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Pun - Thai Lao Lettuce Wraps

It has been a while since my last post and today, I felt ambitious and decided to cook, video tape, and share my Thai and Lao recipes with you. This recipe is called "Pun" and it means "to wrap". When I host a dinner party for just the girls, I like to prepare pun because we'll eat and socialize and never feel full. Basically, it is a finger food salad recipe. Here's to your health. Cheers! In this free video, I grilled firm tofu but you can also pun with Chicken & Shrimp curry skewers , and Fish with Thai Lao Herbs . Appetizer Recipe : Pun Tofu Lettuce of any type: Radicchio, Romain, and Boston chopped tomatoes chopped cucumber chopped green onions chopped coriander or mint bean sprouts Spring Roll Dipping Sauce vermicelli noodle bundle Tear a piece of lettuce to the size of your palm. Load the listed ingredients on top of the lettuce. Spoon in dipping sauce, wrap, and enjoy. Make sure each lettuce wrap is small so it fits into your mouth. Pl...

Fish with Shitake Sauce ( Pa Tod Rad Sauce Had horm )

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Another way to eat friend fish, shitake mushrooms, especially dried ones, add a delicious flavour to the fish, the vinegar adds a little bite and the soy a little saltiness. Ingredients 500 gms Fish Suitable for Frying 2 Tablespoons Flour Oil For Frying 6-10 Shitake Mushroom ( soak overnight if dried ) 1 Grated Ginger 3 Tablespoons Light Soy Sauce 1 Teaspoon Vinegar 1 Tablespoon Corn Flour Shredded Chinese Cabbage (For the base) Preparation 1. Clean the fish, gut and scrape the scales off. Your fishmonger will usually do this for you. 2. Cut diagonal score marks over the fish, to increase the surface that touches the oil and make more crunch. 3. Dry it with a piece of kitchen paper, cover with the flour, then shallow fry until the fish has a crunchy skin and is cooked through. 4. Slice the mushrooms, add to a pan with soy sauce, vinegar, grated ginger and heat until boiling. 5. Mix the corn flour, with a few tablespoons of water, mix into the pan with the soy mixture and stir until...

Coconut Flower Biscuits (Ka Noom Ja Mong Gud)

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These biscuits have a plain base, the sweetness comes from the sweet flower shapes and a little crunch and sweetness comes from the sugared pumpkin seed, or you can also use sugared almonds or sesame seeds if you can't get the pumpkin seeds. Ingredients Pai 240 gms Wheat Flour ( Cake flour ) 1 Egg Tolk 100 gms Salty Butter 100 ml Water Preparation 1. Mix flour and butter, and rub between your fingers to form a fine crumb. 2. Add egg and water slowly and massage until mixed to a soft dough. 3. Roll flat and very thin, and cut out 2cm diameter circles. 4. Cook in a pre-heated oven at 160 degrees celsius and bake for 8 minutes. Ingredients for Ton Aigg 6 Egg Yolks 240 gms Wheat flour 100 gms Sugar 220 ml Coconut Milk Preparation 1. Heat a dry frying pan to make it hot. 2. Put the flour in and toast it by stirring it for a few minutes (don't let it brown, just toast it a little). Set aside. 3. Boil the coconut milk and add sugar boil until some of the liquid has boiled off ...

Second Thai & Lao Food DVD and Recipe Book

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The Second Thai & Lao Food dvd and recipe book are available for purchase. $35 --> Set 2 Thai & Lao Food DVD and Recipe book Depending on the amount of donation, I will mail you the following Thai & Lao Food product(s): $20 --> Set 1 Thai & Lao Food Recipe Book $21 --> Set 2 Thai & Lao Food Recipe Book $33 --> Set 1, Thai & Lao Cooking Videos on DVD and recipe book $35 --> Set 2, Thai & Lao Food video on DVD and recipe book $60--> Set 1 Thai & Lao Cooking Videos and recipe book + Set 2 Thai & Lao Food videos and recipe book Thai hair sticks are included in every set of dvds and recipe books until supplies last. To mail me a donation, email me and ask for my address. List of Recipes from the Second Thai & Lao Food videos and recipe book: Appetizer Recipes : 1. Sour Fruit Dipping Sauce 2. Shrimp Chips 3. Curry Peanut Dipping Sauce 4. Fried Shrimp Rolls 5. Banh Cuon - Wet Rice Paper Spring Rolls 6. Eggplant Chili Dip...

Thai & Lao Cooking Videos on DVD

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The DVD is ready for purchase. I am really excited that it is finally available. When I published my Thai & Lao Food Recipe Book , I specifically designed it to fit inside a DVD case. The set 1 of Thai and Lao Cooking DVD includes all the videos that are listed the Thai & Lao Food Recipe Book . Plus I include the video of How to apply hair sticks into the hair ! Don't forget to view all my Thai & Lao Products Depending on the amount of donation, I will mail you the following Thai & Lao Food product(s): $20 --> Set 1 Thai & Lao Food Recipe Book $21 --> Set 2 Thai & Lao Food Recipe Book $33 --> Set 1, Thai & Lao Cooking Videos on DVD and recipe book $35 --> Set 2, Thai & Lao Food video on DVD and recipe book $60--> Set 1 Thai & Lao Cooking Videos and recipe book + Set 2 Thai & Lao Food videos and recipe book Thai hair sticks are included in every set of dvds and recipe books until supplies last. To mail me a donation, ema...

Lap Shrimp with Escargot

The video shows the raw /fresh lap shrimp and the cooked lap shrimp. Not all lap recipes must have mint so in one recipe, I use cilantro. Lap is the national dish of Laos so please refer to my previous posts lap chicken and lap Lao beef . Please refer to the list of Product Prices on how to get access to all the Thai & Lao Food dvds and recipe books.

Sao Lao T-Shirt - Lao Girl T-Shirt

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I got this "Sao Lao" t-shirt made available for purchase. "Sao" means 'girl' or 'young lady'. For the men, there is the i hum yie t-shirt. Every August long weekend my cousin, Vilaysith Sanoubane, organizes "bune Lao" which is a fundraiser festival for Wat Lao Veluwanh . It's an amazing event: a soccer tournament, concert bands, dancing, blessings from Buddhist Monks, food, and Lao merchandise. Over 5000 people attended. For just one day, it feels like you were in Laos. When I was not volunteering at the food booths, I sold the "Sao Lao" and the i hum yie t-shirts and donated the profits to Wat Lao Veluwanh . $22 donation ,towards the development of my blog, will get you the "Sao Lao" t-shirt. Youth sizes: 2, 6, L and Adult sizes: S, M, L, XL. Also refer to the List of product prices for all my Thai & Lao Food products.