Chocolate Hazel Nut Cake with minimum frosting
Thursday, May 30, 2013
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Tom Yam recipe
There are many versions of Tom Yam. To my opinion this recipe from my Mum's recipe book is the most authentic because this is also how Mama Rahmah of Yala, Thailand makes her Tom Yam.
Tom Yam
A quarter of a chicken, cut in small pieces
3 cloves of garlic
4 lemongrass (bruised)
4-5 cups of water
1 big onion
3-4 kaffir lime leaves
2 small tomatoes (quartered)
1 small carrrot (cut)
3 thai chili (bruised)
Juice of 1 lime
salt
coriander leaves
Put chicken, crushed garlic and braised lemongrass into a pot. Fill with water. Put on the stove. The secret of making Tom Yam is not to stir the soup before it boils. Just leave the pot to bring to its boil.
When it boils, put in the sliced onion, kaffir leaves, tomatoes, carrot, and crushed chilies. Wait for it to boil again. Now you can stir. When chicken is cooked, season with salt. When soup is ready, switch off the fire, add the lime juice and throw in the coriander leaves.
You can add in mushrooms, cauliflower and celery if you like. You can use seafood or meat instead of chicken. Or all together.
Tom Yam
A quarter of a chicken, cut in small pieces
3 cloves of garlic
4 lemongrass (bruised)
4-5 cups of water
1 big onion
3-4 kaffir lime leaves
2 small tomatoes (quartered)
1 small carrrot (cut)
3 thai chili (bruised)
Juice of 1 lime
salt
coriander leaves
Put chicken, crushed garlic and braised lemongrass into a pot. Fill with water. Put on the stove. The secret of making Tom Yam is not to stir the soup before it boils. Just leave the pot to bring to its boil.
When it boils, put in the sliced onion, kaffir leaves, tomatoes, carrot, and crushed chilies. Wait for it to boil again. Now you can stir. When chicken is cooked, season with salt. When soup is ready, switch off the fire, add the lime juice and throw in the coriander leaves.
You can add in mushrooms, cauliflower and celery if you like. You can use seafood or meat instead of chicken. Or all together.
Tom Yam
Tom Yam is the best soup in the world. Seriously.
Totally healthy and delicious. Who created the recipe was a genius. Tangy, tasty, hot and fragrant. It has no oil in it, no cream in it like in the western soups. It is a concoction of herbs and ingredients that are full of healthy properties like lemongrass, which is anti-bacterial, anti-virus, anti-fever. There is tomato, full of potassium and vitamins, carrots that are filled with beta carotene, onions and garlic, loaded with minerals, and seasoned with lime juice, chilies and coriander leaves, without any artificial or processed seasonings.
It is a pick-me-up dish that would without fail perk you up because you will get alot of zing in your meal and is good to eat when you are down with something or not feeling well.
It is extremely easy to make with many choices of ingredients to throw into the pot. Eat on it's own, with rice or with rice noodles.
Totally healthy and delicious. Who created the recipe was a genius. Tangy, tasty, hot and fragrant. It has no oil in it, no cream in it like in the western soups. It is a concoction of herbs and ingredients that are full of healthy properties like lemongrass, which is anti-bacterial, anti-virus, anti-fever. There is tomato, full of potassium and vitamins, carrots that are filled with beta carotene, onions and garlic, loaded with minerals, and seasoned with lime juice, chilies and coriander leaves, without any artificial or processed seasonings.
It is a pick-me-up dish that would without fail perk you up because you will get alot of zing in your meal and is good to eat when you are down with something or not feeling well.
It is extremely easy to make with many choices of ingredients to throw into the pot. Eat on it's own, with rice or with rice noodles.
Natural goodness in a bowl
Monday, May 20, 2013
My herbs around the house
pretty mints
3 friends, pandan, kesum and limau purut
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Mother's day present from Mimi
Waiting for them to sprout, chives, lemongrass and coriander leaves
Apple crumble recipe
Apple crumble
(half the measurement if you want a smaller crumble)
8 green apples, peel and slice
3 tbsp of sugar
2 cups of flour
1 cup oats
4 tbsp of brown sugar
3/4 cup chopped almond
175 gm butter
Mix the sliced apples with sugar and put in a tin.
Mix all the dry ingredients together and rub in butter until resemble crumbs.
Add the crumble mixture on the apples in the tin and lightly level it.
Bake in 180 deg oven for 40-45 mins, first 20 min using bottom grill and the rest 25 min top and bottom grill until crumble decrease in height and brown.
Serve with milk.
Apple crumble by Picipu
The cooking hobby has caught on the girls. Picipu tells me she finds cooking rather fun and therapeutic. Today she made apple crumble, one of the family favourites.
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