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Panko-Crusted Fried Baby Bananas (กล้วยไข่ชุบเกล็ดขนมปังทอด), Thai New Year, Songkran Goddess

By on April 13, 2012 in She Deglutenizes, She Fries, She Rants and Muses, She Thais, She Veges

 What did you do in the last few hours? Me? I woke up and found myself on a bed which happened to be the very same one into which I crawled last night. At one point, I felt a slight itch on my back. So I reached out my hand and scratched it thereby relieving the itch. With the itch having been sufficiently alleviated, I ceased scratching and continued to lie in bed some more. Then I noticed that the light in the closet was on, so I remedied the situation by getting up and flipping the switch to the off position thereby causing the light to go out requiring me to take no further action. Then I started doing some work on my laptop. After a while, I decided to take a short break by sitting idly for a few moments. At the end of the break, I started working again which was when I discontinued sitting idly. Half an hour later which coincided with the 30-minute mark after I’d resumed working, I felt hungry, so I went to the kitchen and opened the refrigerator door which allowed me to see inside it. I then decided to make a sandwich. I placed a slice of cheese on a piece of bread and a few slices of ham on top of the cheese. Then I placed another piece of bread on top of the whole thing which resulted in the ham and cheese being positioned right between the two pieces of bread. Then I ate the sandwich until it was no more at which point I stopped eating. [1]

I thought you’d be glad to find out that, luckily, things were much more exciting these past few hours in the cosmological world. How exciting? We’re talking seven beautiful women floating in the air with a severed head in tow.

Got your attention, didn’t I? Continue Reading →

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Green Papaya Pad Thai (ผัดไทยเส้นมะละกอ)

By on April 1, 2012 in She Deglutenizes, She Fries, She Thais

Pad Thai made with green papaya strands in lieu of rice noodles has been around for a while; I have just recently come to appreciate it. For me, the turn around point was when I ceased seeing green papaya in this context as a low-carb, low-calorie, grain-free noodle substitute and came to acknowledge it as an ingredient that tastes great on its own merit in this newer version of Pad Thai.

I would be stating the obvious in saying that green papaya doesn’t taste anything like rice noodles; “the chew” and the carby comfort just aren’t there. But what green papaya brings to this classic dish is the crunchy freshness that is surprisingly pleasant.

Pad Thai Ari restaurant (ผัดไทยอารีย์), lauded as one of the best Pad Thai restaurants in Bangkok [1], makes outstanding green papaya Pad Thai. It was at this place where I discovered the joy of this unorthodox version of one of Thailand’s most famous dishes. Huge, huge river prawns with rich tomalley that come with it are a bonus. Continue Reading →

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Lao Stuffed Lemongrass (Ua Si Khai)

By on March 21, 2012 in She Deglutenizes, She Fries, She Thais

 I’d been meaning to educate myself more seriously on the cuisine of Laos since I started blogging a little over three years ago. And the book, Traditional Recipes of Laos, which is a compilation of handwritten recipes by Phia Sing Chaloensilp (circa 1898-1967), a former chef at the royal palace of Luang Prabang, had been on my wish list for a long time. Then I recently found out that while I’d been allowing things to get in the way of me buying and cooking from the book, a publisher in Thailand has come up with a Thai version based on both the English and the original Lao texts.

Sweet. (Easier to understand. After all, me no speak English so good.)

With the Thai version of the book in my possession, I’ve been making Phia Sing’s recipes for a few weeks now. And so far, Ua Si Khai (Oo-ah See Kye), literally stuffed lemongrass, is one of my favorites. It was also the first recipe I tried out. Continue Reading →

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