Yesterday was a lovely day out in Sheffield with @IsabelB and both of us meeting @jen for coffee and lunch ... me being me, we ended up at a couple of amazing Asian supermarkets where I bought three rare Thai ingredients to try out:

• Sataw beans (aka "Stink beans") for a future shrimp stir fry, Goong Pad Sataw. Will post on this in future, I never made it before

https://www.greatbritishchefs.com/recipes/goong-pad-sator-recipe

• Thai kredang mushrooms, tonight in a mushroom stir fry, Pad Hed, along with Shitake, Shimeji and King Oyster mushrooms

• Thai yellow eggplants. No idea! But could go into a coconut based curry ...

Recipe: Thai Ginger Chicken or Gai Pad King is a popular Thai dish made with chicken, ginger, and mushrooms

Excellent recipe, very authentic ingredients, I followed it closely => delicious (see my substitutions)

Yields: 2 Servings

• Chicken, Marinated
   2 Chicken (I used breasts)
   1.50 tbsp Light Soy Sauce

• The Sauce
   1 tsp Sugar (I used brown suger, palm would be more authentic)
   1 tbsp Dark Soy Sauce
   1 tbsp Fermented Soy Bean Paste (you'll need an Asian market)
   2 tbsp Oyster Sauce
   1 tsp Sesame Oil
   1 tsp White Pepper Powder
   2 tbsp Water

• Stir-Fry
   3 tbsp Oil
   4 Garlic Cloves, Chopped
   Ginger, about 2 x 4 cm Julienned (imo the more ginger the better)
   8 Wood Ear Mushrooms, Cut into small pieces (I substituted large brown mushrooms)
   1 Onion, Sliced
   1 Spur Chilli, Julienned
   3 Spring Onions

https://satyamskitchen.com/recipe/thai-ginger-chicken/

Pad Kra Pao (Pad Graprao) Chicken/Pork (Gai/Moo) Stir-Fry with Holy Basil

I made so can recommend this tonight ... it's an absolute Thai classic street food dish. Balance is everything, what I'm finding is to increase the sauce volume and use half of it in advance to marinade the meat for an hour+. I don't bother with a pestle and mortar but finely chop the chilies and garlic

Yield: 2 Servings

Ingredients
5-10 birds-eye chilies, or to taste (I used 5 finely chopped)
5 cloves garlic (I finely chop)
1 spur chilies or another mild, red pepper, chopped
extra fine green beans, cut into short pieces
1 small onion, diced
300g chicken/pork, mince or coarsely ground (I used 400g)
1 Tbsp oyster sauce (I used 2)
1 Tbsp light soy sauce (I used 2)
2 tsp fish sauce (I used 3, thai 'Squid' brand)
1.5 tsp black/dark soy sauce (I used 3)
2 Tbsp water
1.5 tsp sugar
1.5 cups holy basil leaves aka tulsi (not ideal, but I used regular sweet basil)

https://hot-thai-kitchen.com/holy-basil-stir-fry/

Making this one tonight, always a wow recipe ...

Massaman curry is my favourite out of all the Thai curries. I adjusted the linked recipe a little but it's authentic...

A can, 400ml Coconut Milk (ideally thai, full fat)
2 Chicken Thigh Fillets (I used breasts)
1 Onion, Diced (I used 4 shallots)
1 Potato, Diced (ideally waxy)
2 tbsp Palm Sugar (I use brown sugar)
1-2 tbsp Fish Sauce (or to taste, it's salty)
2 tbsp Tamarind Paste (ideally from Thailand)
2 Bay leaves
2 tbsp Roasted Peanuts (I use cashew nuts)
500ml+ chicken stock, progressively to slow cook
3 tpsps Massaman Curry Paste (I use Mae Ploy)

Note - I also saute a cinnamon stick, 1-2 star anise and 5 cardamon pods with the curry paste...

Enjoy

https://satyamskitchen.com/recipe/massaman-chicken-curry/

Ok a Thai friend took me to a Thai place in LA for Thai spicy, and let's just say it's 2x spicier than Thai spicy in SF (even at my fave places, ordered in Thai)... and as spicy as in Isaan, Thailand.

Big thumbs up!

#introduction - v1.1

I’m Josh, also known as Jodhus. Adequate husband, passable father, functional systems administrator.

Just moved to a new self-hosted instance so apologies for all the new follow requests.

Things that make me happy:

• I’m into #retrocomputing. I’m quite nostalgic for the #c64 and #amiga computers I owned as a child.
• My father and a mutual friend of ours introduced me to #linux and #openbsd in the mid to late 90’s and I’ve used them both ever since. They were instrumental in encouraging the concepts of #security and #privacy to me at an early age.
• My way of giving back to my friends/family/community is by #selfhosting and offering various services to them, including services that promote #federation.
• I like to tinker with #python and #rust programming, leading to questionable results.
• I will explode into fits of giggles for #nonsequitur, #absurdist, and #snarky humor. I am a big fan of #mst3k and #rifftrax.
• I love most genres of music, but I’m not a fan of pop and modern country.
• I used to have lots of fun with #nightphotography back when my camera was state-of-the-art, but have not had the chance in nearly two decades.
• The way to my heart is through #thaifood, #sushi, and most other Asian cuisine.

One of my favorite dishes is Thai style coconut curry. Seems that apart from the chili peppers the basic recipe has been pretty consistent for over 2000 years!

#archeology #food #curry #Thaifood

https://www.science.org/content/article/curry-may-have-landed-southeast-asia-2000-years-ago