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A Taste of Thailand

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http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~thai/images/Dance.jpg

Food and Culture
Food is often the the social occasion in itself or reason to celebrate. This is partly because of the friendly social nature of Thai people, but also because of the way in which food is ordered and eaten in Thailand. In Thai culture they do not usually eat alone, this is seen as bad luck by some people. The Thai eat in large groups and order many dishes, but unlike in western culture where everyone eats their own dish, the Thai share it among everyone. The foods usually have 4 main seasonings; sweet, sour, salty and spicy.


Menu

Entree:

Pandan Chicken

Main:

Tom Yum (Hot and Sour Prawn Soup)

Dessert:

Mango Sorbet



Pandan Chicken
Pandan Chicken
Pandan Chicken
http://rasamalaysia.com/pandan-screwpine-leave-chicken/

Method:
  1. Mix the chicken pieces with all the seasonings above.
  2. Add the ginger juice and marinate for 1 hour.
  3. Put a piece of the chicken towards the end of the pandan leave and roll it up tightly.
  4. Hold tight with a tooth pick.
  5. Deep fry until the golden brown.
  6. Dish out and serve hot.

Tom Yum
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Method:
  1. In a pot, over medium heat, combine chicken stock and prawn stock and bring to boil.
  2. Add bruised coriander roots, lemon grass, ginger, lime zest and rice noodles.
  3. Reduce heat and simmer for 5 mintues
  4. Add shitake mushrooms and prawns
  5. When prawns change colour and go pink ( just cooked through), remove pot from heat
  6. Add fish sauce, lime juice, chilli, sugar, salt, coconut milk and chopped, fresh coriander
  7. Stir and serve in bowls, 3 to 4 prawns per serve.


Mango Sorbet
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http://img.timeinc.net/recipes/i/recipes/ck/09/03/mango-sorbet-ck-1880009-l.jpg

Method:
  1. Slice the mangos open and scoop out all of the fruit from the skins. Don't forget to include fruit around the stone (a knife works well for this).
  2. Place the fruit in a food processor or blender. Add the sugar and blitz for 1 minute, or until the sugar has dissolved and you are left with a delicious mango puree.
  3. Add the coconut milk and lemon juice, and briefly blitz to combine (a few seconds). *At this point you can perform an optional step - see below.
  4. Pour the mango puree into a bowl or container while you continue to use your processor/blender. Scape down the sides and bottom with a rubber spatula to remove as much of the puree as possible.
  5. Now pour the whipping cream into the processor/blender. Blitz until the cream forms stiff peaks, or is quite stiff (not runny) when dipped into with your finger.
  6. Add the mango puree to the whipped cream and blitz 5-10 seconds, or until you get a good mango-cream consistency.
  7. Pour into a large yogurt container or similar size tub and place in the freezer. Allow to freeze at least 6 hours, preferably 8.
  8. Serve the mango sorbet in bowls, or scoop into ice cream cones for the kids. (To make scooping easier, take the sorbet out of the freezer 10 to 15 minutes ahead of time).

Reasons ForChoice
I chose the pandan chicken as an entree because its very tasty and appertising and it represents a very traditional thai entree that is not too heavy and won't fill you up before the main. The main i chose because it has a spicy, tangy/sour taste that adds a little spark after the chicken entee. Its also filling so you don't end up feeling hungry. The dessert is a light refreshment at the end.

Work Plan
Day Before
 On the Day
  1. Marinate pandan chicken pieces with seasoning and ginger juice.
  2. Prepare prawn stock
  3. Follow steps 1-7 and let sorbet set in freezer.
  1. Follow steps 1-3 for Tom Yum.
  2. While waiting for the soup to simmer, deep fry the pandan chicken until golden brown.
  3. Serve pandan chicken
  4. check prawns are pink then remove from heat and add seasoning
  5. Take sorbet out of freezer to allow to get softer
  6. Serve soup then scoop ice cream.

Cost
Dairy
 Butcher
 Groceries
 Small Things
  • 2 cans ofcoconut milk ($4.56)
  • 1 container whipped cream ($3.80)
Total - $6.08
  • 1 packet of chicken thighs ($3.85)
  • 12-16 king prawns ($7.36)
Total - $11.21
  • 2 ginger ($1.20)
  • cherry tomatoes ($1.98)
  • 40g shitake mushrooms ($2.71)
  • 2 lemons ($1.00)
  • lemon grass ($1.98)
  • 1 chopped chilli ($2.82)
  • coriander with roots ($2.28)
  • 2 mangos ($6.94)
  • rice noodles ($1.62)
Total - $22.53
  • 1 1/4 cup of white sugar
  • 1/2 of oyster sauce
  • 1 teasp of soy sauce
  • 1/8 of teasp of sesame sauce
  • 3 dashes of white pepper powder
  • 1/8 of teasp of sesame seeds
  • 1/8 of teasp of fish sauce
  • Chicken stock
Total - $5.00