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Is pad thai actually Thai?
It's Thai, but it's a relatively new dish as it doesn't date back when the country was called Siam, and it uses Chinese style noodles and preparation (with Thai flavors).
There was a coup against the ...
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When should I add curry paste?
You typically want to bloom the spices by cooking it over high heat for some period of time. But if you cook it for too long, you risk burning the spices.
If you're trying to brown meat, the moisture ...
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Are egg rolls supposed to be eaten with chopsticks or hands?
It's a matter of personal preference when referring to restaurants in the United States. Some egg rolls are too large to be easily handled with chopsticks, and they can be eaten using your hands; ...
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Non-spicy substitute for chili peppers when making a Thai curry paste from scratch
Let me take a wild swing -
I think trying to generate the volume required by using jalapeños would be too hot for your friend & you're right that a regular capsicum/bell pepper wouldn't have ...
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When should I add curry paste?
When you look at the ingredients list, the red curry mentions water and vinegar, both of which are not frying off well.
So I think that this is the reason the red one is added later.
The use of the ...
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Why is the English word "curry" used for all these different dishes?
"Curry" is based on the Tamil word "Kari", which refers to any of various highly-spiced side dishes intended to be eaten over rice. Englishmen from the British East India Company encountered the Tamil ...
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Difference between Thai ingredients ginza and galangal?
Welcome to the extremely confusing world of rhizomes! Thai cuisine uses different rhizomes for curry pastes extensively, and naming of these is not at all consistent. For example, any of the ...
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Are cockroaches a usable source of protein?
http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/31/travel/china-cockroach-farming-food/
They should not be much different than crickets which are commonly consumed. An insect which does not inherently produce a toxin ...
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Are cockroaches a usable source of protein?
Cockroaches are generally edible. Indeed, the ediblebugshop.com sells roasted cockroaches. [I have no affiliation with the website] They state:
These plain roasted cockroaches make a great snack to ...
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Is it possible to release the earthy citrus of a tomato in a soup without eating it?
Yes, it’s doable, but you will have to plan for an extra step and possibly few hours of preparation before you can start with your actual recipe:
The haute cuisine approach:
Make a clear tomato ...
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Is pad thai actually Thai?
It is Thai.
Pad thai has its origin from chinese noodle. It can be found every where even outside tourist area. Actually you can find it anywhere in the country. It is definitely not a new dish ...
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What is considered "mild" vs. "hot" in different countries? (measured empirically)
Nobody has published reports on this kind of empirical evaluation, and there's a few reasons why not (in the below, "heat" refers to spiciness from capsaicin):
Heat tolerance and preference ...
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Coconut milk tastes bland
First off, that probably isn't the best brand of coconut milk. I've never been that impressed, and Cook's Illustrated's review agrees, saying it was "too 'liquid-y' and 'thin'". They like Aroy-D, ...
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How to increase Thai curry flavour without increase spicy
I did a search for Gelbe Curry Paste and found the product in your pic in a result from Amazon.
Based on what I read in a review, you add coconut milk to this curry paste. Therefore I'm hopefully ...
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What is the je ne sais quoi flavour my green curry is always missing?
It's not possible for us to know what flavor you are missing in the green curry paste; your comments in the question about basil and peppers suggest that you may have flavor sensitivities that others ...
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What is glooi in English?
Warning! The plant and tuber may be poisonous and must be cooked by experts. See comments.
Some Thai friends had eaten this tuber when they were young and helped me surf the Internet for it.
It is ...
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Can I store fish sauce at room temperature, and how do I know when it's gone bad?
In Thailand, they never refrigerate fish sauce--but they go through it so fast, it doesn't have time to go "off". Fish sauce will go off no matter what you do. It gets darker and funkier. If I have a ...
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How to increase Thai curry flavour without increase spicy
Buy a mild version if you can
Add salt to enhance the flavors, so long as it doesn't end up tasting salty
Add milk or milk powder to the curry, though that'll change the flavor (Milk is known to ...
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Thai Curry seems more watery over the last year?
Looks like demand is exceeding supply. An excess of old trees, and diseases are hitting production, and likely quality, as well.
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How to prevent my wide rice noodles from breaking after cooked?
Two reasons I can think the noodle would break apart.
Your noodles are overcooked.
The noodles are sticking.
If you are stir-frying a noodle after cooking, likely I think the first would be the ...
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What is this Thai tea, spiral plant-part?
These are fruits of the East Indian screw tree (Helicteres isora). The plants are native to Asia and Australia and its fruits are used in folk medicine.
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What is this Laotian mystery leaf?
I think that is Neptunia oleracea (Water Mimosa).
The leaves are normally fanned out but collapse in when touched.
It is a vegetable "commonly eaten raw or stir-fried in Thailand"
https://...
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Coconut milk tastes bland
Coconut milk is wrung from grated and soaked coconut meat; it's not the liquid inside the coconut (nowadays marketed as "coconut water").
Coconut milks differ in the amount of water added. More water ...
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How can I substitute Egg Noodles for Rice Noodles in a Pad Thai?
Usually, you would just soak the rice noodles in hot or boiled water for a minute/couple of minutes according to the packaging and then mix them in the with other cooked ingredients.
With egg noodles,...
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Can one preserve cooked fish with salt?
Disclaimer - I'm not familiar with the recipe, and I also couldn't find much on it when I looked, so I just had some thoughts to possibly offer in the absence of anything more offical.
If the salting ...
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How do you make sauce for a Thai dish such as Chicken Pad Khing?
I just joined the other day after much lurking. Figured, I could help with this question. When I worked in a Thai restaurant, I had a couple of staple stir-fry sauces on hand. The basic one I had come ...
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Are cockroaches a usable source of protein?
can cockroaches (or insects in general) convert a simple starch into protein
No, an insect cannot convert a simple starch into protein without other food. Starch (C6H10O5)n does not contain the ...
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How to thicken Thai curry
Best way to thicken is is to grate a potato or two in there. Potato is delicious in curries and adds creaminess naturally.
I also like to turn some dry coconut flakes to powder using a coffee ...
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Three different-colored Thai curry pastes, how are they different?
I'm not Thai but I made most of the pastes myself a couple times by now, trying to answer to the best of my ability.
Green is made with fresh green chilies, all others with dried red chilies (and ...
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