gaeng som : 5 Recipes
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Sour Curry Paste (Prik Gaeng-Som)
There are in general two types of curries in Thailand, coconut milk based curries which are the most widely known type in the West and then there are also water-based curries. The most typical water-based curry is Sour Curry (gaeng som)[...] |
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Gaeng Som - Sour Curry - many styles
Pic Left; "Gaeng Som Dork Kae" - Sour Curry with Dork Kae Flowers. Sour Curry , or "Gaeng Som" as the Thais call it, is one of my favourite recipes.Some people call it yellow curry, but actually if you buy yellow curry paste it is more like[...] |
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Gaeng som cha om kai: something hot in a cold country (???????????????????)
rarely cook the same dish two times back to back. With all the diversity available to us these days, it would be a shame to get stuck in a culinary rut. Moreover, my penchant for dietary diversity is in line with the little theory that I[...] |
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Snake Head Fish Hot and Sour Soup
Gaeng Som Pae Sa Pla Chon - Snake Head Fish hot and Sour Soup Gaeng Som means sour soup/stew/curry - the word "Gaeng" (???) refers to the act of simmering ingredients in a soupy liquid - in English we would call curry, soup, and stew all[...] |
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Fish In Tamarind Soup (Hoo Khong Asam)
Towards year ends, I always feeling nostalgic about my childhood ( A Mother's Heart by William Joseph playing in the background :-P.) Since the passing of my parents in 2001, the memories of mom's cooking became more evident. She cooked with[...] |