I need some help with Thai, Chinese, and Indian food

[Erica_loves_candy]

I know how to make thai sticky rice, but i need some help with other stuff.

<<<Green thai chicken/beef curry-i've tried the paste and it was okay...not like the thai resturants though. I've also tried the prepackaged thai curry and-YUCK! what can i do to make it just like the resturant

<<<Sweet and sour fish---its just not the same!
<<< chasew chicken--eh.

Are there ANY good thai recipes? any other recipes besides ^^^ the ones i described??? do you have any chinese or indian recipes??
please repost i appreciate it!!!

[kitchenelf]

Be sure and do a search in this forum - you'll run across some good info.

[urmaniac13]

I am also discovering the southern asian cuisine right now and doing lots of experiments... I find them exquisite!! I got some great advices from another member here, "Chopstix", a talented lady from Bangkok... let's hope she will see this thread!! Also for anything Indian, look out for Yakuta, she is the indian expert here, I received a lot of guidance from her as well!

[Chopstix]

Urmaniac my good friend! Thanks for the kind words!

Erica, there are so many different kinds of Thai curries. I'll type up my 'Sweet Green Curry Chicken' recipe later and post it here for you. In Thai it's known as 'Gaeng Kheow Wan Gai', the most commonly served chicken curry. I hope the ingredients are available where you are.

Stay tuned!

[Candocook]

I love the cookbook Quick and Easy Thai.

This is delicious and oh, so quick.

Thai Shrimp Curry
Stir fry 1/2 cup chopped shallots 1 large red bell pepper, cut into strips 2 medium carrots, shredded 2 teaspoons minced garlic. Add 3 tablespoons Thai Red Curry Paste, 2 tablespoons fish sauce 2 teaspoons palm sugar or light brown sugar 1 (14-ounce) can coconut milk 1 pound medium shrimp, peeled and deveined 3 tablespoons chopped Thai basil leaves 3 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro leaves Cooked jasmine rice, accompaniment Sprigs fresh cilantro, Add the shallots, bell peppers, carrots, and garlic, and stir-fry until soft, 2 to 3 minutes. Add the curry paste and cook, stirring, until fragrant, 30 seconds to 1 minute. add the fish sauce and sugar, then the coconut milk and bring to a boil. Simmer until thickened about 2 minutes. Add the shrimp and cook, until just cooked through, about 2 minutes.
stir in the basil and cilantro.
Serve over jasmine rice, with cilantro sprigs.

[Erica_loves_candy]

thank you! i would appreciate it!!!

[Chopstix]

Here you go Erica! Good luck.

Gaeng Kheow Wan Gai
(Green Chicken Curry)

4 servings

600 grams Chicken meat, sliced
800 grams Coconut milk
160 grams Green curry paste
3 pcs Round eggplant, cut in wedges
16 pcs Kaffir lime leaves
8 pcs Red chilli
20 grams Thai sweet basil leaves
30 grams Palm sugar
5 Tbsp Fish sauce

• Bring half of the coco milk to a simmer for 3 min.
• Add green curry paste and stir until slightly oily.
• Add chicken until half-cooked.
• Pour rest of coco milk and add kaffir lime leaves.
• Add eggplant, palm sugar and chilies. Simmer until chicken is well cooked.
• Season with fish sauce.
• Add basil leaves and take off heat.
• Serve with steamed Thai jasmine rice.

[Yakuta]

Hi Ur, you have a way with words. Thank you for demonstrating that confidence in Chopstix and my recipes

Erica, one other thing I can tell you is that you can actually make a green curry sauce base at home if you'd like. It works well and using that and Chopstix's recipe you can make an awesome curry at home. I have made both a red and green curry base at home.

Here is a recipe that I use

Cilantro stalks (buy a large bunch, pluck out the leaves and store it for later use. wash the stalks and roughly chop them)
Jalapeno or green chilies work even better (to your taste). I would use atleast one
Garlic (3 cloves)
Ginger (1/2 stick)
Lime zest (from one whole lime, grate it with a grater)
Lime juice (same lime)
salt to taste
fish sauce (available in any asian store) - 3 tsps
1 whole medium onion (cut into cubes)


Roast and powder these whole spices

1 tbsp of corrainder seeds
1 tbsp of cumin seeds

Throw all the ingredients (including the powdered spices) into a food processor. Process it until it's a nice thick paste.

This can be stored in the refrigerator for several weeks.

To make a curry I normally use a healthy amount of this paste and cook it (the raw onions need cooking) in some oil. Then add the veggies, chicken or shrimp, some coconut milk, a bit of tamarind pulp and a tiny bit of brown sugar and viola it's ready.

You can make the red curry the same way. The difference is that you can use red chilis (you can remove the seed and membrane) in place of the cilantro.

[urmaniac13]

Hey, Erica, what did I tell you, aren't these two ladies great?? They are always on my mind when I try some southern asian cuisine! And yet another wonderful recipes... saved to my collection!!
I appreciate the green curry base recipe especially, I always wondered how it was made!!

[egeefay]

Originally Posted by Erica_loves_candy

I know how to make thai sticky rice, but i need some help with other stuff.

<<<Green thai chicken/beef curry-i've tried the paste and it was okay...not like the thai resturants though. I've also tried the prepackaged thai curry and-YUCK! what can i do to make it just like the resturant

<<<Sweet and sour fish---its just not the same!
<<< chasew chicken--eh.

Are there ANY good thai recipes? any other recipes besides ^^^ the ones i described??? do you have any chinese or indian recipes??
please repost i appreciate it!!!

My wife and daughter made Thai cooking class videos for about 30 Thai dishes at
Thai Cooking "Videos". Online recipes you can watch
Each recipe has a cooking video along with ingredients and recipes
Feel free to browses through and watch any that may interest you