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As I step further into the online world I find things I should be doing to market my Thai food site. I don’t like marketing anymore than you do – but, it’s a necessary evil. I’ve created a Squidoo lens. Not sure what it is, but it’s also related to Thai food: Joy’s Thai Food Recipe Squidoo Lens >

If you also use Squidoo would you let me know your lens addresses and we can link them up there.

Thanks! Joy

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Thai Food Soup: แกงส้มปลา Gang Som Pla (Fish in Sour Soup)

แกงส้มปลา
Gang Som Pla
(Fish in Sour Soup)

Prepare:

1 whole fish (clean and cut)
1 cup tamarind juice (non-dried tamarind+hot water)
1 cup sliced raw papaya
1 tbsp. fish sauce
2 tbsp. olive oil
2 cups water

Paste:
1 whole fish (small size)
7 dried red chili peppers (throw away the seed)
3 galingale
5 red onions
1 tbsp. shrimp paste
2 tbsp. LOBO gang som paste

Cooking Instructions:

1. Ground all the paste ingredients together.

2. Boil the fish for 10 minutes. Take its meat for 1/2 cup. Mix fish meat with the paste.

3. In a different pot, boil the water and add the paste from number 1. Until it’s boiling, add tamarind juice. Try 1/2 cup first. If you like it very sour then add more.

4. Add fish and papaya. Cook for 15 minutes.

8. In a bowl, prepare fresh vegetables (any kind). Pour hot soup with fish over the vegetables. This way will make the vegetable cruchy.

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Thai Food Vegetables: Fuhk Tong (Pumpkin)!

This Thai food vegetable has a curious name to say the least… the name is “Fuhk Tong”. Yes, it sounds just like the naughty word back in English speaking countries. It is always the butt of jokes here by the expats that are living here and if I serve it for dinner for my husband and his friends there are always jokes about it. They can get endless enjoyment out of it… But, it’s a vegetable. You might call it, “Pumpkin”.

It is not the same type of pumpkin you have for Halloween, but it is a gourd nonetheless and can also be a little bit sweet – almost like a sweet potato but not that sweet.

We use this Thai food in our soups and curries and even stir fried veggies. We have certain desserts that we use it as an ingredient in also! It’s a very versatile vegetable!

Joy

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