http://www.cookasianfood.com AN ASIAN FOOD JOURNEY Wed, 02 Nov 2011 07:35:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 http://www.cookasianfood.com/book-reviews/thai-curries-the-big-book-of-thai-curries/ http://www.cookasianfood.com/book-reviews/thai-curries-the-big-book-of-thai-curries/#comments Tue, 08 Feb 2011 10:09:54 +0000 admin http://www.cookasianfood.com/?p=2447 This is our first ever book review and we cannot heap enough praise on this marvellous book. If you are interested in Thai Curries, The Big Book of Thai Curries is the book to buy and indeed is the only book you will ever need. The author of The Big Book of Thai Curries, Vatcharin [Read More...]]]> http://www.cookasianfood.com/book-reviews/thai-curries-the-big-book-of-thai-curries/feed/ 0 http://www.cookasianfood.com/thailand/panang-curry-prawns-with-small-aubergines/ http://www.cookasianfood.com/thailand/panang-curry-prawns-with-small-aubergines/#comments Fri, 28 Jan 2011 10:46:07 +0000 admin http://www.cookasianfood.com/?p=2361 This Panang Curry is a Thai Curry with Prawns and small Aubergines or Eggplants. Panang Curry, sometimes written as Panaeng Curry, is rich, colourful and not very spicy so can be enjoyed without fear unlike some of the other Thai curries. It is now possible to purchase many of the Thai Curry pastes, including Panang [Read More...]]]> http://www.cookasianfood.com/thailand/panang-curry-prawns-with-small-aubergines/feed/ 1 http://www.cookasianfood.com/thailand/thai-mushroom-curry/ http://www.cookasianfood.com/thailand/thai-mushroom-curry/#comments Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:12:24 +0000 admin http://www.cookasianfood.com/?p=1881 This Mushroom Curry is a curry dish from Thailand and uses Straw Mushrooms. As Thai curries go, Thai Mushroom Curry is not too hot and, because of the Coconut milk, is rich and creamy. If you cannot find fresh Straw Mushrooms you can usually buy them canned in Asian supermarkets. Mushroom Curry is an ideal [Read More...]]]> http://www.cookasianfood.com/thailand/thai-mushroom-curry/feed/ 0 http://www.cookasianfood.com/vietnamese-recipes/tofu-curry-vietnamese-recipe/ http://www.cookasianfood.com/vietnamese-recipes/tofu-curry-vietnamese-recipe/#comments Sun, 24 Jan 2010 09:59:03 +0000 admin http://www.cookasianfood.com/?p=1736 This is a Vietnamese recipe for a vegetarian spicy Tofu Curry. The ‘meat’ in the Tofu Curry is Tofu Ham and I have given details below of how to make it. Depending on how spicy you want the Tofu Curry to be, you can adjust the quantity of Curry powder or even add 1 or [Read More...]]]> http://www.cookasianfood.com/vietnamese-recipes/tofu-curry-vietnamese-recipe/feed/ 2 http://www.cookasianfood.com/thailand/crab-curry-poo-phat-pong-kari/ http://www.cookasianfood.com/thailand/crab-curry-poo-phat-pong-kari/#comments Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:54:45 +0000 admin http://www.cookasianfood.com/?p=1317 This Crab Curry known as Poo Phat Pong Kari (Gari) is a truly mouthwatering curry and everyone I know just loves Poo Phat Pong Kari. The crab curry uses Pong Kari Curry Powder which is not hot so will suit all tastes. Our Poo Phat Pong Kari recipe calls for a whole fresh crab. Unfortunately, [Read More...]]]> http://www.cookasianfood.com/thailand/crab-curry-poo-phat-pong-kari/feed/ 2 http://www.cookasianfood.com/spice-and-herb/curry-powder-pong-kari/ http://www.cookasianfood.com/spice-and-herb/curry-powder-pong-kari/#comments Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:36:50 +0000 admin http://www.cookasianfood.com/?p=1305 The Curry Powder, Pong Kari (Pong Gari), is an essential ingredient in a few Thai Curries. Pong Kari is available commercially and there are many different brands of this curry powder to choose from but it's much better to make your own. Pong Kari is an Indian style curry powder that is spicy rather than hot. ]]> http://www.cookasianfood.com/spice-and-herb/curry-powder-pong-kari/feed/ 0 http://www.cookasianfood.com/thailand/green-chicken-curry/ http://www.cookasianfood.com/thailand/green-chicken-curry/#comments Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:09:58 +0000 admin http://www.cookasianfood.com/?p=1278 This Green Chicken Curry is the perfect example why Thai food is so popular worldwide. Using only fresh spices and ingredients, Thai Green Chicken Curry is packed with flavour and has a marvellous green colour. This recipe is the now famous “Kaeng kiow wan gai” and for the visitors is possibly Thailand’s No. 1 curry. [Read More...]]]> http://www.cookasianfood.com/thailand/green-chicken-curry/feed/ 0 http://www.cookasianfood.com/thailand/thai-green-curry-paste/ http://www.cookasianfood.com/thailand/thai-green-curry-paste/#comments Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:23:36 +0000 admin http://www.cookasianfood.com/?p=1261 Thai Green Curry Paste forms the basis of all Thai Green Curries. Thai Green Curry Paste is called Prik Kaeng Kiow Wan, not nam prik Kaeng as some people erroneously call it. Most self respecting Thai cooks will make their own curry pastes using a mortar and pestle but there are many different brands commercially [Read More...]]]> http://www.cookasianfood.com/thailand/thai-green-curry-paste/feed/ 0 http://www.cookasianfood.com/indian-recipes/indian-curry-recipe-hot-and-spicy-prawns/ http://www.cookasianfood.com/indian-recipes/indian-curry-recipe-hot-and-spicy-prawns/#comments Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:48:06 +0000 admin http://www.cookasianfood.com/?p=1145 Hot and Spicy Prawns is a simple Indian Curry Recipe. You can tone down the heat by reducing the number of dried Chillies but Hot and Spicy Prawns is meant to be just that, hot and spicy. This Indian Curry Recipe is a one pan dish that takes only minutes to prepare and cook]]> http://www.cookasianfood.com/indian-recipes/indian-curry-recipe-hot-and-spicy-prawns/feed/ 0 http://www.cookasianfood.com/thailand/thai-prawn-curry-with-pineapple/ http://www.cookasianfood.com/thailand/thai-prawn-curry-with-pineapple/#comments Tue, 20 Oct 2009 09:57:56 +0000 admin http://www.cookasianfood.com/?p=822 Thai prawn curry with pineapple is one of our favourites and is called Kaeng Kua Sapparot in Thai. Our Thai prawn curry with pineapple recipe uses the Thai curry paste "Kaeng Kua" which like most of the Thai curry pastes is very hot. However, Thai prawn curry with pineapple is not too spicy for Western tastes as the heat is tempered by the coconut cream and is fairly mild as Thai curries go. ]]> http://www.cookasianfood.com/thailand/thai-prawn-curry-with-pineapple/feed/ 0