Thai Curry Paste

  One of the most important ingredients used in Thai Cooking is CURRY PASTE. Curry paste is used in various menu in Thai food, but mostly in Curry and Stiry Fry dishes. There are many types of curry paste in Thaifood. The different is from the raw material used in each curry paste, and the purpose of cooking (for curry purpose, soup purpose or stir-fry purpose).

Coconut and Thaifood

    Flaked or shredded coconut meat and desiccated coconut are rarely used except for sweets and garnishes. But coconut milk (pulped flesh, not juice) is one of the most important ingredients. It is used in curries, meat, vegetable and seafood dishes as well as for desserts and sweets. The sweetness in coconut milk gives the blend of nutty and sweet flavors. In Thailand it is possible to get fresh coconut milk but it also comes in tins, as a dried powder and in a creamed form. Fresh coconut milk is made from the coconut flesh. The flesh is grated or chopped by putting it into an electirc blender. Coconut milk is one kind of fatty substance which is derived from the process of removing the husk and the shell from matured coconut.

   

Seasoning in Thai Food

  Thai food usually is very tasty. Aside from the main ingredients used in Thai cooking. Whether meat or vegetables, seasonings also play important role to enhance flavoring. Thus, one should keep in mind and become familiarized with all the key flavors prevalent in Thai cooking as described below.

 

     SWEETNESS : The sweet taste found in Thai food is partly derived naturally from some of various meats used and partly by adding other sweeteners to further enhance the flavor. The key sweetening agent is, of course, sugar, of which comes in a variety of forms, including refined sugar, palm sugar, and brown sugar. As different kinds of sugars have varying levels of sweetness, the type of sugar used affects the overall flavor of food.

Noodle and Thai Food 

   There are many different sorts of noodles and many different sizes. They come in fresh and dried forms and are made from rice, wheat or mung beans. If it is possible we recommend to use fresh noodles. Yellow or egg noodles are yellow because egg yolk is added and they are used for noodle coup. Noodles are used in stir-frieds, soups and salads.

Rice and Thai Food

For Thai food, rice is the staple diet. It produces carbohydrate as energy giving for the body. Rice also contains many vitamins and minerals. Rice comes in many different forms. There is long and short grain rice and the color is also different. It can be white, brown, red or black in color. Plain rice is eaten mostly in the central and southern Thailand. The glutinous or "sticky" rice is popular in the north and north-east of Thailand. However, sticky rice is also used mainly for snacks and sweets in Thaifood.

Equipment and raw materials.

Thai cooking is very easy and it is not really necessary to have any special equipment in order to cook Thai food. Any pots and pans that you have at home will do but we would like to introduce you to some of the utensils that are commonly used in Thailand

     Thai cooking involves making curry pastes and all the ingredients need to be combined together so that they form a paste. A large, heavy granite pestle and mortar is used for this. Thai families will always have one in their kitchen and they can also be used for grinding dried spices. If you do not have one, you can use an electric blender to make the pastes and a coffee grinder to grind the dried spices. Wooden pestle and mortars are used for making salads, most notably, papaya salad.

Tom Yum Kung ต้มยำกุ้ง

Tom Yum Kung ต้มยำกุ้ง

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