Posts Tagged ‘thai food’

Prawn Crackers

Friday, January 8th, 2010

Not too sure about whether this is a Thai food or a Taiwan dish because both are claiming it. Whatever it is, I love this crispy, delicious and flavorful dish so much. The best thing is that it is also easy to prepare.
Ingredients

300g Prawns (chop coarsely)
50g minced pork
1 egg white
12 pcs spring roll skin
1 tsp cornstarch
pepper and salt to taste
Method
Add chopped prawns, minced pork, egg white and seasoning in a mixing bowl and stir to mix well. Spread prawns mixture evenly onto a piece spring roll skin and cover another piece of spring roll skin on top. Press gently to seal the edge and pan-fry it with little bit of cooking oil until both side turn golden brown. Drain oil and cut into eight portions, repeat process until all ingredients are used up. Served with Thai chili sauce while dish is warm and crispy.

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Sambal Asparagus - A Fusion Food?

Friday, January 1st, 2010

Some times it is hard to tell whether it is a Thai food, Nyonya or Malay cuisine when come to dish like sambal kangkong (water spinach), sambal asparagus. I think people living in Thailand, Malaysia or Indonesia are cooking this dish almost the same way. So I think it is only fair to classify it under a fusion dish rather than classify it under any specific country cuisine.

As for the sambal, the main ingredients are toasted shrimp paste, chilies, small red onions, garlic, lemongrass but you can always adjust the ratio of spices according to your own taste and liking.

It is quite a simple dish to make after all, saute the blended sambal in warm oil to fragrant then stir fry with asparagus (peeled and sectioned) with some small shrimps for 3 minutes, add seasoning to tatse and it is done. Try it and enjoy.

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