Food Minia

Goong Ob Woon Sen or proper name – Goong Ob Woon Sen Mo Din (literally, shrimp baked with mung bean vermicelli noodles in clay pot) is originally a Thai-Chinese dish (created by Chinese in Thailand ). Goong Ob Woon Sen is well known and popular dish – it is a restaurant and food catering dish, you don’t see it at street vendors. We have very famous and popular food catering businesses in Nakhon Pathom Province . Nakhon Pathom Province is one of the central provinces of Thailand , is about 58 km. away from Bangkok . When we talk about Nakhon Pathom we will think of 2 things from this province, one is Phra Pathom Chedi, a chedi commissioned by King Mongkut in 1870, it is one of the tourists’ destination and the other one is food catering, this style of catering is called “Dto Jiin” or Chinese Table means Chinese food with a set of 10 -12 dishes including dessert, are served at the round tables for 10 -12 people per table. I don’t know how many food caterers are in Nakhon Pathom exac...

MoMoDumplings Momo's are made with a simple flour-and-water dough,white flour is generally preferred and sometimes a little  yeast  or  baking soda  is added to give a more  doughy  texture to the finished product.  Introduced from Han China, as Momo is a loanword from the Chinese mómo 馍馍, a type of steamed bun. Momos have become a traditional delicacy in Tibet ,  Nepal ,  Bhutan ,  Sikkim ,  Darjeeling district  and Ladakh . They are one of the most popular fast foods in many regions of the  Indian Subcontinent  populated with people of Tibetan, Nepali or other Himalayan origins, and in places with a significant Tibetan and Nepalese  diaspora . There are different varieties of momos, such as fried and steamed momos. Momos are usually served with a dipping sauce normally consisting of tomatoes as the base ingredient, from which numerous variations can be made. Momo soup is a dish that has steamed momos immersed i...

Rice bread Liberian Rice Bread is a traditional Liberian recipe for cake made with cream of rice cereal and flavoured with ginger and nutmeg. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic  Ingredients:  - 50 grams of rice semolina (Cream of Rice cereal)  - 180 grams of granulated sugar - 3 tablespoons of ground ginger  - 1 teaspoon of ground nutmeg  - 1 teaspoon of baking soda  - 1/2 teaspoon of salt  - 240 ml milk  - 180 ml vegetable oil  - 2 eggs  - 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract  - 4 plantains, mashed (or 4 green bananas)  Step 1: Combine all the dry ingredients in a large bowl. In a separate bowl mix  the eggs, oil, vanilla extract and mashed plantains.  Step 2: Add milk to the dry ingredients, whisk-in then add the contents of the smaller bowl mix well so all the ingredients are binding together. Step 3:  Pour the mixture into a well-greased baking dish and place in an oven pre-heated to...

Moo Daet Diao (literally, a day of sunshine pork) is Thai style pork jerky. We have two different kinds of pork and beef jerky in Thailand , the first one we can find in China town, on Yaowarach road, this one we don’t call Moo Daet Diao but it is called Moo Pen, means pork sheets, this Moo Pen is sweet jerky. Pork and beef jerky in China town, Bangkok has been selling for nearly hundred years and has been very popular. I remember when I was a child living in Southern Thailand, every Chinese New Year my young adult brother or sister who worked in Bangkok would come home and bring us pork jerky in the red bright colourful tins. Nowadays you can find pork and beef jerky from China town at the luxury shopping centers in Bangkok or other big cities and also it is one of the most popular souvenirs for the tourists who visit China town in Bangkok . The other one, Moo Daet Diao, is normally found at Som Tum vendors or Issan style restaurants. Som Tum or Papaya salad is one of Issan or Nort...

Fennel and orange Salad Ingredients: - 4 tablespoons olive oil - 3 tablespoons orange juice - juice of 1/2 lime - 1 tablespoon of light soy sauce - 1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil - 200 grams mixed, washed salad leaves - 1 fennel   finely sliced, dained 30 sec in cold water, drained - 2 oranges, peeled and segmented - sea salt and ground black pepper to taste Step 1: To make the dressing add a drizzle of olive iol, orange juice, lime juice, soy sauce, sesame oil, salt and pepper into a bowl and mix well. Step 2: Put salad leaves into another bowl and top with fennel, then add the orange segments and drizzle your dressing over the salad. Tip: add some avocado to your salad.

Pad Prik Khing is one of popular Khao Khaeng dishes. Raan Khao Khaeng is a type of traditional Thai diner; the style of this diner is similar to cafeteria that all the food, it can be 20 – 30 different kinds of items are ready made and display for customers to choose and food will be served to you at the table. Raan Khao Khaeng is one of food services that play a big part of city life; people who living in cities from low level labours to white collars rely on it as it is served as a breakfast, lunch and or dinner for many people. Every time when government increase the price of cooking gas (In Thailand, the price of cooking gas is controlled by government) and the prices of Khao Khaeng food will increase as well. Often the prices of food increase more than cooking gas by percentage because it’s easy to take an advantage of increasing the price of food each time by 5 baths rather than 1 or 2 bath base on the part that increased. The gas price increased last time was in February 2013 an...

Pancakes A  pancake , also known as a  hotcake  or  flapjack  is a thin, flat, round cake prepared from a batter  and cooked on a hot griddle  or frying pan . In Britain it is made without a raising agent , and is similar to a frensh crepe .  In America, a raising agent is used (typically baking powder ). The American pancake is similar to a Scottish pancake  or drop scone . The Ancient Greeks  made pancakes called τηγανίτης ( tēganitēs ), the  word indicates from τάγηνον ( tagēnon ), meaning "frying pan".  The earliest  references on  tagenias  are in the works of the 5th century BC Greek  poets .  Tagenites were made with wheat flour, olive oil, honey and curdled milk, and were served for breakfast.    The  word  Pancake  appears in English in the 1400s. I like to call these rather a British recipe as i n Britain and the Commonwealth, they are associated with Shrove Tuesday , ...

Khao Pad Goong (literally, fried rice with shrimp) is one of the most popular kinds of fried rice. This style of fried rice is original from high-end Cantonese Chinese restaurants and nowadays you can see on the menu at higher end Thai restaurants as well. The style of this fried rice is simple and normally with more expensive meat like shrimp or crab. There is another style of fried rice that is also popular and normally you can find this dish at street vendors and Raan Ah-Han Tam Sang (another kind of short order food shop beside Raan Khao Khaeng). This style of fried rice is a one dish food, in the dish contains with vegetable like Gai Lan or Chinese broccoli, tomato and onion and the meat will be pork or chicken, and serve with some slices of cucumber. People in Thailand eat fried rice as a breakfast, lunch or and dinner. My recipe here is from the first style of fried rice but I make this recipe as a one dish food as it covers all category of food. For 1 serving Ingredients 1 cup...

This recipe DOES NOT incl. eggs, fat or Milk YoYo The YoYo is a yeast fritter that is eaten and many countries such as Algeria, Libiya, Morrocco and Tunisia. It has a crispier outside then the European and American varieties. The best thing about these is that you DO NOT USE EGGS, FAT OR MILK  !!!!!! YoYo is made with orange juice, deep fried, then dipped in honey syrup. The most common shape is ring shaped but there are many varieties available like a ball shape that includes a plum filling. They are often eaten as a sweet treat or served to children at breakfast. Serves: makes 4 rings Ingredients: 7g sachet dried yeast   1 tbsp white sugar   60ml (¼ cup) orange juice   1 orange, zested   2 tbsp vegetable oil, plus extra, to deep-fry   300g (2 cups) plain flour, sifted   Honey syrup: 2 tbsp lemon juice  110g (½ cup) white sugar   360g (1 cup) honey   2 tsp orange-blossom water* (optional) step 1: Place yeast, sugar and 125ml (½ cup) luk...