Simple but delicious Thai food to cook
Pad kraprao nuer |
| A classic dish known as extremely spicy stir-fried fillet or ground beef with long yard beans (you can use fine beans), fresh chillies, garlic and fresh Thai sweet basil. |
| Ingredients |
| 2 tsp vegetable oil 2 cloves garlic finely chopped 2-3 small fresh bird eyes chillies (red or green) finely chopped 100g long yard or fine beans cut to 1 inch long 100g beef or ground beef 1 tsp oyster sauce tsp light soy sauce tsp sugar 25g Thai fresh sweet basil 1 large fresh long chilli (red, green or yellow) |
| Preparation |
| Heat oil in a wok until very hot, add garlic, chopped small chilli for 15-20 seconds. Add the beef and stir-fry for about 1 minute until it is half cooked. Add fine beans and the rest of the ingredients except sweet basil and stir-fry for about 2-3 minutes until the beef is fully cooked, then toss in the basil leaves. Transfer to a serving dish, serve with Thai fragrant rice. |
Gaeng keow wan gai |
| Highly spicy and creamy with coconut flavour, baby aubergine, bamboo shoots and Thai fresh holy basil. |
| Ingredients |
| 250g fresh chicken fillet 1-2 tsp Thai green curry paste 1 tsp vegetable oil 250-300ml cocunut milk 25-30g baby aubergine or 100g roasted aubergine 100-150g bamboo shoots 1 stem fresh plump root of wild ginger 1 large red chilli slices 2-3 kaffir lime leaf, finely sliced 1 tsp fish sauce 1 tsp sugar 15g Thai holy basil leaves 50g stock 50g green capsicum 50g red capsicum |
| Preparation |
| Heat oil in a wok to medium hot, then add Thai green curry paste and stir-fry for 30 seconds. Add the chicken and stir-fry for 3-4 minutes until the meat is cooked. Add the coconut milk, then let it simmer for 10-15 minutes on a low heat. Add the vegetables and stock, mix well for 2-3 minutes. Toss in the holy basil and fresh chilli, just before serving. Transfer to a serving dish, serve with Thai fragrant rice or fermented rice vermicelli (Kanom-jeen) or Roti (Thai style torilla made from plain flour, water, vegetable oil and margarine). Any vegatble can be used with this recipe. |
