Homemade Nam Prik Phao*

This called " Nam Prik Phao " U can use this cook so many dishes such as Tom Yum Soup or fry it with soft-shell clams/prawns... whatever u like :) . This is my first time making my own homemade chili paste and i didnt fail hahahaha well.The making step is so easy and fast

I didnt spend money making this at all since my house already got all the ingredients

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Ingredients

Red dried chili ( cut into half )

Garlic ( sliced )

Shallot

Dried shrimp ( wash 4-5 times )

Shrimp paste

Palm sugar ( pounded )

Tamarine juice

Fish sauce

Cooking oil

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HOW TO : Homemade Nam Prik Phao

Pound the palm sugar , put aside

Squeeze the juice out from the tamarine ( 1 small bowl )

Prepare red dried chili,garlic,shallot

heat up the wok ... thrown all into the wok ( medium heat )

and dried shrimp , shrimp paste ( just 1 tbsp. )


Add dried shrimp and shrimp paste in ... roast it together


Roast it for 7-10 mins


After that tranfer it to the big bowl . ready for the next step


Take it and put in the mortar.... pound it till very fine

This is it.... what do u think ???
he did a great job ....xoxo

Zoom ....Zoom ..check out the texture...looking great

Man behind the bowl / man behind the mortar

Thanks for his help !!! ........:>3...........if wasnt becuz of his help

I guess I cant finish making this Nam Prik Phao

Heat up the same wok , add cooking oil for maybe 7-10 tbsp. or more if u want to..

Once the oil is hot ... add the pounded chili paste in

Fry it .... with the oil ...at this step u might want to open all ur kitchen windows !!!

As u can see...the chili slowly turning the colour....

Lower the stove , add in pounded palm sugar

Tamarine juice also add in now

some of fish sauce ( u dun need to add more than 1 tbsp cuz the shrimp paste and dried shimp already salty ) ad dthis foish sauce to get a smell and a tasty taste!!

At this step , still in low heat, fry it till it become thicker... if its too dry u can add more cooking oil..( cooking oil can use for colouring ur tom yum soup )

Get 1 glass bottle to tranfer Nam Prik Pho in
Make sure it comes with the lid

DONE !!

in this photo : the small bottle chili paste i bought from Jusco supermarket

just in case i couldnt get the right taste in Nam Prik Phao hehe ..

That small bottle u can eat with bread ( use it as a butter )

it tastes very sweet... :)

You can keep in the fridge ...

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*Enjoy cooking *

Ka Naa.. Pad.. Moo.. Nam Mon Hoyy *

Nothing to say much about this dish ...
just another simple dish ...suitable for lunch cuz its easy and fast
suppose to teach Alvin to cook this dish for his gf's Birthday
but end up i taught him Pad Thai and also make the pad thai sauce for him
hahahaha
pad thai is easy to make but not easy to make it nice
the most important thing is " The sauce "
Okay about this dish ... u can cook for ur children to eat as well
cuz it is not spicy at all
better with BEEF but I tried beef once before so this time
I will cook it with pork :)

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Ingredients
Kailan
Pork/Beef ( sliced )
Garlic ( Chopped )
Steam White Rice
Oyster Sauce
Sugar
Soy Sauce
Black Pepper
Chinese Cooking Wine
Cooking Oil
Salt
Water

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HOW TO

Stir Fried Kailan with tender pork



wash and cut out the hard part from Kailan



Sliced pork or beef ...


1 tsp. - black pepper
1 tsp. - sugar
1 tbsp. - soy sauce
1 tbsp. - chinese cooking wine
2 tbsp. - oyster sauce


Mix all the sauce together in mixing bowl . wrap the bowl with plastic and chill it in the fride for
40-60 mins



To soft-boil Kailan : add 1tsp. sugar , 1 tsp. salt into the water...boil in the hot water for 3-5 mins

after that take it and faster soak or rinse with the ICE WATERsqueeze out the water and leave it dry


Fill in the rice to the small bowl to shape it nicely to a plate



To Stir fry Kailan : Add 1 tsp. of cooking oil in to the wok ( make sure its hot ) then put the kailan
and fry with the oil... u have to fry it fast otherwise kailan will turn too soft
place the fried kailan into the plate..



Come to last step... fry the marinated pork ...u can use the same wok to fry the pork.add 1 tsp. of cooking oil and add the chopped garlic... fry the garlic until fragrant then thrown in the marinated pork ...fry till the pork turns brown and cooked...




Put the fried marinated pork on top of fried kailan

and you re done

Simply delicious


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Enjoy Cooking
Thai lesson

Kailan = Ka Naa

Tender = Nim

Ice water = Nam Yen

We ♥ Steamboat *

Back to 3 yrs ago when i was in Bangkok... I got the sms from my bf ( which he is my husband today Muahahhaha ) said " Darling i finished cycle already ... I will go back shower and then go out eat steamboat with isaac ( my god brother ) , justin they all . call u when i get back home , bye love u .." i was wondering " what the heck is " STEAMBOAT " nve heard that before in my life !! HAHAHA.... cuz in Thailand we dun call it steamboat .... but " SUKI " so i tried to think what is that ... is it a restaurant in the boat?.... what kind of food is that ? and i didnt ask him also. i thought that i can find the answer for myself ... until My first trip to Msia..2 yrs ago... then he brought me to BeBeHo .... Ohhhh now I know !!!!! and Ohhhhh again...... becuz I nvr thought of eating SUKI in an open air place !!! HAHAHA ... kinda different.... but anyway 3 yrs later I became a steamboat lover ... cuz its so healthy and with a hot soup...thats so niceeeeeee....

hehehe long story about steamboat.... anyway... i know u must be thinking i am so stupid hahaha dunno what is steamboat..... what a dump thai girl ... hahahaha i knowwwww..... but now i am so clever to prepare all the steamboat stuffs...

Such a big tray..

Fish noodle and meat ball

Is this also called " fried tofu ?? " the steamboat stuff is so complicated !!

Soft Tofu... so nice so smooth...

I have no idea.... I didnt even get to eat this hahaha

I ♥ fishbrain Oops... fishball

errrr.... not sure what is that HAHAHA like fried tofu then inside is the fish blah blahh

Chinese cabbage and Morning Glory ( KangKong )

Cabbage !!

Oh Mushroom ♥ ♥ ♥ remind me of my doggie , handsome !!

Japanese egg tofu ♥ ! ♥

so u want ...

Mee?? or me ??

HAHAHA

♥ Fresh veggies ♥

Steamboat , anyone???

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For the soup*

Boil plain water with sliced white carrot , ikan bilis ( Anchovy ),Tong Chai for 2-3 hrs. :)

done !!

Ps* soup recipe credit goes to Mr.Ng ...*

*Enjoy Cooking *

Thai Spicy Seafood Salad*

Yum Yum Seafood

If u have been to Thailand before... u might know already that what I'm cooking today...
its called " Yum Yum " ( in thai )which mean "mix n' mix " in english...
funny ??? hahahah why mix and mix ? of course its a Salad...but this one will be spicy salad ..0.O
and different from those american salad :)
Okay Let me list out what do u need to make this dish


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Ingredients

Fresh prawn and squid ( washed , cut , boiled )
Minced porked ( boiled )
Fish boiled ( washed , cut , boiled )
Tomato ( sliced )
Onion ( sliced )

Parsley ( chopped 1 cm. )
Lime juice , fish sauce , chili , garlic , minced pork stock,sugar , pork stock ( blended together )


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HOW TO : Yum Seafood

Parsley , sliced onion , sliced tomato are ready ...

For tomato , u might want to cut away the seeds first....for a better result :)

after that sliced it to a smaller piece ( optional )

Squid... prepare to boil

same with prawn.... make sure u get the fresh prawn for this salad

we will boil the minced pork first.

I added some pork flavour which i got it from Thailand... if u dun have it u can just add some soy sauce or seasoning sauce

now the water is boiling,,,, what are u waiting for???

put the minced pork into the pot... boil till 95% cooked..dont over boiled cuz the meat will be too hard...

pour the whole thing into the bowl

next, I boil the fish ball ( i cut it half so it can cook faster ... this fish ball i boil for 2-3 mins cuz I dunwan the fish smell )

cooked, put in the bowl

Now its time to boil the squid, less than 45 sec...cuz if too long the squid will be very sticky..hard to chew

thats how it looks ... i love squid

Last, is the prawn...why ? becuz the prawn will make the soup and the pot become orange colour. so i boil it last !!

smart me!!

Look at that... so nice !!!

come to the sauce, I use this blender to make the sauce... lazy to pound it with hand .. ><'

in this blender : fresh chili , garlic , sugar,lime juice,fish sauce,pork stock.

then taste the sauce...get the taste u and ur family/friends like ...

In the mixing bowl(pot) throw in the sliced onion,tomato ....

and also minced pork,fish ball , squid,prawn ..all in

pour in the sauce..

and parsley also put in the mixing bowl

Now .... MIX MIX MIX MIX MIX MIX wellllll

Put in the plate....and ready to serve....

I didnt put much chili ... if u want more spicy u can put more chili :)


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*Enjoy Cooking *

Ps*

for a nicer colour... u might use red chili instead of green :) but I already have green chili in my fridge so i just use it...wanna finish it all ....fridge getting more stuffs now

husbie will be very noisy later......

Thai Lesson

green chili = Prik kiew

red chili = Prik Dang

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