Showing posts with label Thai. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Thai. Show all posts

Sunday, March 7, 2010

Steamed Fish

Ewan's Uncle & Aunt (Hi Peter & Loy) recently enjoyed the experience of a Thai cooking class, something I would love to do one day. In fact they do a lot of things that I would love to experience but as they have dutifully served out their time in the workforce they're absolutely entitled to enjoy life to it's fullest.

Anywho...back to food....

Thai food is up there on my food radar - it's simplicity in combining flavoursome ingredients is ingenious, and just about foolproof.

But it's definately a balancing act - sweet & sour, texture, colour - all principles used within Thai/Asian-style dishes.

Tonight I made a super simple dish that ANYONE could conjure up and suitably impress their guests, even if those guests are all under 5 feet.



Steamed Flathead with ginger & soy sauce

Ingredients

Firm fish
Finely grated fresh ginger
Red chilli, finely chopped (take the seeds out to reduce the hotness)
Snow peas, finely shredded
Finely chopped capsicum
Soy sauce (just a drizzle)
Coriander


Assembly

On a piece of non-stick baking paper, place the fish in the centre and scatter the rest of the ingredients over the top of the fish.

Fold the paper into a parcel, ensuring that the fish is totally sealed inside so that the juices cannot escape, and place the parcel in a steamer over boiling water for about 5 minutes.

See, absolutely nothing complicated.

Enjoy

Sunday, January 31, 2010

Thai-licious Salad

I know....the title is lame, but I can assure you that the dish isn't.

A couple of weeks ago I needed to take a dish to a family gathering. As I was searching through magazines, looking for something that met my criteria - simple, different, yummy - I stumbled on a Thai Beef Salad salad that ticked all my boxes.

I followed the recipe pretty much but just added some rice noodles to bulk it up. The salad was such a success I re-made it the other day without the beef and added some raw peanuts for that extra crunch.


Hints......

Red Chilli - I took the seed out of the chilli but if you would like a bit of heat just leave them in

Shallot -if you can't find any just use a red onion

Beef - If you want to turn it into more of a main meal add some beef. Last time I used rump steak

Leftovers - if by chance it wasn't gobbled up, it tastes great the next day

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