Like Thai food? Love to cook? Perhaps the first attempt does not fail, like in the picture or taste like the restaurant. Well, do not give up on cooking Thai food. Some Thai dishes such as instructions difficult because a long list of ingredients. Thai cuisine is all about ingredients and preparation. In Thailand, frozen or canned is not very common. Thais love fresh ingredients. Thailand is one of the fortunate countries of the worldis rich in vegetables, tropical fruits, seafood, etc. There is a famous verse in Thailand describes abundant food resources, "Nai Nai Nam Pla Khao Na Mee Mee" means "in the river, there are fish in the area is rice . 'This article is to start with some general tips and then to step practical advice for specific food categories.
Ingredients
The ingredients are the most important part of authentic Thai cuisine. If you live in Thailand or South East AsiaThai fresh ingredients is easy. But if you can live elsewhere, with fresh ingredients is difficult or troublesome, especially for those who do not live in a city. If you decide to make Thai dishes, just invest a bit 'of your time to know each of the ingredients. Then you can find the nearest Asian supermarket. If you want to call to see if the ingredients you are looking for bear. For example, if you work for "Winter Melon" Look, not all Asian grocery stores carry it. IfThey prefer to buy online, you can safely drive. If you can not find fresh, frozen and canned foods to try. In my opinion, most frozen products, the best thing to fresh food. For example, pork fried with shredded ginger has two main ingredients: shredded ginger and pork. chopped ginger? Sounds like a lot of work to use fresh ginger. You could try a glass or can, but the flavor and aroma of ginger are not the same as the fresh version. It is not hard to doshredded ginger peeler if you have the right. Do your best to find fresh produce, as the dishes are a good start in authentic Thai cuisine.
Equipment
Thais with a wok and pot in most courts, with the exception of desserts. For dessert, not mandatory, but recommended) use a bronze Wok (Ka Thong Ta Luengo. Other common structures include a mortar and pestle. In Thailand, gas stoves are the most commonly used. Electric ovens are rare and not very popular because the heat can not be distributed evenly. As for the mortar and pestle, depends on demand. If you often cook Thai food very much, a mortar and pestle can be useful in your kitchen. Otherwise, using the stone kitchen utensils like a knife and chopping board to achieve the same goal. Mixers and blenders are another option when it comes to pasta.
Preparation
The preparation is also one of the keys to authentic> Thai Cuisine. As mentioned above, has focused primarily on ingredients and preparation of Thai food. The preparation is particularly important, authentic Thai cuisine is possible. More time to prepare the ingredients of what actually spend cooking. For example, it may take about 30 minutes until all the ingredients for Tom Kha Gai, but spends an average of about 15 minutes. A typical Thai dinner consists of municipal courts 4-5. It may take up to two hours to prepare allIngredients to make, but only 1 hour. There are several reasons why the Thais take on more time to prepare. Thais like their meat into bite size pieces. Vegetables need time to wash, cut and perhaps dry swab. Pounding spices and fresh herbs is also common to many dishes. Some sweet as Ta Go (sweet on the bottom layer with a layer of salty coconut in a basket, pandanus) will require a long preparation by cleaning and cutting into sheets and then make baskets.Depending on the level of the Ta Go you, it can take up to now, only to make small baskets. Not because of the preparation can not be discouraged, the wonderful dishes are just around the corner!
Cook to your taste
The art of Thai cooking ingredients emphasized a harmonious mixture of different, mainly because the individual components, depending on the freshness and so on. Without harmony the taste and the dish fall short. The fiveElements of taste in Thai food are: sweet, salty, sour, spicy and bitter. When cooking Thai dishes, you can follow a recipe, but use it as a guide when it comes to taste. The taste varies for every individual taste sometimes in response to factors such as quality of ingredients or opportunity, and so the author's taste or recipe can not even play their own. Following a recipe is a good idea, but when it comes to taste follow your ideas come. Know your ingredientsStart tasty products in small quantities. For example, when it comes to curry pastes and fish sauce, some brands are saltier than others. Most Thai dishes can be resolved if, for some. If it is too sweet, adding a little fish sauce will fix the problem, and vice versa. If it is too acid add a bit 'of water, sugar and fish sauce.
Coconut milk
Thai food and coconut milk are almost always together. Many courts require Hua Ka Ti (firstpressed coconut milk or coconut cream) and / or Hang Ka Ti (second or third pressed coconut milk or water-like). Fresh coconut milk, meat finely grated coconut is still immersed in hot water, no hot water. It is then pressed dry. The white liquid from the first pressing is called "Hua Ka Ti". Hot water is then pressed onto the coconut milk, second and third, called "Ka Hang you must do." grated coconut meat is usually used about 3 times and thendiscarded. freshly pressed coconut milk has a better taste and aroma of coconut milk commercial from the can.
If you use canned coconut milk, you need a jar with cold because the cold temperatures and separate the creamy coconut and the watery part. The creamy coconut milk floats at the top of the can. During the warm season, you might want to scream, the coconut milk in the fridge for several hours or overnight.
Fried Rice
Good FriedThe rice is not hard to do. The most important part is the rice. The rice should be cooked but firm, not mushy and soft. When the rice is soft and squishy when it is fried together. Good rice fried rice should be easy to break the grains and should remain intact. Making steamed rice, make sure you are a bit 'of water less than normal, so that the rice is drier than normal. Keep the rice in the refrigerator for 2-3 days is another alternative, but ifTheir rice is mushy and soft after 2-3 days, the fried rice is also clump together. Other keys to good fried rice and a wok over high heat. Heat must be evenly distributed and consistent throughout the warm weather Thel. A wok is to make fried rice is recommended but not required.
Curry
There are two main types of Thai curry: based on coconut and coconut-based. Those who use coconut milk typically have similar initial steps, including separation ofThe coconut curry paste and stir in coconut milk. These first two steps are the key for you perfect your curry dishes. For example, if you make green curry, red curry, or matsaman Kaeng Kari, are the first step to bring Hua Ka Ti (first milk from milk or coconut cream), boil until the oil begins to separate. No need to cook too long because you want to break Hua Ka and Ti seem white balls. After the addition of curry paste in coconut milk, stirring until thegreen or red oil separates and floats on top. Curry paste, stirring often is necessary because you do not want to burn the paste. Curry paste can stick to a tablespoon, so be sure to remove it from the spoon. During this process, when Hua Ka Ti is always dry, add 3-4 tablespoons of Hua Ka Ti at a time to keep curry paste from burning. After the addition of vegetables, not too long for them.
Fried
Most meals take a little time to cook, especiallysautéed vegetables. The most important key for most dishes is stir-fire heat. Heat must be evenly distributed in a wok or frying pan. Most recipes suggest to heat up the vegetable oil. In this step, you should be aware that the oil is hot, and spread all over the wok (opposite) or bath. start in some courts, after the addition of meat or vegetables, the pan or wok becoming drier, so you can add a little water so as not to burn the food. For vegetables, make sure there areovercooked.
Sweets
Thai desserts are not too difficult to do. Some may be easier than others. Some require more patience and time than others. Many Thai desserts require that you use the same ingredients, and replaced are not recommended. For example, if Khanom Ta Go ask not work mung flour, soy flour substitutes in other generally good. Khanom Bua Loy requires sticky rice flour, and we must not use or purpose flourTapioca flour or other flour. In some sweet potato as the ginger syrup, you can have mixed types of potatoes. Khanom Kaeng Buat may include taro, potatoes and / or pumpkin. In Thai desserts, read the instructions carefully.
The ingredients and preparation are the key to cooking authentic Thai cuisine. Some of the first judges in particular may require patience. Once you have learned, however, Thai ingredients, increasingly,Discover how easy it is to cook authentic Thai food. As regards the Thai sweet, some are very simple and easy to prepare and be the first time trying to perfect. Some sweet, practice and time to develop certain skills. Let me leave you discouraged by the directions for the recipe, or how beautiful the image of a court could. If you decide to cook authentic Thai cuisine to gather some friends and enjoy your kitchen. Enjoy!