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Shrimp Satay with Thai Peanut Sauce (สะเต๊ะกุ้ง)

By on April 30, 2009 in She Deglutenizes, She Drizzles and Smears, She Grills, She Simmers, She Thais

shrimp satay with thai peanut sauce recipe
This is somewhat of a scaled-down, cheaters’ version. I’ll soon post the street vendors’ version with both the marinade and the grilling sauce which would be more appropriate for pork or beef satay. I hope this will tide you over until then. It’s a quick recipe, but delicious nonetheless. Continue Reading →

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Easy Thai Peanut Sauce Recipe: How to Make My Mom’s Thai Satay Sauce

By on March 31, 2009 in She Deglutenizes, She Drizzles and Smears, She Simmers, She Stocks a Thai Pantry, She Thais, She Veges

authentic thai peanut sauce
My mother, in whose memory this site was created, was a cookbook addict. Her philosophy in life was based upon a statement attributed to Erasmus of Rotterdam (1466-1536): When I get a little money I buy books, and if any is left I buy food and clothes. Replace “books” with “cookbooks” and you’ll get my mother.

Over the years, she had passed on several of her cookbooks to me for fear that years of living in the United States would result in me abandoning the cuisine of my original country or, worse, becoming so culinarily syncretic that I can’t tell how a dish is supposed to taste. Well, Mom is no longer with us, so she and I can’t have our once never-ending discussion on her view on culinary syncretism.

How I miss debating with Mom. Heck, I miss hearing her voice, period.

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How to Make Thai Sweet Chilli Sauce

By on February 12, 2009 in She Deglutenizes, She Drizzles and Smears, She Simmers, She Stocks a Thai Pantry

thai sweet chilli sauce
If someone asked me what I would choose as the one single dish to have as my last meal on earth, I would, of course, have a hard time coming up with an answer. However, I am surethe incomparably magnificent combo of hot-off-the-steamer Thai sticky rice, Thai-style grilled chicken, and this beloved Thai sweet chilli sauce would be hovering through my mind as one of the top five contenders. Thai sweet chilli sauce has been a quintessential part of my life. A life bereft of it is simply unimaginable. Continue Reading →

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