Kow Neuw Mamuang-mango on sticky rice

Thai dishes are internationally famed. Mango on sticky rice is a traditional Thai dish which is very famous as a summer dessert. All of us know that mango is a summer fruit and that is why this dessert can be best enjoyed in the months of April and May. Mango on sticky rice is really delicious and you should taste this once in a lifetime.

You can make it in a very simple way. One ripe mango is peeled and sliced. The coconut milk and sticky rice has already been prepared and kept aside. Now, this sticky rice should be placed on a small plate and then top it with peeled mango. The coconut milk can be served by spoon on top of it to garnish the whole dish and makes it more attractive.

Thai desserts are very original and they have no similarity with the Western desserts. In Thai dishes you will always get indigenous ingredients. In Thailand, you won’t get cake made in Western style. Even many chefs don’t know how to make cake in that style. They don’t even use measuring cups while preparing some delicious cakes. The flavors are more or less mentioned as a mixture of sweet and coconut milk. A typical Thai meal always ends with a sweet dessert or some fresh fruits. If you have kids at home you can try making Loog Choob or miniature fruit. In my next post I will try to write the recipe so that you can try once and see your child’s happy face.

Exotic Thai cooking

If we are talking about internationally famed food, Thai takes an important part. The Thai cuisine is famous in the whole world because of its taste. It can attract an array of tourists because of its unique blending of plants, aquatic animals and herbs. All the five elementary tastes are present in Thai food and these are bitter, spice, sweet, sour and salty. A typical Thai dish contains lime juice, lemon grass, chilies, garlic, and fish sauce as common ingredient and it is on these ingredients that the taste of the Thai food matters. Basically the specialty of Thailand food depends upon, by whom it is cooked and for what occasion it is cooked. A little influence of Chinese cuisine can always be seen on Thailand food.

In Thailand you will get fresh fruits and vegetables in almost all departmental stores. People love to take fresh salad along with lunch and dinner. Rice is one of the principal food ingredients. This is omnipresent in all kind of Thailand food. Thai people love to take the jasmine rice and sticky rice. Chicken curry is a famous Thai dish which is best accompanied with sticky rice. The fresh herbs are generally used while preparing Thai food. This mainly increases the quality of the aroma of the food. In a single time a Thai people consume a hot cup of soup, a dip accompanying fish and vegetables and a curry dish with condiments. Some spicy salad can be added to the meals to make it heavier. The garnishing of Thai food is always colorful and that’s why it is very attractive to others. A proper balance is always maintained in Thai food such as the balance between bland and spicy taste is kept by the cooks while serving the spicy and non spicy dishes. For desserts one can enjoy the Thai sweets and fresh fruits. The ice crèmes are also very popular in Thailand and you can get a wide variety of it throughout the year.

Thai Food Preparation

Thai food is really good in taste. These are very healthy as you will always get less sweet, less salt and less spice in Thai food. Paste is a real important word while preparing Thai food. Spice can be grounded to make paste. A pastle and mortar help them in doing in an effective way. A food processor helps to grind the dry spices. After that all vegetables should be chopped well and can be kept aside. Lastly chop the meat if that is at all included in your menu. Minimum utensil and cooking tools are used in Thai kitchen. You will get ‘wok’ everywhere because this is regarded as primary cooking tool. This is a sort of deep frying pan. A wooden spoon and spatula like shovels is usually used to stir fry different ingredients. Purchasing of high quality steel wok is really advisable as because this is a one time investment.

Only soft spatula will work well on non stick cook ware. Chefs mainly use peanut and coconut oil for deep frying in Thailand. Some of the organic oils really have nutritional values. Heat tolerant oil like canola corn, sunflower, almond oil and safflower or any other nut oils are also used in preparing different Thai food.

When you are starting the stir fry, please keep that in mind all your ingredients are closely placed. Because when you start something you won’t get time to look back actually. For all the stir fry the flame should be at medium high or high because with this heat the dish is expected to be good. If the oil in your wok splatters sometimes, think that the heat is too high. Lastly garnishing is another important part. Make sure that the serving plate is clean. Also see that your guests are around as Thai foods are at its best when serving hot from the wok.

Some important Thai cuisines

Thai cuisines are really interesting. People from all over the world come and enjoy Thai food. Thai food has become one of the prime interests of Thailand. Some of the important dishes of Thailand can be listed as below.

• Red curry: This dish of Thailand made with ample amount of red chilies that are fully dried.
• Tom kha gai: This is a hot sweet soup. The main ingredients of this soup are coconut milk and chicken.
• Tom Yam: The Tom Yam soup is a hot and sour soup. When meat and shrimp blend together it is named as Tom Yam Goong or Tom Yam Kung. When it is prepared with seafood it is named as Tom Yam Talae and when it is prepare with chicken it is named as Tom Yam Gai.
• Massaman Curry: This Thai dish has resemblances with Indian dish. Mainly Thai Muslims prepared the dish. The main ingredients are coriander seeds, roasted dried spices, etc.
• Gai Pad khing: This dish is prepared with fried chicken and sliced ginger.
• Green curry: Green curry is usually made of green chilies. This dish is flavored with basil leaves, chicken and fish meatballs are also added extra taste to it. This dish can be called as the spiciest among Thai cuisines.
• Sate: This is a Thai dish with grilled chicken or pork. This is usually served with peanut sauce and green cucumber. This dish was originally from Indonesia but presently it is a popular street food here in Thailand.
• Pad kaphrao: In this Thai dish pork, chicken or beef are fried with basil leaves.
• Panaeng: This is a sort of dry curry mixed with pork, chicken or beef. Some roasted dried chilies are usually mixed with it.
• Pad prik: This dish is made of beef and chilly. This is a spicy dish often called as Neua pad prik.
• Pad pak ruam: In this Thai dish you will get prominence of vegetables. But it depends on the availability of the ingredients.
• Boo Jah: These are crab cakes served with pepper, pork and garlic. Spicy sauce adds extra flavor to it. The variety of sauce can be hot and sweet garlic sauce, Sri rachaa sauce, etc. Chopped green onion or red curry paste are the other added ingredient.

Want to prepare some authentic Thai Food?

Thai foods are very tempting and irresistible. Usually Thai foods are less oily and less spicy. It also contains less calorie but if you want to cook some Thai food it can be troublesome for you. But please don’t give up. Usually preparation of Thai food contains a long list of ingredients. You cannot use frozen of canned food as these are not very common in Thailand. In Pattaya also people love fresh food and fresh ingredients. In Pattaya you can have plenty of fresh vegetables, seafood, fresh fruits, spices, etc. Ingredients take an important part in preparing Thai dish. You should try to use fresh things as you will not get the exact aroma if using the canned one. Authentic Thai dishes demands the use of fresh ingredients and then only the flavor comes.

Your kitchen should be well equipped. Thai people usually use a wok and pot in almost all dishes. For dessert they use a bronze wok. Some other equipments are mortar and pestle. In Pattaya gas stoves are more common than electric stoves. Electric stoves are less popular as because heat is not distributed evenly in the system. If you want to make paste blenders or food processors will serve the purpose.

While planning for Thai food you must spend more time or preparation than in actual cooking. If you are planning to cook Tom Kha Gai you need 30 minutes to prepare the ingredients while you just need 15 minutes to cook the food. Thais spend more time on preparation as they always want fresh food. Fresh vegetables need to be washed and cut. Sometimes they make it dry before cutting. The preparation of cooking one dessert named Ta Go takes lot of time. This is served sweet on the lower side with coconut topping in a basket. The preparation starts from cleaning and also cutting leaves. After that they make the baskets. But after the lengthy preparation the dish comes really awesome and out of the world.

So if you have a plan to cook Thai food gather some of your friends and make the whole process enjoyable.