So, without further ado, here are the recipes and photos of the Thai appetizers from our last meeting of the AlphaGourmet club back in April 2012.
We had several appetizers to start off the evening including Thai spring rolls and chicken satays with Ajaad (cucumber) salad. The spring rolls were wrapped in home made spring roll wrappers that were way better than any kind you can buy in Kingston. All recipes are probably what you think about most frequently when thinking about Thai food so they can really satisfy a craving! Here's the recipe and a photo of the spring rolls before they were cooked:
Home made spring roll wrappers
Ingredients:
1 cup rice flour4 tablespoon regular white flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
4 large eggs
1 teaspoon cooking oil
2 cups fresh water
Directions:
1. Sift all the dry ingredients together twice.2. In a separate bowl, mix the eggs, oil and water . Then pour this mixture into the dry ingredients to form a batter. Mix thoroughly to get all the lumps out.
3. Cover and set aside in a cool place for an hour.
4. Heat a non-stick frying pan and drizzle or spray a little cooking oil on it.
5. Pour in a little batter and quickly swirl in around to make a thin pancake. You don't have to flip it to cook the other side and it should not brown. Take it out of the pan when it looks like it has set.
http://www.essortment.com/homemade-spring-roll-wrapper-recipe-13943.html
The stuffing for the spring rolls was made in two batches. One was to make the sausage itself and the other was to get the other Asian flavours to meld together.
Thai Spring Rolls Ingredients
1 package of spring roll wrappers (use 24 wrappers)
100 g of bean thread noodles (soaked in cold water for 30 minutes, drained
and cut into 2 inches.) 2 cups of grated carrot
2 cups of shredded green cabbage
½ cup of wood ear mushrooms (soaked and sliced)
1 cup of diced onion
2 tablespoons of thin soy sauce
1 teaspoon of salt
1 teaspoon of pepper
1 tablespoon of cornstarch
2 tablespoons of water
3 cup of vegetable oil
Directions:
1. Add 3 tablespoons of oil in the wok on medium high heat. Put the vegetables and noodles into the hot oil and season the filling mixture with soy sauce, salt and pepper. Sauté the ingredients until the filling is well done.For this exploration, I made two fillings: sweet red pepper with bok choy (and the vegetables listed here) and shrimp with mushroom (baby bella and shitake). For both I used bean sprouts as I couldn’t find those bean noodles To counteract some of the earthiness of the mushrooms with the shrimp, I put a splash of pineapple juice and lime as citrus always enhances seafood and the sweetness of the pineapple controlled the mushroom and bean sprout mixture.
2. Let the filling cool down
3. In a small bowl, combine some cornstarch and water until mixed well together
4. Lay a spring roll wrapper with the point up on the counter and add 2 tablespoons of the filling on the bottom of the wrapper.
5. Fold the bottom edge up over the filling and insert behind the filling. Then fold the right edge and the left edge to the middle and roll tightly until the end of the wrapper.
6. Seal the roll with mixed cornstarch and repeat until finished.
7. This recipe should make about 24 rolls.
8. Heat the oil in the wok over high heat. Deep fry spring rolls until golden brown and remove the rolls to paper towels to blot the extra oil. Serve hot with plum sauce.
The completed spring rolls:
Ajaad Salad Ingredients
200 ml White vinegar
40 gm Sugar
1 tsp Salt
50 gm Cucumber, quartered and sliced
50 gm Shallots, sliced
2 Fresh red chilies, sliced
Directions: Mix together the vinegar, sugar and salt. Bring to the boil and simmer until the quantity is halved. When ready to serve, mix the remaining ingredients and pour over the reduced sauce.
http://www.your-thai-recipe.com/thai-salads/vegetable/ajaad-salad.html
Thai Chicken Satay Ingredients (60 sticks)
1 lb of chicken breast (sliced into strips about 1” x 2”)
1 tablespoon sweet black soy sauce½ cup of coconut milk 60 bamboo skewers Marinade 3 cloves of garlic 1 onion (chopped) 1 teaspoon of cumin 1 teaspoon of turmeric 1 teaspoon of coriander seeds 1 lemongrass (thinly sliced) 2 teaspoons of salt 2 tablespoon of tamarind paste 1 tablespoon of palm sugar 2 tablespoon of vegetable oil ½ cup of water Directions
1. Add marinade ingredients in a blender and blend until mix
well. Transfer to a large bowl.
2. Put sweet black soy sauce and coconut milk into the marinade sauce and
stir to combine.3. Marinate the chicken for at least 2 hours to overnight. 4. Thread 1-2 pieces of chicken onto each skewer. Baste each side with oil or coconut milk to prevent the chicken from getting stuck on the grill. Cook over a fire until brown. 5. Remove the chicken skewers from the grill and serve with peanut sauce and cucumber salad (Ajaad) |
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