Plah Kung Phao or Spicy Grilled Prawn with Spicy Dressing

   Sawasdee or Hello... in the weekend there is nothing to do when I am staying my house is cooking.

Today is Friday it is a warm weather day again. And I am waitng for the cold season is coming soon in Dubai. I will going out and finding some nice place to have a warm drinking menu. It would be nice to think about that. Hopefully everyone will think like me.

OK let back to my kitchen again and see what is menu I would like to serve you today.

If you are thinking about the spicy menu. Today I would like to serve you Thai Food menu. Main ingredient is Prawn. "Spicy Grilled Prawn with Spicy Lime Dressing" In Thai we called "Plah Kung Phao" It is a salad that cooking Thai Style.


Chili Paste or Nam Prik Phao. You can find in Carefoure.









Thai called "Plah Kung Phao"

INGREDIENTS: thanks for great recipe :SD books "Thai Spicy Salad" page no. 20. but I've adjust something.

• 4 fresh prwans (100grams each)
• 2 cloves large garlic, peeled and thinly sliced
• 1/3 cup shallot, sliced
• 1/3 cup lemongrass, sliced
• 1/4 tomato, seeded and cubed
• 1/4 cup mint leaves
• 2-3 bunches spring onion, sliced shredded cabbage for lining mint spring for garnish

  
DRESSING:

1 tb of roasted chili paste (nam prik phao)1 tb fish sauce

1/2 tb sugar

2 tb lime juce

4-5 red clili, sliced (this is spicy you can reduce if you don't like spicy or hot)

2 cloves large garlic, peeled and thinly sliced

1/4 cup shallot, sliced

1/4 cup lemongrass, sliced

1/4 tomato, seeded and cubed

COOKING:

1. Clean the prawns, trim off the tentacles and split the back lengthwise without removing shell. Char-grill over high heat until they are done and meat is still juicy.

2. Arrange the grilled prawns on the dish which is shredded cabbage and top with some garlic, shallot, lemongrass, and tomato. 

3. To prepare dressing, in a bowl adding roasted chili paste, fish sauce, sugar and lemon juice then mix it together. And add garlic, shallot, lemongrass, and tomato. Blend to a smooth mixture.

4. Pure the dressing over and sprinkle with mint leaves and spring onion on the grilled prawns (item 2.). And garnish with mint spring and serve.


Serve: 2 persons

 

 

 

Medicinal properties:

- Chili helps relieve flu symptoms.
- Allows more comfortable breathing. Capsaicin, the compound in chili or feature reduces the amount of mucus that obstructs the airway.
- In patients with sinus or allergy and flu. Relieve cough.




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Update ½ years living in Dubai time fly too fast.

 

Greeting from the land of the desert sand "Dubai" now it was covered with concrete, but there are some constructions it is almost finished. Dubai City everything is grows rapidly. But I like this

　

I was here almost sixth months and half to go. Time passed really fast. .

Today I would like to talk about the Dubai in my mind

Overall, I am living in Dubai. Comfortable. Everyday mornings I wake up around 6.00am to cooked a breakfast for my husband and prepare a lunch box. This is very impressed me because I will have a yummy lunch box everyday.

  The distance from my house to the bus stop is not far. It’s only 100 meter to reach there. But I like to walk to Dubai metro because I don’t want to stuck on the street and headache with traffic on everyday morning. You know it is up to nearly 1km (took 10 minutes walking) in the morning to get to the Dubai metro.

 

At first, it was not the same. When I lived in Thailand I have a luxury car drive to work in the morning. To compare with in Dubai I have to walk and use the public but finally I am used to this. At least I have stay with my husband and it became a lovely family.

　

For me I would day I am a housewife and also be an officer in the same time.

Working hours: 08.30 - 17.30 hrs
Working days: Sunday - Thursday

Office closed: Friday - Saturday.

  

I used to live in Dubai because it is comfortable and flexible transport rice and fish are easily purchased. And a lot of other consumer goods and almost a hundred% imported. ... Once I went to a supermarket and saw fruits such as rambutan, durian, ginger, galangal, lemon grass from Thailand I am terribly proud and happy to see our products can be see here in Dubai. We would say that our quality is acceptable. It's actually my favorite.

Secondary it is about Transpotation in Dubai.

The public transport. Dubai is known as RTA = Roads and Transport Authorization for more information

www.rta.ae
Regulated by the Government of Dubai.

Dubaimetro

Recently they celebrate the anniversary of the opening of the Metro (red line) after three years. The Dubai Metro 3rd Anniversary 09.09.2012
*Red Line was opened on 09.09.1999

 

Moreover in Dubai they have a Dubai's traditional water taxi service. It is the quickest and cheapest way to get between Dubai to Bur Dubai.
It is same Siphaya feery boats service in Thailand in Chao Praya River. I will use the service once I have a chance. It's the perfect opportunity. Try to see and join it. But this is still hot weather. I suppose to try on the weather is cooler and then I will give you the full story here.

 

 

 

 

Finally, I would like to tell it is weather in Dubai.
Many people who can imagine that Dubai's how much she's hot weather.
Months of April to August are the hottest months, temperatures view of Gulf News (www.gulfnews.com) hot it is reach at 48 degrees Celsius in the midday. And heat was so cool down in the evening

During the day to walk out of the house is quite difficult because the weather outside is hard to be patient sometime. But within the metro station and bus stops it is still too cold.

Lastly, I would say I like Dubai everything is wonderful.

 

 

  

I will tell others about Dubai as well. At least once time passed I will look back and read this. It is my good memories. And I am happy to be here "D U B A I"

Polly’s story Thai woman now who love Dubai.

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Sweet Corn Pudding ~ Thai Dessert

 

Sweet Corn Pudding or "Khao Pot Pieak" a Thai name. This is cooked from Swee Corn, One of popular Thai dessert. It is very simple. There is not a lot of ingredients. How easy it is.... Sweet taste of corn Wan. Topped with coconut milk. It was thick, salty taste, well I'll try to make you look at it.

In Dubai. We can easily find the sweet corn and affordable.


This is the mainly ingredients "Sweet Corn"


INGREDIENTS:

• water 1 1/2 cups
• sweet corn 150 grms
• white sugar 60 grms
• tapioca flour 2 table spoon

 




COOKNG:



1. Bring the water to the boil over medium heat put in the corn and
stir frequently untilcooked through.








2. Add the sugar and continue to boil until completly dissolved.

3. Mix the tapioca or corn flour with a little water, add into the corn.
Continue cooking and stiring regularly until the flour is done, thick
and clear, remove the pot from the heat.






Coconut topping:

• coconut cream 90 grms
• salt 1/2 tea spoon
• tapioca or corn flour 1/2 table spoon

COOKING:
Mix the coconut cream and salt together, bring it to the boil over low heat,put a little flour which put some water and continue stiring until
coconut cream thick. Remove it from heat.





SERVING:
Put the coconut cream for topping on sweet corn
For 1-2 small cup

  

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Sweet Corn Pudding Photos

 

 



Good day.... Today is Thursday it is the last working day for a week. Tomorrow and after tomorrow it will be weekend. In Dubai we have 2 days off which is difference from Thailand.
Once I've worked there are 2 days are Saturday and Sunday. When I moved here in Dubai I'm feel that the working hour and working day is short... ha..ha...

This weekend I've planed to cook a few menu. Thai food and Thai dessert. I love to cook every weekend. I am happy when I cook.

I would say I am cooking mania.

Today evening I will go to Carefour, City Centre to looking for some ingredients. I am thinking about easy Thai menu. Mainly ingredients is Egg!

Boil, fry or steam egg. I am still not sure what kind of menu that I will cook. Let see. Surely I will post my menu as soon as all menus has been cooked.

But today I would love to share "How to fry the fish". Crispy fish fry.

 



  

This is my stlye, I love fish fry especially I will cook it crispy. Then cook the special sauce to serve with the crispy fry fish.
It is a wonderful dish of mine.

 

Let see the ingredients and method of cooking below.  

INGREDIENTS:
 

 
1. Fish to fry. Should be cut to size pieces of meat only
2. Wheat or flour, depending on how many pieces of the slices fish you prepared.
The pieces will be mixed into the fish before frying.
3. Cooking vegetable oil in frying pan.
4. Tissues to absorb water from the fish pieces before mixing the dough.
5. A little salt.

Okay, mixture completely. Get started here.
 
How to fry the fish:

1. Firstly, fish should be slice for size pieces. Then washed out and drained. Then the tissue lining the water to dry.
2. Fish absorb water and dry. Then flour or cake flour is mixed with pieces of fish.
Starch out of a piece of fish. Do this for all the fish pieces.

 

3.. Noticed that it started to change the fish pieces in yellow gold, the two sides to scoop up the fish on the tray. Or put it on paper. This would not to be too much fish oil.

4. Sprinkle a little salt. (I may or may not be aligned) fish is salted and yellow gold frame.

I cooked this recipe "Fish Fried with Celery" and put little seasoning sauce.

Happy an enjoy this weekend.

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Bananas in Coconut Milk ~ or 'Kluai Buat Chi' in Thai

 

Thai Banana Dessert, Kluai Nam Wa Bananas in Coconut Milk Or 'Kluai Buat Chi' In Thai This recipe is a common Thai dessert. The main ingredients are Banana "Nam Wa is a type of Thai bananas and coconut milk mixed with sugar and little salt. And topped with coconut cream

For good taste you will need to use a grated coconut with warm water mixed and drain become coconut cream.

 

INGREDIENTS:
 

• 10 ripe bananas
• 1/2 cup coconut cream
• 3 cups coconut milk
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 tsp salt

COOKING:

1. Peel the bananas, cut each in half lengthwise, then cut across to get 4 pieces.
2. Pour the coconut milk into a pot and cook over medium heat until it boils
3. Add the bananas, and cook until soft then add sugar and salt.
4. After sugar has completely dissolved, pour in the coconut cream, then remove from the heat.
Serve the warm bananas in a dessert bowl.

Enjoy Thai Dessert : )
Polly
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Hello My Blog ~ Polly's Kitchen

 

(September 11, 2012)

 

I'm Polly, Thai woman whose passion in cooking and photographing for my recipes. I'd say I am cooking mania.

 

My passion for cooking started when I was young. My Grandma she was my instructor.

 

 

 

Now ( year 2012) she is still alive her age is almost 97 years old! I miss her and always keep in touch with her.

My family are live in Thailand.

 

 

Now (year 2012) I've moved to Dubai, UAE for work. But I am still cooking every weekend. 

 

 

 

 My dishes are almost in Thai Food and Thai Dessert. Sometime baking but not much maybe I am not well in Bake a cake. Surely I am trying and trying on that,.

 

If I say in Thai Food what is menu you are thinking? "Tom Yum Kung or Hot and Sour Soup" isn't?

 

Let's see and enjoy with my food and photo blog.

 

 

 

I will serve you all Thai recipes both in food and dessert.

 

 

 

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