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Welcoming Center, Management and General Chat => Chit Chat => Topic started by: Caroline J on June 22, 2010, 08:23:25 am
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DH's folks and aunt and uncle are coming for dinner tomorrow night. I am going to make Nico's Chilli Basil chicken for mains, but I think I need a second dish to go with it (other than Bron's garlic rice ;) ). Any suggestions? I am all Indian-ed out, prefer something more Asian...
Making individual lemon meringue pies for dessert, as I was so chuffed with the way mine worked on the weekend. I kept looking at it admiringly, until it got gobbled up!
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Hi Caroline.
How about a Thai sweet and sour salad? I haven't converted this but you could very easily make up the salad dressing in your TM.
Thai Sweet and sour Salad.
Dressing ingredients:
1 clove garlic
1 long red fresh chilli (more if you like it hot)
1 ½ tbls fish sauce
3 tbls lemon juice
3 tbls sugar (or grated palm sugar)
2 tbls crushed roasted peanuts
1tbls dried shrimp (optional)
Salad ingredients:
100gm carrot, shredded
2 green beans – cut into 2.5cm lengths
100gm white cabbage, shredded (optional – I sometime omit this and use more beans and lettuce instead)
2 tomatoes, chopped into cubes
1 lettuce, separated into leaves.
Method:
Make up dressing in a glass jar so you can shake it before pouring over salad. Adjust the sugar/fish sauce/lemon juice to taste.
Arrange lettuce leaves in a shallow serving dish. Top with salad ingredients (toss in a separate bowl first). Pour over dressing just before serving.
This is really nice with any meat dish and some steamed rice.
Cheers
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This is my rough conversion - think it should work this way, but haven't actually tried it out. ??? ???
Thai Sweet and sour Salad.
Dressing ingredients:
1 clove garlic
1 long red fresh chilli (more if you like it hot)
1 ½ tbls fish sauce
3 tbls lemon juice
3 tbls sugar (or grated palm sugar)
2 tbls crushed roasted peanuts
1tbls dried shrimp (optional)
Salad ingredients:
100gm carrot, shredded (speed 5, 3-4 secs)
2 green beans – cut into 2.5cm lengths
100gm white cabbage, shredded (optional – I sometime omit this and use more beans and lettuce instead) (speed 4, 3-4secs)
2 tomatoes, chopped into cubes
1 lettuce, separated into leaves.
Method:
Chop peanuts in TM by pulsing once – set aside.
Blitz dried shrimp – speed 8, 10 secs – set aside.
Grate palm sugar if using - speed 8 until fine – set aside
Chop chill and garlic speed 6-7, 5 secs
Add sugar, lemon juice, fish sauce, shrimp and peanuts. Speed 3, 10secs.
Pour into a glass jar so you can shake it before pouring over salad. Adjust the sugar/fish sauce/lemon juice to taste. (if not using for a while add peanuts later to stop them going soggy.)
Arrange lettuce leaves in a shallow serving dish. Top with salad ingredients (toss in a separate bowl first). Pour dressing over just before serving.
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Great choice for a main Caroline. When I saw the posting I was going to suggest this very dish, imagine my surprise when I read your thread :D :D I like it served with just plain steamed vegies and rice so that the star of the night is the chicken dish and nothing detracts from it. I use Asian greens to keep the theme going. No matter what you end up doing, your in-laws, Aunt & Uncle will be very impressed, have a great night.
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earth mumma I'm comin to your dinner party!! :D I was just going to suggest steamed carrot and zucchini ribbons - so 'noice' with salt, pepper and olive oil. ;)
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Thanks for the ideas :D. I am going to do earth mumma's salad, and a pad thai recipe I found online.
Reviews later!
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Hope all goes well.
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Great choice for a main Caroline. When I saw the posting I was going to suggest this very dish, imagine my surprise when I read your thread :D :D I like it served with just plain steamed vegies and rice so that the star of the night is the chicken dish and nothing detracts from it. I use Asian greens to keep the theme going. No matter what you end up doing, your in-laws, Aunt & Uncle will be very impressed, have a great night.
Just what i was thinking JD. Am going to make this for dinner tonight ;) 8)
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All went well :) I am going to try and convert the Pad Thai recipe, as I think it is better than the Cyndi O'Meara one. Added some sugar to the EDC shortcrust pastry- was much nicer.
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Hi Caroline. Did the salad dressing turn out o.k? I am going to make it this week to have as a side to omlette soup (Thai style). I might have a go at baked bananas for dessert Haven't made these in years, but it is very quick and zI tyhink my kids would like them now. :D