It was a very fun class tonight. It is mixed group of people and half of the company team building. I love at to see how people had a good time in my class with the food that we made and the meeting people from all over.
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...
I used to cringe a little whenever I got zucchini or summer squash in my Boston Organics delivery because while I liked the vegetable enough not to add it to my "No List", I didn't like it enough to know what to do with it other than to stir fry it with garlic or grate it into an amnesty bread . But that all changed when I saw Smitten Kitchen's post about summer squash pizza . I tweaked the recipe (which is originally from Jim Lahey of no-knead bread fame) a little by using my favorite pizza crust instead of the one in her post because I already had some on hand. I also tossed the breadcrumbs in a little olive oil for a little extra crunch and to protect it from burning too fast. I wasn't really sure about having to buy the Gruyere cheese and even made it for the first time without the cheese and substituting with some minced garlic and olive oil (which, by the way, ended up being pretty darn good and worth trying if you don't eat cheese). But then I cav...
A typical Kerala Style fish curry using drumsticks,; dry roasted coconut and fish. Ingredients: Fish- 1/2 kg (any big fish) Drumstick- 7 pieces (of 3 inch long) Coconut oil-1 tbsp Grated coocnut- 1/2 cup Small onions chopped- 1 cup Ginger chopped-1 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder- 1/2 tsp Chilly powder-1 tbsp Curry leaves-one spring Tamarind-one small lemon sized ball Green chilly slit-2 nos Salt-to taste For Seasoning Coconut oil-1 tbsp Mustard seeds-1 tsp Fenugreek seeds- 1/4 tsp Curry leaves-1 spring Preparation: Soak tamarind in 1/2 cup of water. Heat coconut oil in a pan; add small onions and saute for a minute. Add coconut grated and roast for few minutes until nice golden in color. Switch off the flame by adding turmeric powder, chilly powder and salt. After cools down; add it in to a blender along with 1/2 cup of water and make a smooth paste out of it. In a clay pot (or any) add this paste; drumstick pieces, green chilly, curry leaves and a cup of water. Cook for about 10 minutes...
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