Gold Threads, Foi Thong, Thai Desserts

Thai Desserts

Gold Threads, Foi Thong, ฝอยทอง

Ingredients
10 duck's eggs or hen's egg
3 cups of sugar
2 cups of jasmine water
1 pieces of thin white cloth for filtering

Preparation
1. To make syrup, Pour sugar in jasmine water until the sugar dissolves and then take to water to be filtered.Continue heating to the consistency of syrup.
2. Break eggs and separate yolks from whites and collect the densest portion of egg whites,remove all membrane from yolks. Mixing the yolks with 2 to 3 tbsp. of the dense portion of the whites.
3. Heat syrup in copper pan over fairly low heat. Pour the egg through a narrow stemmed funnel with two small holes and moving the funnel in circular motion over the pot of syrup. When the egg has firmed about 1 to 2 minutes will become golden threads in the syrup.
4. Then used wooden skewer to stir the golden threads in the syrup then placed them on the tray.

Herbs and Spices for Thai Foods

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Herbs and Spices for Thai Foods

English name : Chillies

Thai name : Phrik (พริก)

Scientific name : Capsicum Annuum L.

Family name : Apiaceae

Chillies is more important for Thai Foods. Its' hottes we called

"Phrik Khinu Suan"

English name : Kaffir Lime Leave

Thai name : Bai Ma Krut (ใบมะกรูด)

Scientific name : Citrus Hystrix L.

Family name : Rutaceae

Kaffir Lime Leave

Good for Tom Yum and Thai style Salad. The point is smell when you torn and or shredded and put into Tom Yum and Thai style Salad.

English name : Galangal

Thai name : Kha (ข่า)

Scientific name : Alpinia Galangal

Family name : Zingiberraceae

Galangal

It's white meat. Fragrant and Aroma than ginger. Normally added to fish soup, tom yum, curry pastes and spicy foods for nice taste.

English name : Lime

Thai name : Manao (มะนาว)

Scientific name : Citrus Aurantifolia L.

Family name : Rutaceae

Lime

Lemon flavoring in sour taste and nice aroma. Pour some with your flavorite soup for nice taste.

English name : Parsley, Sawtooth Coriander

Thai name : Pak Chee Farang (ผักชีฝรั่ง)

Scientific name : Eryngium Foetidum L.

Family name : Umbelliferae

ParsleyParsely is tasteless frangrance.
Used in Thai cooking.

English name : Coriander, Cilantro

Thai name : Phak Chi (ผักชี)

Scientific name : Coriandrum Sativum L.

Family name : Apiaceae

Coriander

Eat combination with Thai Foods and make it more good taste.

English name : Lemon Grass

Thai name : Ta Khrai (ตะไคร้)

Scientific name : Cymbopgon Citratus

Family name : Gramineae

Lemon Grass

Lemon Grass is spicy and bitter. The lower part of the stalk is used for

flavoring mainly. Good for Tom Yum and Thai style salad.

Som Tam Thai ,Thai Green Papaya Salad

Som Tam Thai

(THAI GREEN PAPAYA SALAD)

Ingredients
Green papaya 350 grams
Carrot 50 grams
Unsalfted toasted peanuts 50 grams
Dried shrimp 50 grams
Fresh chilli peppers 3 grams

Dressing Lime juice 55 grams
Fish sauce 35 grams
Sugar (brown sugar preferable) 55 grams
Chopped garlic 10 grams

How to prepareWash and peel green papaya and carrots, grate them into long
thin strips.

Crush or grind unsalted toasted peanut.

Soak dried shrimp in water and drain well. Dry them on a baking
sheet in the oven, then grind in a food processor or grinder.

Wash whole fresh chilli peppers and crush them with the flat
part of a knifeblade.

For dressing, mix all the dressing ingredients together, stir until
sugar is completely dissolved.

Just before serving, toss the prepared shredded geeen papaya
and carrot with the dressing, add crushed fresh chilli peppers,
crushed peanuts and ground dried shrimp, Keep some crushed
peanuts and ground dried shrimp to garnish the salad.

Serve the salad on a lettuce leaf and top with the remaining
crushed peanuts and ground shrimp.

Note : For those who prefer a spicier taste, more chilli pepper
may be added.

credit : Chef's suggestion, Thai Airways