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My Book – Simple Thai Food: Classic Recipes from the Thai Home Kitchen

By Leela on March 23, 2014 in She Bakes, She Braises, She Churns, She Deglutenizes, She Drizzles and Smears, She Explores, She Fries, She Grills, She Interviews, She Jams and Pickles, She Rants and Muses, She Remixes, She Roasts, She Simmers, She Steams, She Stocks a Thai Pantry, She Thais, She Tosses, She Uncooks, She Veges, Uncategorized

Remember when the Zealous Water Buffalo told you many months ago that I was writing a book? Well, it’s done. Simple Thai Food: Classic Recipes from the Thai Home Kitchen won’t be available until around mid-May, but if you preorder it now, you will be among the first people to get it.

That’s not all, if you preorder the book now, you will be given access to a video tutorial on how to make red curry from scratch, from the homemade paste to the finished dish. I do not intend on making this video public on the blog or elsewhere, at least within the next year or so. So it will be available immediately to only the early birds among you and no one else. So, please be sure to keep the email confirmation from your bookseller of choice (Amazon, Barnes & Noble, IndieBound, iBooks, and Google Books) when you preorder.

You have until Thai New Year (April 13) to do so which is when I will tell you how to redeem your gift.

But first, let me tell you a bit about the book so you know what you’re investing in. In keeping with the theme of simplicity, I will sum up this book into one sentence. Continue Reading →

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Spicy Grilled Beef-Grape Salad – A Mini Thai Cooking Class with Chef Vichit Mukura, Mandarin Oriental Bangkok

By Leela on March 1, 2014 in She Deglutenizes, She Explores, She Grills, She Interviews, She Thais, She Tosses, Uncategorized

You have no idea how excited I was to be able to get Vichit Mukura, Executive Thai Chef of the Mandarin Oriental Bangkok, to grace this site with his Thai cooking knowledge and skills. For a long time this is what I’ve been wanting to share with you all. Those who have experienced his cooking at Sala Rim Naam restaurant can understand my excitement.

Chef Vichit is one of a few people the government of Thailand turns to whenever it plans a dining event of national scale. Remember when I told you about the menu of the state dinner in honor of President Obama back in November 2012? It was Chef Vichit who executed that menu (according to the mandate of Prime Minister Shinawatra who came up with the menu herself) and oversaw the kitchen operations.

There are many interesting things about the chef one of which is his passion in organic rice farming. I hope to tell you more about him and what he does in future posts. For now, please enjoy this video demo wherein Chef Vichit shows you how to make a spicy salad of grilled beef, grapes, and fresh herbs; it’s an easy dish that lays a firm foundation for not only your Thai salad-making skill but also your understanding of what Thai salads are all about. Continue Reading →

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Thai Grilled Sweet Sticky Rice with Banana Filling (ข้าวเหนียวปิ้งไส้กล้วย)

By Leela on August 26, 2013 in She Deglutenizes, She Grills, She Remixes, She Roasts, She Thais, She Veges

If you walk on the streets of Thailand and see these banana leaf packets on the grill with their contents inconspicuously concealed and their exteriors burned, charred, and sooty in random spots, I recommend that you overlook the questionable attractiveness of these little things and do what I do: lunge for them with all your might, squeeing while in mid-air.

Those who prefer a less dramatic, more dignified way of obtaining snacks on the streets — not that I understand any of you in the least — can just approach the vendor and politely ask her for a few of these grilled sweet sticky rice packets.

Either way, you end up with warm, delicious sticky rice scented with charred banana leaves, its aromatic and biodegradable wrappers. Khao niao ping comes both plain and with different fillings most common of which include ripe Thai burro bananas (the type commonly batter-fried or ordained) and sweet taro paste. Continue Reading →

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