AUTHENTIC THAI RECIPES

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Thai Banana blossom salad Recipe | Yam Hua Plee

Authentic Thai banana blossom salad recipe with fish. As an added bonus you'll learn how to harvest and use banana blossom in your cooking so don’t forget to watch my video tutorial. This dish can be made Vegan.

Click the image to watch the cooking tutorial video.

Thai banana blossom salad with fish (serve 4-6)

Ingredients:

4 eggs (hard boiled)

3-400g (12oz) grilled or smoked filet of fish

3 cups shredded heart of banana

2 cups roasted desiccated coconut

1 Tbsp Chili paste

2 Tbsp fresh lime juice

1 Tbsp palm sugar

1-3 Tbsp Tamarind puree (We added 1 Tbsp on camera. Afterwards I adjusted the taste to my preference with 2 additional Tbsp).

2 Tbsp fish sauce

2 Tbsp coconut cream

4 shallots, sliced

6-8 birds eye chilies, chopped

1 Sawtooth coriander, chopped

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Thai Shrimp Dip Recipe | Nam Prik Goong

This delicious southern Thai Shrimp dip is eaten with steamed or fresh vegetables like for example egg plant. long beans, baby corn or cucumber. This is authentic local Thai food at its purest.

Nam Prik Goong - Thai Shrimp Dip Recipe (serves 4)

1 1/2 Tbsp Shrimp past (Roast over fire in a spoon or alternatively pan roast)

5-6 Small quick boiled shrimp (any kind of normal size shrimp will suffice)

1 1/2 Tbsp Fresh Lime juice

1 Tsp Sea Salt

1 Tsp Sugar (white)

4-5 small chillies (The lady was too quick to add the chillies so we didn't get that top on camera. Add at this step).

2 sliced cloves of Garlic

1 Tbsp of Water

1 Red Bird's eye chili for Garnish

Serve with steamed or fresh vegetables.

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Tom Yum with Garcinia & Fish

This healthy local southern version of Tom Yum features Garcinia rind which is a fruit with several well-documented health properties. In addition to being healthy - it also tastes wonderful.

Super Healthy Tom Yum Pla with Garcinia Recipe (serves 4-6)

Ingredients:

1.5 l (50 US fluid ounces) Water

600g (1.3lb) fresh Sea bass*

1/4 cup Dried Garcinia rind

6-8 Kaffir lime leaves

2-3 stalks Lemongrass

2-3 Coriander with roots

1/2 cup Spring onions

6 birds eye chilies (roughly chopped)

2 tbsp Lime Juice

2 tbsp Fish sauce

1 tbsp sugar

* Please note:

Notes on the recipe video:

a) Ma who cooked for us was too quick to add sugar and fish sauce while we were not filming. You can add sugar and fish sauce after the fish is cooked.

*This dish don't require fresh sea bass. It can be cooked with other fresh or frozen fish like cod fish, pollock etc. aside from the usual Thai options.

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Thai Pickled Fish Recipe | Pla Dong

I recently learnt to make this dish from the local fishermen in Krabi. When they go out to sea they often make this easy protein rich pickled fish since it does not require cooking or freezing the fish prior to eating it. They accompany this dish with Thai spirits but it goes just as well with aquavit - This is a way of eating fish that all you Nordics and Japanese are very familiar with. Pickling is fun and easy. Give it a try!

Thai Pickled Fish Recipe (serves 4)

1 cup of Water in a glass jar

1 cup of Rice Vinegar

200gr (0.5 lbs) of small de-boned fish fillets. I used tropical yellowback but you can also use herring as cold water option

1 red onion

2 tbsp Black pepper corns

2 tbsp Sugar

Keep in the refrigerator for 24 hours before serving. Eat cold and serve with thai spirits or aquavit.

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