This is a nice simple dish called Fried Pomfret, or "pla jalamet khao tod" in Thai. In the picture below, you can see the pomfret fish and the tapioca flour.

Wash and clean the fish and then scour it on both sides. Next rub in the tapioca flour. Heat up some deep oil in the pan and when hot enough, fry the fish on both sides until golden brown. Serve with fresh vegetables and a dip made from hot chillies, shallots and an equal amount of lime juice and fish sauce. Come back to www.Thai-Blogs.com next week for another Thai Food Blog.

Stir Fried Asparagus and Mushrooms is a good accompanying dish that you can have with a curry. In Thai it is called "phat aetsaparakat gup het hom". It is not spicy and is simple to cook. In the ingredients pictured below, you can see shiitake mushrooms, two garlic cloves and chopped asparagus.

Pepare the asparagus first by taking off the outer skin and washing them. Dip them briefly into boiling water and then into cold water. If you are using dry shiitake mushrooms then you need to soak them in water first until soft. If you are using fresh mushrooms like us, you just need to trim them and wash in water. Heat some oil in a wok and add the crushed garlic, frying until golden brown. Next add the mushrooms. Stir for a minute or so and then add quarter of a cup of chicken stock, half a tablespoon of light soy sauce and a tablespoon of oyster sauce. Now add the asparagus. To thicken the sauce, add some tapioca flour that has already been mixed with some water. Give it a good stir and then remove from the heat. Come back to www.thai-blogs.com next week for another Thai Food Blog.

I think spring rolls are a favourite appetizer for many people. In Thai it is called "por pia tod". The ingredients do vary but in our picture below you can see, spring roll sheets, mungbean noodles, chopped garlic, minced pork, bean sprouts, white cabbage and an egg in the middle.

Soak the mungbean noodles in water until they are soft. Then cut them into short lengths. Mix together the pork, egg, finely sliced cabbage, beansprouts and noodles. Add a tablespoon of light soy sauce. Fry the crushed garlic in hot oil until golden brown and then add the pork mixture. Set aside. Put a spoonful of the mixture onto a spring roll sheet. Fold over the mixture then roll it about half a turn. Tuck in the ends and then finish rolling it and seal it with a wheat flour paste. While you are preparing the spring rolls, heat an inch of oil in a wok. Once hot, deep fry the spring rolls until golden brown. Server it with a sweet chilli sauce. Come back next week to www.thai-blogs.com for another Thai Food Blog.

This is one of my favourite curries that I cook every now and then. It is Chicken and wax gourd curry or "gaeng khua fak gub gai" in Thai. You cook it in much the same way as other red curries but there is an extra step with the wax gourd. You can see these at the top of the ingredients picture below. You can also see coconut milk, sliced red chilli, kaffir lime leaves, tamarind, palm sugar, sliced chicken and red curry paste in the middle.

You need to prepare the wax gourd first by peeling it, slice it several times lengthways, remove the seeds and then finally cut into one inch chunks. Heat up the coconut cream in a wok for several minutes and then add the red curry paste. Add some coconut milk if it starts to dry out. Add the sliced chicken and cook until it is nearly done. Transfer to a deeper pot, and add another cup of coconut milk together with the wax gourd. Once the wax gourd is cooked, season with equal amounts of tamarind juice, sugar and fish sauce. You can use lime juice if you don't have any tamarind. Add the torn kaffir lime leaves and red spur chilli before turning off the heat. Come back next week to www.thai-blogs.com for more Thai Food Blogs. If you have any questions then feel free to post in our Thai Food Forums.

This week we are cooking spicy bacon and eggs which is "yum kai dao bacon" in Thai. Usually a "yum" is a spicy salad that is mixed in a bowl but this one is a bit different. It is a bit like a Thai version of the English breakfast "egg and bacon". In the ingredients pictured below, you can see onion, 3 eggs, lime and red chilli on the left and two rashers of bacon on the right. We also used fish sauce.

Heat up some oil in a wok. When Thai people cook egg they usually use a lot of oil and then only add the eggs once the oil is hot. While this is heating up, crack three eggs into a bowl but don't beat them. If you have time, then prepare the sauce. Use equal amounts of fish sauce and lime juice, say two tablespoons, and about a teaspoon of sugar. Stir this until the sugar dissolves. Chop the red chilli up and add it to your sauce. Once the oil is hot enough then add the eggs. Cook until the egg yolk goes hard. There is no need to flip it over as the oil should be deep enough to take care of this. Set this aside and then fry the bacon until crispy. Place your egg onto a plate and slice it up. Put on top the uncooked onion rings and crispy bacon. Then pour on top of it all the chilli sauce.

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The Thai version of a salad, or "yum" can be spicy so be careful if you don't like your meals hot. This is Grilled Beef Salad or "yum neua yaang" in Thai. In the ingredients pictured below, you can see grilled beef, chopped onion, spring onion, tomatoes, cucumber and a lime. You can also see coriander and mint leaves. In the center is some green chili in a sauce containing fish sauce, lemon juice and sugar.

The first step is to grill the beef until cooked and then cut it into thin slices. Next you need to mix all your ingredients together in a large bowl. This includes the sliced beef, cucumber, tomato, onion and the chilli sauce that I mentioned earlier. Tip out onto a plate and add a sprig of mint leaf and coriander leaves. Come back to www.thai-blogs.com next week for another Thai food blog.

I like eating wonton with my noodle soup. Just as delicious are these fried wontons that you can often find around town. It comes with a sweet chilli dip. In the ingredients below you can see minced pork, coriander and garlic, an egg and chopped onion, and some slices of wonton. The folding is a little tricky but you should get the hang of it after some practice.

Make sure that you chop up all the ingredients so that it is very small. In a bowl, mix together the minced pork, onion, garlic and the corriander. Beat an egg and slowly add this to the mixture. Season with fish sauce (salt if you don't like the smell) and some pepper. Next comes the tricky part. You need about spoonful of the mixture and put into the middle of the wonton slice. Fold in half to make a triangle and then bring the two corners together. You can use egg yolk to help seal it if you like. Now add them to a pan of hot oil. Come back to www.thai-blogs.com next week for more Thai Food recipes.