Thai Food Recipe: Plakapong Nueng Manao (Snapper with Lemon Sauce)

Thai Food Recipe: ปลากะพงนึ่งมะนาว Plakapong Nueng Manao

(Steamed Whole Snapper Dressed with Lemon Juice Sauce)

ปลากะพงนึ่งมะนาว
Plakapong Nueng Manao
(Steamed Whole Snapper Dressed with Lemon Juice Sauce)


Prepare:


1 medium size snapper (scraped, cleaned)
1 group coriander
3 tbsp. lemon juice
3 tbsp. minced garlic
1 tbsp. minced red chili peppers (more or less as you prefer)
2 tbsp. fish sauce
1/2 tsp. sugar (optional)
1 turnip
1/4 cup mint
1/4 cup stock



Cooking Instructions:

1. First we will do the fish, cut the fin, open the stomach and throw away the stuffing. Now, clean it very well with water.

2. Add coriander inside the stmach.

3. Then, prepare the sauce. Mix fish sauce, lemon juice, garlic, red chili peppers, and sugar together.

4. To make the sauce smell aromatic, add minced coriander root.

5. Place the turnip leaves on a big plate. Then, put snapper over top.

6. After that, dress half of the sauce on the snapper.

7. Steam it on boiling water for 15 minutes (or use microwave on high for 6 minutes)

8. When the fish is done, dress with the other half sauce and top with mint.

Tip:
To steam the fish by the stove, you should use maximum heat and wait until the water is boiling. Then, place the fish into a double boiler. Cooking “Plakapong Nueng Manao” like this is one of the ways to get rid of the fishy smell.

Oh! Add stock later to make it juicy. :)

Joy^^

Goong Raad Prig Manao (Steamed Big Shrimp w/Lemon Sauce)

Steamed Big Shrimps Dressed with Lemon Juice Sauce,

Thai: Goong Raad Prig Manow
Steamed Big Shrimps Dressed with Lemon Juice Sauce
กุ้งราดพริกมะนาว
Goong Raad Prig Manow

Prepare:

1 cup big shrimps (cleaned, peeled, and de-veined)
1 bitter gourd
2 tbsp. minced old ginger
15 small red chili peppers
1 tbsp. minced coriander root
1 tbsp. minced red onion
20 cloves (small size) if you have big size garlic, just use about 10 (minced)
3 pickled garlic (minced)
1/2 tsp. sugar
3 tbsp. fish sauce
5 tbsp. lemon juice

Cooking Instructions:

1. Cut the bitter gourd long ways, take out the inside part and clean very well.

2. Then, slice the end and throw it away. Continue to slice, make the pices abput 1 cm. long.

3. Soft-boil the sliced bitter gourd, then leave it drain.

4. Put the shrimps nicely on the dish. Put ginger over top and steamed in boiling water for 5 minutes.

5. When you finish, dress bitter gourd around the dish.

6. Next, mix red chili peppers, red onion, garlic, pickle garlic, coriander root, sugar, fish sauce and lemon juice.

7. Put the sauce over the steamed shrimps.

You may add lettuce, slice tomato, cucumber or pickled ginger. That will make it looks appetizing. Oh! one more thing! You can use this Thai cooking instrutions with lobster too!
Enjoy your Thai food!

:)

Joy!

Thai Food Dessert: Sang Kaya Fuhk Thong

Thai Food Dessert: สังขยาฟักทอง Sang Kaya Fuhk Thong

(Steamed Whole Pumpkin Dessert)


สังขยาฟักทอง
Sang Kaya Fuhk Thong
(Steamed Whole Pumpkin Dessert)


Prepare:

1 pumpkin (8-9 inches diameter)
6 eggs (from duck)
1 cup thickest part of coconut milk
1 / 2 cup palm sugar
1 / 2 tsp. salt
5 pandanus leaves


Cooking Instructions:

1. Clean the pumpkin very well. Use brush to move away the dirt.

2. Cut the top of pumpkin about 4 inches diameter.

3. Remove the seed inside, clean it very well. Put it upside down to drain the water out.

4. Next, beat the eggs and then add coconut milk, palm sugar, salt in a bowl. Tear the pandanus leaves and put into the bowl. Squeeze everything together.

5. Pour the mixed egg in strainer. After that, pour it into the pumpkin.

6. Steamed it for 20 minutes.

Thai Isaan Food Recipe: Pae Sa Isaan

Thai Isaan Food Recipe: Pae Sa Isaan (Steamed Whole Fish with Sauce)

Pae Sa Isaan (Steamed Whole Fish with Sweet Sauce)

Prepare:

1 whole fish of any kind
3 pieces ginger
1 tbsp. soybean sauce
2 tbsp. pickled garlic
1/2 cup sugar
2 tbsp. minced garlic
3 red chili peppers
2 tbsp. lemon juice or vinegar
1 cup crushed roasted peanut
2 lemongrass (cut 2 inches)
5 kaffir lime leaves
2 coriander roots
1 tbsp. fish sauce
1 cup water

Cooking Instruction:

1. Clean and scale the fish very well. Put soybean sauce, sliced ginger, lemongrass and kaffir lime leaves.

2. Steam with max heat for about 30 minutes.

3. While the fish is being cooked. We’ll make the sauce. Firstly, ground coriander roots, chili peppers and garlic and then put in boiling water.

4. Add sugar, fish sauce, lemon juice or tamarind juice, and crushed roasted peanut.

5. Dress the sauce with coriander leaves.

6. Serve with coriander, mint, sweet basil, lettuce, Thai vermiceli, cabbage or and vegetable you like.

When you eat put fish on a big vegetable leaf. Add all kinds of vegetable but a little of each one. Then put sauce on the top and now open your mouth wide!! :)

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