YumMy Curry Noodle (Kanom Jeen Namya)

Ingredients

• 1 package Japanese Somen (12 oz.)


• 3 cups water


• 1 teaspoon salt

Sauce ingredients

• cups coconut milk


• 2 tablespoons red curry paste


• 2 tablespoons fish sauce


• 1 pound fish meat boiled (halibut or cod)


• 1 tablespoon roasted red onion or shallot and garlic

Cook'em!!

• In large pot, bring 3 cups of water to boil, add Somen, boil for 5 minutes.


• Add salt, boil for 2 more minutes. Drain and rinse in cold water.


• Place on serving plate.

Sauce

Boil the fish for 10 minutes. Drain.

In a mortar pound curry paste, and roasted onion and garlic until smooth.

Add cooked fish, pound until well mixed.

In a pot, with little cooking oil, stir fry the mixture well.

Add coconut milk, cook over medium heat.

Bring to boil, add fish sauce.

Stir well, remove from heat

Serve with Japanese Somen.

Enjoy it

Thai Mousse

Thai Name: (Hor Mok Pla)

Ingredients:

16 oz. coconut milk

1 - 2 pieces of white fish. (Grounded)

2 tbsp. Red curry paste1 oz. brown sugar1 tbsp. Fish sauce

1 - 2 Kaffir leafs. Finely chopped

½ cup sweet basil leafs

Tom Yum Goong

Hot And Sour Soup With Shrimp

Thai Name: (Tom Yum Goong)

Ingredients:

2 cups Water

4 tbsp. Fish sauce

6 oz. of Shrimp, wash and peel

2 Kaffir Leafs (lime leafs)

2 Thai chili peppers

3 - 4 stems of fresh coriander

1 stalk of lemon grass. Sliced thin

6 tbsp. Fresh lime juice

Amazing Thai Food

Thai food offers a variety of flavors and taste. Almost all Thai food is made with the subtle mixture of herbs and spices. Thus, Thai food is widely known for being hot and spicy.
A basic Thai meal includes the following: the staple is rice which is accompanied by a number of dishes. There will be a soup, a curry, a steamed or fried dish, a salad and one or more basic sauces. While breakfast includes fresh fruits and a variety of traditional sweets.
Thai food differs from region to region. In the central region people prefer mostly steamed food, which includes fresh water fish and fresh vegetables. Thai food like noodles is extremely popular in Bangkok and one can see tourists enjoying their fare at road side eateries. In the northern region people prefer milder food when compared with other regions of Thailand. The influence of neighboring Burma is more in case of food habits in northern Thailand. Most dishes are prepare using tamarind, turmeric and ginger.
In the southern region coconut plays a predominant role. Coconut is used in almost all the dishes. The southern people use coconut in various ways. They use coconut milk, oil and meat. The coconut milk is used to temper the heat of chili laced soups and it is also used in curries. The coconut oil is used for frying and they use the meat of coconut for garnishing and decorating food items and this gives an added taste to the food.
In ancient days, Thais used to eat the food with their bare hands but now due modernization and influences of western countries, people use forks and spoon to eat rice and chopsticks are used to eat noodles.