We are soooooooo loving Thai, right now!
We were asked to do 7 weeks of Thai Cooking Demos, and we are delighted. Not only is a type of cuisine we love, it is also easy and healthy. The added dificulty is that the course should be oriented with feeding children in mind. Challenge? Yes! And a great one!
Every week I will be demonstrating a few recipes, and I promisse to post at least one here. Last Saturday was the first one. It was an introduction to Thai cuisine, ingredients, regions and traditions.
Here's a recipe that we did. It's very, very simple. A light salad, used as a palate cleaner, that should be on your table when serving something spicy.
Cucumber Salad
Ingredients
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup rice wine vinegar
• 1/4 cup water
• 1Tablespoon chopped chilly
We were asked to do 7 weeks of Thai Cooking Demos, and we are delighted. Not only is a type of cuisine we love, it is also easy and healthy. The added dificulty is that the course should be oriented with feeding children in mind. Challenge? Yes! And a great one!
Every week I will be demonstrating a few recipes, and I promisse to post at least one here. Last Saturday was the first one. It was an introduction to Thai cuisine, ingredients, regions and traditions.
Here's a recipe that we did. It's very, very simple. A light salad, used as a palate cleaner, that should be on your table when serving something spicy.
Cucumber Salad
Ingredients
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup rice wine vinegar
• 1/4 cup water
• 1Tablespoon chopped chilly
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cucumber, unpeeled and sliced thin
• 1/4 cup sliced red onion
• garnish: 3 Tablespoons chopped mint, 3 Tablespoons chopped peanuts
• 1 cucumber, unpeeled and sliced thin
• 1/4 cup sliced red onion
• garnish: 3 Tablespoons chopped mint, 3 Tablespoons chopped peanuts
How to make it
• In a small saucepan, combine the sugar, vinegar, water, chili pepper sauce and salt. Stir, cook over a medium heat until sugar is dissolved
• Add cucumbers and onion to appropriately sized dish that will allow all the cucumber mixture to be covered with marinade.
• Pour vinegar mixture over the vegetables and let marinate for 30 minutes.
• Just before serving, sprinkle with mint and peanuts.
• In a small saucepan, combine the sugar, vinegar, water, chili pepper sauce and salt. Stir, cook over a medium heat until sugar is dissolved
• Add cucumbers and onion to appropriately sized dish that will allow all the cucumber mixture to be covered with marinade.
• Pour vinegar mixture over the vegetables and let marinate for 30 minutes.
• Just before serving, sprinkle with mint and peanuts.
