Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Tom Yum Kung




















Main Ingredient

Shrimp 500 g.
Rice straw mushroom 600 g.
Chilli paste 150 g.
Soup stock 2,500 g.
Citric acid 10 g.
Salt 15 g.
Fish sauce 100 g.
Sugar 20 g.
Lime juice 15 g.
Hot chilli 10 g.

Chilli paste Ingredient

Dried Chilli 10 g.
Lemon grass 40 g.
Shallots 40 g.
Galangal 10 g.
Kaffir lime leaves 5 g.
Vegetable oil 100 g.

* 30 grams = 1oz. , 1kilogram = 2.24 lbs.
* Serve size 5 persons


Cooking Method

Chilli paste cooking

Roast the chilli paste mixture and pound until ground then fry with oil and take aside.
Peel the shrimp except its tail
Peel the mushroom, divide by two
Heat the soup stock and mix with all seasonings until boiling, add shrimps and mushroom and boil until done
Add the chilli paste to favorite taste

Nutrition Fact

Energy(kCal.)43.47
Protein(g.)3.6
Fat(g.)2.15
Carbohydrate(g.)2.43
Fiber(g.)0.9
Calcium(mg.)24.66
Iron(mg.)0.23


Strong point of Tom Yum Kung
Low fat and low calories.


Medicinal Benefits

Shallots : Relief cold, catarrh
Dried Chilli : Digestive, laxative, expectorant, cold relief
Kaffir lime leaves : Protect and heal cancer
Lemon grass : Carminative
Lime juice : Eject toxic, stomachic





Phad Thai






















Main Ingredient

Narrow rice noodles 400 g.
Water 400 g.
Phad Thai sauce 320 g.
Dried shrimp 60 g.
Chopped Salted white radish 40 g.
Yellow soybean curd 160 g.
Bean sprouts 400 g.
Chinese leek leaves 60 g.
Egg 4 ฟอง
Vegetable oil 120 g.
Ground peanut 40 g.


Phad Thai sauce Ingredient

Shallot View ingredient detail 50 g.
Garlic View ingredient detail 25 g.
Palm sugar 125 g.
Sugar 10 g.
Fish sauce 50 g.
Tamarind juice View ingredient detail 25 g.
Vinegar 33 g.
Salt 1 g.
ผงชูรส 1 g.
Ground dried chilli View ingredient detail 1 g.
Oil 40 g.

* 30 grams = 1oz. , 1kilogram = 2.24 lbs.

* Serve size 4 persons

Cooking Method
Phad Thai sauce cooking


* Pound shallots and garlic until ground and fry with oil until fragrant, add other mixture, simmer until sticky.

* Fry noodles with water until soft
* Add sauce and mix thoroughly
* Add dried shrimp, Chopped Salted white radish and soybean curd
* Add oil around the pan, break eggs and fry until done
* Add bean sprouts, Chinese leek leaves and fry and serve warmly

Nutrition Fact

Energy(kCal.)216.16
Protein(g.)7.26
Fat(g.)10.84
Carbohydrate(g.)22.39
Fiber(g.)1.78
Calcium(mg.)67.98
Iron(mg.)0.94

Strong point of Phad Thai
High calories, protein, fibers, calcium and phosphorus.


Medicinal Benefits

* Chinese leek leaves : Laxative, reduce cholesterol and blood pressure, protect cancer
* Shallot : Relief cold, catarrh
* Garlic : Reduce cholesterol, cancer, infection, antifungal
* Tamarind juice : Expectorant, tonic, cooling, antiscorbutic