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Sawasdee Ka!
I just finished writing a new page here at the blog… in the upper left hand side you can see it - “FREE Thai Food E-Books!”.
We decided to just give away both of our e-books for free since we’ll be able to have more people see them and enjoy them!
If you don’t know what an e-book is, it’s simply a Word file with photos and nice formatting converted into an Adobe PDF format that you can read on your computer, PDA, phone, or maybe even your watch. It makes the files easy to read on electronic readers too - you may have heard about Microsoft’s and Amazon’s new readers. They are e-book readers designed specially for reading e-books.
If you want to get both e-books here are the links below…
Joy’s Thai Food Recipe E-book, 99 pages, fully illustrated, fully FREE!
Joy’s Top 20 Thai Desserts E-book, 38 pages, fully illustrated, also - fully FREE!
Pad Thai: Thai Style Noodle Stir Fry
ผัดไทย Pad Thai (Thai Style Noodle Stir-Fry)
Prepare:
14 big shrimps (peeled, de-veined and cooked)
2 handful thin noodle
3/4 cup cut yellow tofu
3 tbsp. good quality dried shrimp
1/4 cup salted radish (minced)
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1/2 tsp. vinegar
1 tbsp. water
1/4 cup a garlic-like vegetable of the genus Allium (cut 1 inch)
2 duck’s eggs
1 cup bean sprouts
1 tbsp. sliced red onion
1 tbsp. minced garlic
1 tsp. dried red chili powder
2 tbsp. roasted peanut (crushed)
1 tsp. sugar
Pad Thai Sauce:
1/2 cup vegetable oil
3 tbsp. minced red onion
3 tbsp. minced garlic
1/2 cup palm sugar
1/3 cup good quality fish sauce
1/2 cup concentrated tamarind juice
Cooking Instructions:
1. Heat the pan and add vegetable oil. When the pan is hot, add 3 tbsp. minced red onion and 3 tbsp. minced garlic. Fry until it turns gold. Gold pad Thai is good pad Thai. Be careful, it will be bitter if you put max heat and burn it.
2. Add palm sugar, fish sauce, concentrated tamarind juice. Boil until it gets thick.
3. Remove from the stove.
Next, we will cook the pad Thai noodles.
1. In a different pan, heat the pan and add vegetable oil. When the pan is hot, add red 1 tbsp. sliced onion and garlic. Fry until it has aromatic smell.
2. Add tofu, salted radish and dried shrimps.
3. Now, add noodle and water. Mix well then add vinegar.
4. Pour pad Thai sauce we prepare from before. Add as much as you like. Make sure you don’t add too much because the noodle will be too wet and overcook.
5. Then, make a quick stir. If you like bean sprouts and the genus Allium to be cooked, add it in this step.
6. Turn off the fire. Arrange the noodle on a plate. Put dried chili pepper, sugar, roasted peanut, fresh bean sprouts and the genus Allium on a side.
Oy!!!! I forgot to add shrimp!!
You can put them after any step above, because it was already cooked. I’ll put them like a pyramid on top of my Pad Thai. Another option for Pad Thai, make an omelet from duck’s eggs. Make it as thin and as big as possible. Put the noodle in the middle of the omelet. Fold four sides then put another plate on top. Turn it upside down. Decorate it with bean sprouts, the genus Allium or scallion, dried chili powder, sugar, peanut, and one piece of lemon.
We called this Pad Thai with omelet in Thai language, “Pad Thai Kai Ho”. Pad Thai is a classic Thai Food dish and one that we eat a lot - a couple times per month. Tourists, when they come to Thailand know “Pad Thai” from the Thai food restaurants in their home country. They always seem to know to order this dish!
Joys Top 5 Thai Food Specialty Recipes!
Joy’s Top 5 Thai Food Specialty Recipes from Thailand! \(^v^)/
Joy’s Top 5 Thai Food Specialty Recipes! from Joy’s TryThaiFood Blog
5. Gang Som Naw Mai Dong (Spicy Bamboo Soup) with photo and video!
4. Yum WoonSen (Glass Noodle Spicy Salad) with photo!
3. Gang Som Goong Kai Cha-Om (Shrimp and Fried Egg Sour Soup) with many photos!
2. Pad Phet Sator (Bean Pod Stir-Fry). Photo and Video! This one is SO delicious! This is my husband’s favorite! But, it is not number one. This is my list, so I CHOOSE THE NUMBER ONE!
NUMBER 1. Is…. TOM YUM GOONG! Spicy Shrimp Thai Soup - yes, we LOVE spicy soups here… what can I say? \(^v^)/ Tom Yum Video >
Make some Thai Food for your family
- you don’t have to buy it at the restaurant,
it’s easy!
This TOP 5 Recipe post was inspired by Darren Rowse at Problogger.net - he is giving away $1001 dollars for a prize. There are THOUSANDS of entries! I hope I win something… ^^
My Favorite Thai Food Meals!
My Favorite Thai Food Meals!
I thought I’d write today about my favorite Thai food.
Unfortunately my wife is on holiday in Isaan and won’t be back until this Saturday. But, I’ll write it now and we’ll edit it to add the Thai names of the food later.
One meal I like at a Thai food restaurant is: Yum Woon Sen. This is a spicy noodle salad with clear rice noodles, cut tomatoes, onions, scallions, chilis, some garlic and some round small things that resemble garlic cloves but that are a little bit sweet. I must have my wife give me the name and I’ll put it here if I remember.
Yum Woon Sen is spicy because it’s wet. The wet foods are more spicy because they build up on your tongue easier for some reason, soon reaching a level of “inferno” here in Thailand. In Isaan, land of the super-spicy food I would ask for Pedt Podee or, spicy “just right”. In Isaan this means it will STILL start a small fire in your mouth, but I was able to finish it most times.
Usually cucumber is served with this dish - and the cucumber slices help to reduce the amount of burn in your mouth. The Indian food restaurants I’ve eaten at have “Lassi” - which is a yogurt mixture with cucumber pieces that also helps calm the mouth.
Another of my all-time favorite Thai foods is called, “Gai Yang!” (guy yang) This is just barbequed chicken on a stick. Many people sell this all over Isaan, and though I can find this food in the restaurants and food stalls here, it’s NOT as plentiful or as delicious as in Isaan. But, alas, nothing IS!
Guy Yang is eaten alone, with rice and bla-la (fermented fish paste) and/or with my favorite dish of all time - Som Tam! Som tam is one of the recipes we already have listed in this blog. It is very simple - and yet I love it to death. Really, I hinted that it might be addictive… but, without a doubt there is no RATIONAL explanation for why I crave it like I do… It IS ADDICTIVE.
The last meal that I’ll mention is “Tom Yum” soup. It comes in many varieties… I like the clear broth or the coconut milk broth. Though the latter seems to be spicier for some reason. Both are delicious. We will have the Thai food video and recipe listed for this very soon because she makes it so often…
I hope that gave you an idea for something to try at the restaurants. I left out some of my other favorites that I can’t remember the name for! That will be another post - after Saturday when my translator (wife) gets home!
Ok, have a great day…
Joy’s Husband
