Stir-fried Clams with Thai Basil

Stir-fried Clams with Thai Basil : Pad Hoi Lai : ผัดหอยลาย

     This might be look similar to Stir-fried Clams with Chili Paste, yes! It is..but this recipe is not add the Thai chili paste and add Soy Bean Paste instead. I think it to oily for me but I also eat it sometimes when I go out and have no choice, so I prefer this style ^___^ Hope you’ll like and try it someday.

If you can find fresh Clams that would be really great!

put them into water around 10-20 mins they'll spit out dirt ;-)

If they not alive just wash and drain

Watch how to make Stir-fried Clams with Thai Basil

Ingredients:

• 500g. Clams (Baby Clams)
• 1 handful Thai Basil
• 2 cloves Garlic (chopped)
• Thai red chili as much as you like

 Seasoning:

• 3 ts. Sugar
• 1 ts. Fish Sauce
• 1 ts. Soy Sauce (I use Healthy Boy Brand, Mushroom flavor)
• 2 ts. Soy Bean Paste
• 3 ts. Oyster Sauce

ส่วนผสม :

• หอยลาย 500 กรัม
• ใบโหระพา 1 กำมือ
• กระเทียมสับ 2 กลีบ (กลีบใหญ่)
• พริกแดง (มกาน้อยตามชอบ)

 เครื่องปรุง :

• น้ำตาล 3 ช้อนชา
• น้ำปลา 1 ช้อนชา
• ซีอิ๊วขาว 1 ช้อนชา
• เต้าเจี้ยว 2 ช้อนชา
• ซอสหอยนางรม 3 ช้อนชา

Easy Deep Fried Spring rolls ปอเปี๊ยะทอด

     "Por Pia Tod" ปอเปี๊ยะ Deep Fried Spring rolls I made this with a few ingredients to show you how to cook it, you can also add more ingredients in this recipes, like shrimp, pork or bean sprout are good in this recipe too. Let's try to make some experiment for your unique spring roll =)

 

Their have many kind of spring roll wrappers, so I use Spring roll pastry for this recipes. It's different from Rice paper. Make sure you got the right one :) I use 5"x5" size, not sure is it available the same size in your market or not, if you got a big one you can cut it to smaller size or make it as a real big one ;-)

*find at frozen section

Bean thread, I like to use Kaset brand which is soft and chewy just right.

Ingredient for 12 small Spring rolls

• 12 sheets of Spring roll pastry 5"x5" size (wrappers)
• 40g. Bean Thread
• 20g. Dried Shiitake Mushroom
• 20g. Carrot
• 1 clove Garlic

• 2 ts. Soy sauce
• 1 ts. Fish sauce
• 1/2 ts. Sugar

• Water
• Cooking oil
• Sweet Chili Dipping sauce or Plum dipping sauce

Watch how to make Easy Spring Rolls

Spicy Tuna Salad (Yum Salad Tuna)

     Spicy tuna salad, or in Thai word call " Yum salad tuna " (ยำสลัดทูน่า) This dish very popular in FUJI Japanese restaurant in Thailand. Kind of funny! Thai style in Japanese restaurant, but it's really delicious and become the most popular menu for the restaurant. (I'm surely) Every table must order this menu. This dish adapted for our taste so that why they add some lemongrass and chili.

     Again FUJI is the most popular Japanese restaurant in Thailand. They have many branch all around our country. FUJI had adapted them food taste up to Thai taste, so almost menu in the restaurant not real Japanese taste :) But I'm surely Sashimi dish is real Japanese, because it's raw LOL

Tomatoes, Cucumber, Canned Tuna, Iceberg lettuce

Red onion, Lemongrass, Thai red chili, Lime

Ingredients : ( 1 serving )

• 70 g. Canned Tuna in oil (drained)
• 30 g. Iceberg lettuce (or any kind of veggies you like)
• 40 g. Grape tomatoes (or cherry tomatoes)
• 30 g. Cucumber
• 10 g. red onion
• 1 tbs. slices lemongrass
• 1 tbs. chopped Thai red chili (as much as you like)

• 4 tbs. Mayonnaise
• 1 tbs. Sugar
• 1 tbs. Lime juice (for sour taste)
• 1/2 ts. Salt

*The brand of Mayo will give you different flavor, and seasoning can adjust to your taste. Please check the taste before adding Tuna and veggies :) 

Watch how to make Spicy Tuna Salad

Instant noodles spicy salad

     Instant noodles spicy salad or Yum MAMA (ยำมาม่า) is very popular menu for spicy salad street vendor in Thailand. The vendors have many kind of meats and let you select for your dish :) such as shrimp, squid, fish ball, mussel, and many mores! I'm surely if you travel to Thailand you will see new kind of meat which you never taste before like Horseshoe crab's egg (I really like it)

     In this recipe, I use shrimp tom yum flavor of MAMA brand which is the most popular brand for instant noodles in Thailand. Thai people call instant noodles as " MAMA " , see how popular they are :)

    I'm surely that you can find this package at Asian market and online store. But I've seen these appeared in some Walmart, but not sure for other store. Hopefully you can find this in your market nearby :)

You will need : (1 serving)

• 1 package of instant noodles - MAMA brand - shrimp tom yum flavor
• 40 g. squid
• 40 g. ground pork
• 1 shallot
• 2 ts. lime juice
• 2 ts. fish sauce
• 1 ts. sugar
• Chinese celery (garnish - use any kind of veggies you like)
• Thai chili (as much as you like)

Watch how to make Instant noodles spicy salad

Thai steamed sea bass (sour and spicy style)

     I met a lot of foreigner in Thailand who have stayed here for long time, so I ask them "What is your favorite Thai food?" everyone answer me that they love Steamed sea bass! the best of the best, healthy delicious and good combination between fish and sauce :)
     If you think that Pad Thai is very popular in Thailand. Yes, it is! but is doesn't the best dish. If you came here and find out more about Thai food. You will found something more interesting than Pad Thai! Like steamed sea bass :)

     Sea bass, Umm..actually we serve this dish with the head on but merchant took it out :'( anyway if you buy whole fish from market you should prepare it, take shell and gut off then wash and clean it. The easiest way to do this is buy the fillet one LOL. I like the whole fish because we'll get sweet juice from bones.

     Chopped garlic, if you think it too strong for you, you can thinly slice it instead :)
     Thai red chili, Thai people like spicy thing so I add it around 10-12 chili for this dish. If you don't like spicy you can skip it or replace this with red sweet chili for the color :)

Chinese celery, if you can't fine this in your market, I think you can substitute this with thin slice regular celery. It's not big deal to skip it :)



You will need : ( 1 serving for 1-2 persons)

• 300 g. sea bass or any fish you like
• 2+1/2 tbs. lime juice
• 1+1/2 tbs. fish sauce (or salt if you prefer)
• 2 ts. sugar
• 8 cloves chopped garlic
• 10 Thai red chili ( as much as you like)
• 3-4 stalk Chinese celery for garnish

Watch how to make Steam sea bass (sour and spicy style)

Thai stir fried glass noodles

     ผัดวุ้นเส้น Pad woon sen, is a great side dish which kid really love it. But I love it too!! delicious yummy and tasty :) great with rice or eat it as a noodle single dish. In Thailand we traditional eat with rice with other side dish. 

     So today I add slides chicken breast for meat, and of cause you can use any kind of meat you like. 

You will need : ( 1 serving for side dish)

• 50 g. Chicken breast (slice)
• 40 g. Thai Bean Thread Glass Noodles
• 1 egg
• 1/2 medium onion (slice)
• 1/2 medium tomato (slice)
• 1 clove garlic (chop)
• 2 ts. fish sauce
• 3 ts. oyster sauce
• 1 ts. sugar
• green onion for garnish
• cooking oil for frying

Watch how to make Thai stir fried glass noodles

Thai Panang curry

     Panang curry is a dry curry which fried in coconut milk. In this recipe I use chicken for the meat and you can also use another meat you like such as, beef, pork or anything. We traditional serve as a side dish with some rice, but you can adapt to eat with other :) Good luck in the Kitchen.

Red curry paste, same as my earlier recipes which are Stir fried Thai red curry paste and Fish in dried red curry

This dish also add Kaffir lime leave or someone call Thai lime leave. Pull the stem off, roll and finely slice. This will give you citrus flavor. I really love it. Many Thai dish also add it, like Tom Yum Pla and Tom Yum Kung

Thai egg plant, as you can see water get a bit brown because of egg plant effect. That why we should soak it in water, if not your egg plant will getting brown instead :D

Ground roasted peanut, I use mortar to ground it. So in Thailand we rarely use blender to blend anything, we use mortar for ground, blend, and mix. It'll give more aromatic than use blender.

Chicken, You can cut them in any design you like, and cooking time will change up to how thick of your meat :)





You will need : ( 1 serving as a side dish )

• 200 g. Chicken breast
• 2 Thai eggplants
• 2 tbs. roasted peanut
• 3 tbs. red curry paste
• 3 kaffir lime leave
• 4 ts. fish sauce
• 2 ts. palm sugar
• coconut milk ( I use around 5 tbs.)
• water (add if the sauce is too thick)
• cooking oil for frying

Watch how to make Thai panang curry

Thai massaman curry

          When I was young my mom cooked it for our dinner. I look at it....ummm I won't eat them for sure, they look too hot and spicy for me. But I saw my brother feel happy with it, I ask him how was it he said it really yummy , sweet and rich not spicy at all. Then I decided to try - - - OMG! the heaven is here lol....Then I love it since.

Tamarind paste, In traditional we use sour tamarind dissolve with warm water to get paste. But this bottle really help to cut preparing times :)

Masaman curry paste, If you found that your curry paste brand has lightly flavor you can add more cardamom seeds in the broth to get extra flavor.

Roasted peanut, If you like thicken broth, I recommend you to lightly ground them before you add into the broth :)

Palm sugar, This product has soft sweet flavor different from brown sugar or white sugar. but if you can't find in your market try to add brown sugar instead.

You will need : ( 1 serving )

• 250 g. chicken (I use drumstick with tight)
• 150 g. potato
• 50 g. roasted peanut
• 500 ml. coconut milk (divide into 3 portion, watch video for direction)
• 400 ml. drinking water
• 5 tbs. massaman curry paste (around 3 oz. package)
• 5 tbs. palm sugar
• 4 tbs. fish sauce
• 6 tbs. tamarind sauce
• 2 tbs. white sugar
• 2 tbs. water to thick out the sauce
• 1 tbs. cooking oil for frying

Watch how to make Thai massaman curry

Tom yum kung (Thai sour and spicy shrimp soup)

          Kung, Koong, Goong or what ever :) means Shrimp - - - Tom yum has many style to make, it's up to how style you like, some add tomatoes some add dried chili. So today I'll show you how to make condensed soup style. 

          Left picture is evaporated milk that I've been use in Stir fried crab in curry powder. I add it in soup, anyway if you can't find that milk you can also add whole milk, or cream but less than my measure :) In Thailand this milk very popular, we use in bakery as a milk substitute because milk is more expensive and this will give better texture (maybe) for cake and other dessert. In almost cake for commercial use this milk for sure. I hope you can find this in your nearby store :)
          If you do like clear soup, just skip the milk and follow all step in my video.

          Right picture is a galangal ro somebody known it as a Thai ginger. The color and flavor are exactly difference :) You can't use ginger to substitute galangal < Seriously! :D and again I hope you can find this in your nearby, asian or online market :'(

You will need : 1-2 serving
*I sort ingredients by step I add :) I hope this will help.

• 3 cups water
• 2 small shallots
• 1 stalk lemongrass (cut 1"inch long)
• 4 slices galangal
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 pinch sugar

• 200 g. shrimp
• 30 g. straw mushroom or white mushroom (use any kind that easy to find)
• 1 ts. fish sauce
• 4 kaffir lime leave

• 1 tbs. Thai chili paste
• 3 tbs. evaporated milk
• 3 ts. fish sauce
• 2 ts. chopped Thai chili (up to your taste)
• 5 ts. lime juice
• cilantro leave for garnish :)

Watch how to make Tom yum kung

Stir fried crab in curry powder (pu pad phong kari)

ปูผัดผงกะหรี่ (poo pad phong kari)

Actually we use whole crabs which shell still on, they'll give you more sweet from fresh crab, but today I cook this by using cooked crab meat, the result = they look not nice but the taste still awesome! - - - - This is my mom recipe she add some evaporated milk to make the sauce. Some recipe add and some doesn't add milk, anyway it's up to your taste. If you can't find any evaporated milk you can skip it or add cream instead but less amount :)

Evaporated milk
(unsweetened)

I use WAUGH'S brand
for curry powder

You will need : (1-2 serving)
          go to KitchenAholics Supermarket

• 200 g. crab meat
• 50 g. Chinese celery
• 50 g. spring onion
• 3 ts. chopped garlic
• 150 ml. evaporated milk
• 300 ml. water
• 3-5 tbs. curry powder (more or less, up to which brand you use)
• 5 ts. fish sauce
• 2 ts. soy sauce
• 2 ts. oyster sauce
• 2 ts. sugar
• cooking oil for frying

*add evaporated milk and water little by little a time, add until you happy with how thick of the sauce

How to make Stir fried crab in curry powder

Direction :

1. add cooking into the pan and fry chopped garlic until golden brown
2. add curry powder stir, add just a little bit milk to thick out the sauce
3. add crab meat, add more milk and some water
4. seasoning with fish sauce, soy sauce, oyster sauce, and sugar
5. * while you cooking you can add milk or water if needed
6. check the taste and add more until just right
7. add spring onion and Chinese celery, stir just a minute and turn of the heat FINISH!

Deep fried shrimp with lemongrass (kung hor ta klai)

กุ้งห่อตะไคร้ (kung hor ta klai)

Give you more aromatic from normal shrimp cake by stick with lemongrass, If you want an extra flavor from lemongrass try to punch them before stick with shrimp :)

You will need: (1 serving or 4 sticks)

• 150 g. ground shrimp
• 4 sticks of lemongrass (cut roots off, use 3" long from the end, don't use head they're bitter)
• 3 cilantro roots
• 1 ts. black pepper corn
• 1 ts. fish sauce
• 1 ts. soy sauce
• 1 ts. oyster sauce
• 1 ts. sugar

Stuffed bitter gourd soup (tom mara yad sai)

ต้มมะระยัดไส้ (tom mara yad sai)

We steamed them before cooking to remove bitter flavor and prevent from pork fall a part from gourd. Anyway I wish you can find bitter gourd in your town :) really tasty!

มะระ "mara" (bitter gourd)

removed seed and membrane, look like this :)

Ingredient for stuff bitter gourd

• 500 g. bitter gourd
• 200 g. ground pork or chicken
• 1 tbs black pepper corn
• 4 cloves garlic
• 2 ts fish sauce

Ingredient for soup

• 3 L. drinking water
• 40 g. dried shiitake mushroom
• 2 cilantro roots
• 3 small rock sugar
• 4 tbs fish sauce

Watch how to make stuffed bitter gourd soup.

Sweet and sour stir-fried (pad priew wan)

Pad Priew Wan ผัดเปรี้ยวหวาน 

     In this dish you can change the meat into any kind any kind you like, such as chicken or squid. If you have more times to cook try to make deep fried shrimp or chicken and use it instead, add it after all vegetables to keep it crunchy ;)

You will need: (1-2 serving)

• 100 g. shrimp
• 50 g. pineapple - - fresh or canned (cut into small chunk)
• 50 g. onion (slice)
• 50 g. cucumber (cut into small chunk and remove seed)
• 50 g. tomato (cut into small chunk and remove seed)
• 1 ts. garlic (chopped)

• 1 ts. fish sauce
• 1 ts. soy sauce
• 2 ts. oyster sauce
• 3 ts. sugar
• cooking oil for frying
• some water to thick out the sauce

*seasoning can be adjust to your taste, and up to taste of pineapple :)

Lemongrass spicy salad (yum ta klai)

ยำตะไคร้ (yum ta klai)

This menu is very popular for people who drink beer or whiskys in Thailand :) Aromatic by lemongrass and  mint.

You will need : (1 serving)

• 50 g. cooked ground pork
• 50 g. cooked shrimp
• 20 g. deep fried cashew nut
• 1 tbs. deep fired dried shrimp
• 3 tbs. slices lemongrass
• 1 slices shallot
• 2 ts. chopped spring onion
• 1 ts. chopped mint leave
• 4 ts. lime juice
• 3 ts. fish sauce
• 1 ts. sugar
• 1 ts. chopped Thai red chili

*all ingredient can be adjust to your taste :)

Use high heat to deep fried Cashew nut
wait until really hot, throw them in
and scoop them out immediately
(or until golden brown)

wash dried shrimp before deep fry it

deep fried cashew nut and dried shrimp
will look like this :)

Direction : Mix all seasoning in mixing bowl, stir until sugar dissolve, check the taste of sauce add more until the taste just right, then at all meat (ground pork, shrimp, cashew nut, and dried shrimp) Finally add all vegetable and herb :)

Fish in dried red curry (chuchi pla)

ฉู่ฉี่ปลา (chuchi pla)

Rich and little bit hot, great with rice and good for dinner :) It looks hard to do but actually it really easy just a few step. I go out to buy ingredients at market, other people ask me what I'm going to do? I answer them I'll do this dish, They panic!.." can't you do that? "..sure! why not it's really easy :)

You will need: (1 serving)

• 100g. fish fillet
• 65 ml coconut milk
• 2 ts. red curry paste
• 2 ts. fish sauce
• 2 ts. sugar
• 1 ts. soy sauce
• 1 ts. oyster sauce
• kaffir lime leaves
• red chili peper

I use this brand for coconut milk (left 65ml.)

Meat patties (moo tod)

Meat patties I made today I use pork but you can use any any kind you like, give them some aromatic by cilantro roots, garlic and pepper. We can also can the dish as "Garlic and pepper patties". So the key ingredient of the dish is cilantro roots which give you little bit hot flavor and aromatic, (different from the cilantro seed which give you sweet smell).

You will need : (1 serving)

• 200 g. ground pork
• 3 cilantro roots
• 3 cloves garlic
• 1 ts. black pepper corn
• 1 ts. fish sauce
• 1 ts. sugar
• 1 ts. soy sauce