigman Saunders that we used last week to make the beef stir-fry. Once again, the recipe was easy to follow and quick. I spent a few minutes chopping up the ingredients and Stephen cooked it when he got home. It […]
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