Simply Delicious...

In response to one of my blogger friends, who has been away from Home Sweet Home,very poor in cooking plus she got to cook for herself hehehe so pity...Now, I got some easy easy but yummy recipes for you and for all...Oh! but there is no picture right now...I am sorry about that, hope you will get some pictures in your mind when you read through the recipes...

Here you go...

First, I shall start with Appetizer

Nhoam Krouch Th'long (Pomelo or grapefruit Salad)

Ingredients
300 gm Pomelo, peeled and separate the segments into pieces
1/2 cup Bacon,boiled and cut into 1/2 cm strip
1/3 cup Dried Shrimp, soaked, drained and pounded
1/3 cup Peanut, roasted and coarsely pounded
1/3 cup Coconut, grated and roasted till golden brown.
1 cup Mint Leaves, cleaned

Dressing
1, 1/2 tbsp Sugar
1 tbsp Fish Sauce
1 tbsp Lime Juice
1 glove Garlic, finely chopped
1 pc Shallot, thinly sliced
1/2 pc bird eyes chili, finely chopped
1/2 tbsp Ajinomoto if you prefer
In a bowl, mix everything together and stir till the sugar dissolved, keep aside.

Garnish
2 tbsp Fried Shallots

Preparation
In a mixing bowl, add pomelo, bacon, dried shrimp, and pour over the dressing, mix them. then add the peanut, mint leaves, and coconut, toss well. Garnish with Fried shallot and ready to serve.

Tips:
I would suggest you to use the pomelo, which is not too sweet but a bit sour and bitter, will be best for this salad. and for dried shallots, you can find it ready made in most Asian supermarket. For dressing, you can make double quantity or more for next days use, it can be kept in air tight container in a fridge for a week.

Try this recipe with smoked fish (trey cha er) instead of bacon. You also can try this recipe for Green Mango Salad, just use green mango instead of pomelo and use smoked fish instead of bacon, and add more Chi leaves like Chi Barang leaves, Khmer basil leaves. and don't use coconut.

Then Sip the Soup
You like Seafood, Don't ya?

S' ngor Chruok Bangkang ( Sour Lobster Soup with Herbs)

Ingredient
300 gm Lobster, cleaned
4 cup Water
1 stalk Lemon Grass, pounded and cut into 10cm
2 pcs Kafir Lime Leaves
1 tbsp Uncooked Rice
1 tbsp Salt
1 tbsp Fish Sauce
1 tsp Sugar
1/3 cup slices Combo of Saw Leaves(chi Barang), Basil leaves, and spring Onion
Juice of half lime

Preparation
Bring the water to boil in a large pot with uncooked rice and salt, when it bubbles add lemon grass and lime leaves and boil for 5 minutes so the full aroma is released. Then add lobster, either whole or cut into big pieces, and cook for 10-15 minutes, then season with sugar and fish sauce. Just before serving, add the combo of chi leaves and spring onion and lime juice.

Tips:
I would request you if you could do a little more work, just peel off the lobster shell and boil along with water, after 5 minutes then you remove and discard away. for this you will have a better flavor soup.

You can use this recipe with fish and chicken to do Sour Fish Soup and Sour Chicken Soup too. And with chicken you can just add banana blossom, it will be Sour Chicken Soup with herbs and Banana blossom.


Now Main Dishes...

Sach Ko Chha K'Dao ( Stir Fired Beef with Hot Basil, lemon grass and chili)

I hope you can find Chi M'reah Preov in the States, try to find it in Thai super market.

Ingredients
200 gm Beef Tenderloin, thinly sliced
3 cup Hot Basil Leaves,
1 pc Lemon grass, pounded and cut into 10 cm
1 pc Bird Eye Chili
6 cloves Garlic, chopped
1 tbsp Oyster Sauce
1 tbsp Soy Sauce
1 tsp Fish Sauce
1 tsp Sugar
3 tbsp Water, or stock
Oil for cooking

Sliced Red Bell Pepper for garnish

Preparation
Heat large amount of oil in the wok to quickly fry the beef, strain and keep aside for next use. pour oil to a container, use the same wok, heat up a little oil and fry garlic, chili and lemon grass, till the aroma of lemon grass appear, add beef and oyster sauce, soy sauce, sugar and fish sauce and stir fry to mix for 2 minutes, then add water and hot basil leaves and mix briskly in the sauce. Turn off the heat and serve on the plate and garnish with bell pepper.

Tips:
You don't have to fry beef ahead of time if you don't want to, you can just fry it direct with other ingredients.
You can use the same method with chicken too, use chicken wing or leg, chop with bone.

Are you vegetarian?
In case you may want to lose some weights hehehehe...but you are in the good shape now, seriously.

Chha Khatna Preng Kh' Yorng( Stir Fried Kailan with Oyster Sauce)

This dish is not for real vegetarian as I am using oyster sauce

Ingredient
300 gm Kailan, peeled and sliced
5 cloves Garlic, chopped
3 tbsp Oyster Sauce
2 tbsp soy Sauce
Corn starch diluted with water.

Boiling water for blanching
Oil for cooking

Preparation
Blanch Kailan in boiling water just 30 seconds, remove and drain off water. In a wok heat up the oil and fry garlic till aroma appear then add Kailan, stir to mix, add oyster sauce, soya sauce and stir, then add corn starch diluted with water. Serve immediately.

In case you like it spicy (Khatna Teuk Phnek, Tearing Kailan hehehe) just add some chopped chili togethere with garlic while you fry. Then you will know the meaning of Khatna Teuk Phnek...

You might have to use MSG, Ajinomoto for every dishes as it is commonly use in our home cooking.

Dessert???
Er....nah just simply buy some frozen ice creams and keep in your fridge tov ban hey hehehehe, because I don't think you have time to prepare the dessert, as you are always busy studying and posting your blog hehehehe.

Bon Apertit