ive had a real craving for Thai food at the moment, ive been buying it from Marks and Spencers and other food?

Question

stores but id like to make my own because it will probably be cheeper. does anyone have any idea how i can get started etc also do you think its healthy eating rice everyday?

Hey dont knock M&S just because you probably cant afford to shop there! :)

Answer 1

I LOVE THAI TOO

Rice is okay everyday. Look at all the asian countries,they live on rice everyday & dont get fat. Have you noticed that alot of asians live long?
Their very active & eat several small portions of food everyday and drink green tea with their meals to help digestion.

So with keeping that in mind,sure, rice is great.

Heres some recipes we use at home.The websites are great & easy to use.

Answer 2

Here's an easy recipe to start with:
In a big bowl, make a marinade (ie just stir all this in together)...from a little oil, crushed garlic, chopped coriander, juice of half a lime, some grated ginger, and dried thai spices (available from a supermarket). Chop/slice up two boned and skinless chicken breasts and stir them into the marinade. Now get a big sealable plastic bag (like a sandwich bag) and put everything in that and put it in the fridge for a few hours.

To cook....just stir fry the above (minus the plastic bag!), with some baby corn cobs, chopped spring onions, sliced mushrooms, diced peppers if you like.....but here's the clinch.....just before you take it off the heat, add a little carton of coconut cream (again available from supermarkets) and a little fresh chopped coriander...stir this through and serve.

If you try this a few times, you'll find the marinade really tenderises the meat so it's nice and soft and moist AND you can adapt the marinade, ie add other ingredients that you do like and leave out those that you don't.......eg, peanut butter can be added to make it thicker etc....

I happen to think the marinade maketh the meal so you can do the same for chinese, indian, italian etc.....whatever spices you like! Oh and if the marinade looks too dry, you can either add a little light soy sauce and/or water. The idea is to coat all the meat in it and maybe have a little "gravy" or "juice" left over to add to the stir fry.

Good luck with it....it might also be worth you having a look here or any other foodie website...http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/mbfood/f2670471

Answer 3

Well you don't need to knock people who can't afford M&S. Perhaps they'll find it "cheeper"?

I can afford to shop there but wouldn't DREAM of buying anything "ethnic" there, it doesn't do the job.

If you can't find a Thai supplier, go to your local Chinese grocer. A lot of their stuff is Thai. Whatever you do, don't get anything from the big supermarkets, or M&S!! As to rice every day, yes it's very healthy to do that. Brown rice is even better.

Answer 4

Its fine eating rice, if thats what you want. There are loads of books with Thai food recipes, also just put in Thai recipes into a search engine and you will get loads up.

Answer 5

It's healthy to eat rice everyday. Thai food is great and mostly healthy. U can't go wrong ma.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

thai chicken curry

onions, garlic, tumeric, red chili powder, galanga, ginger, lemongrass, kaffier lime leaves, fish sauce, salt, coconut milk, thai basil (not italian).

add all the indeg. except coconut milk and basil. cook till the meat is done and add coconut milk and cook for 20 min more. sprinkle basil and sever with rice.

thai style stir fry

sautee onion and choice of meat. soysauce and salt to taste. when meat is almost done add choice of veggie and basil at once and cook till done. serve with rice.

thai noodle soup

make a stock from pork neck bones or beef bones with celery, carrot for flavor(you can use already made stocks too). add star aniese, soysauce and salt to taste. msg is your preference. soke thin or thick rice noodles in hot water. cut choice of meat thinly (paper thin) against grain. in corriender with handle, put meat and bean sprout and cook it in your stock. transfer to bowl and cook noodle same way. add the broth to your mix and add fish sauce, garlic oil, vinegar mix to taste. serve with cilentro or basil.

garlic oil= cook mash garlic in oil until golden brown.

vinegar mix = vinegar, mash garlic, and hot fresh pepper.

I hope it help you. that's how i cook my thai food. i love thai food. i cook it traditional way.