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Prawns Spring Rolls
Posted on 2 April 2016
Tags: Fancy Pants Thai, Thai
A classic, delicious starter and a great canape, too. You can pick up spring roll wrappers in most supermarkets now and they store well in the freezer. If you accidentally-on-purpose make too much sweet chilli sauce, put it in the fridge and try it stirred through noodles. It’s amazing.
(makes 6)Crunchy Peanut Salad
Posted on 2 April 2016
Tags: Fancy Pants Thai, Thai
(serves 4 as a side)
This salad will add some crunch to your Thai meal, and is great served with the main courses or some of the Thai starters on the COOK website. It only takes minutes to make so give it a go.
Papaya salad
Posted on 1 April 2016
Tags: Fancy Pants Thai, Thai
(serves 4 as a side)
One of the most well-known and popular Thai salads, this is great for adding freshness to your meal. The base of the salad is a green (or very unripe) papaya which you can find in most Asian supermarkets.
Thai up your table
Posted on 1 April 2016
Tags: Fancy Pants Thai, Thai
The key Thai flavours are sweet, salty, sour and hot. Street food vendors in Thailand normally leave condiments which reflect this on the table by their stand – the equivalent of our salt, vinegar, ketchup and mustard.
Pork Toast - Starter
Posted on 1 April 2016
Tags: Fancy Pants Thai, Thai
(makes 8 toast)
Similar to the Chinese prawn toast, these Thai pork toasts make a delicious, quick and simple starter. Don’t be afraid of deep fat-frying – it’s much simpler than you think!
Ingredients:
Toasts 2 slices of slightly stale Bread
1 Clove of Garlic, finely chopped
Small handful...
Pork Skewers - Starter
Posted on 1 April 2016
Tags: Fancy Pants Thai, Thai
(makes 4 skewers)
Skewers are the ultimate portable Thai street food snack, and they also make a great starter or canapes. This recipe is rather adorably named ‘moo ping’. Marinate the meat the day before to save time on the day.
Bananas in Coconut Syrup
Posted on 31 March 2016
Tags: Fancy Pants Thai, Thai
(serves 2)
A simple but exotic-tasting dessert with sweet bananas and fragrant coconut balanced by a hint of salt.
Ingredients:
110g Granulated Sugar
110g Water 2 large, slightly under-ripe Bananas
60ml Coconut Milk Large pinch of Sea Salt...