If you own a Thermomix device; a cooking robot that mills, chops, kneads, stirs, steams, weighs, and cooks, you can now explore Thai flavour at home with an easy pace. There are 50+ recipes in Thai Symphonies for every occasion; everyday meal for your family, single course for get together lunch or dinner, snacks and desserts for afternoon tea or evening drinks. Every recipe comes with a photograph so you know they are eye pleasing and delicious when served. The recipes are the adaptation of our favourite recipes and tested by a team of Thermomix users. Our cookbook will help you crafting authentic Thai dishes with your Thermomix at home instead of going out for Thai food.
Table of Content
Content
Introduction……9
Basic Cooking Techniques……10
Curry Paste and Condiments……22
Green curry paste……27
Massaman curry paste……27
Panaeng curry paste……28
Red curry paste……28
Sour soup paste……29
Yellow curry paste……29
Coriander and garlic paste…..31
Chilli fish sauce……31
Chilli vinegar……..32
Dried chilli dipping sauce….32
Pickled cucumber……..33
Cucumber dipping sauce…..33
Snacks……..34
Fish cake……36
Fish dumpling…..38
Fresh pineapple morsel topped with minced pork and peanut……41
Kale leaf wrap salad…..42
Larb spring roll………45
Mixed salad with curried peanut dressing……46
Rice cake with prawn dip……48
Savoury dried fish with watermelon…….50
Mains……52
Chicken in coconut soup…….54
Grilled beef in coconut soup…….57
Peppery vegetable soup……..58
Spicy and sour prawn soup……61
Stuffed cucumber soup…..62
Grilled fish and chilli dip……..65
Lanna style pork and tomato dip……66
Preserved tofu and pork dip…….69
Candied pork belly…….70
Fish mousse………..72
Mullet with ginger and soy sauce……….75
River prawns with tamarind soy sauce caramel………76
Chicken with ginger stir fry………….79
Minced pork with basil stir fry……….80
Red curry pork and snake beans stir fry………83
Stir fried spicy morning glory……..84
Spicy squid stir fry……….87
Green chicken curry……….88
Massaman beef curry………91
Panaeng pork curry………..92
Roasted duck curry…………95
Sour vegetable soup……….96
Yellow chicken curry with pickled cucumber……99
Single course meal…….100
Rice with chicken in brown gravy……..103
Beef curry noodle……104
Coconut rice with red chicken curry and papaya salad……107
Pad Thai with prawns……..110
Rice salad with anchovy dressing……113
Rice noodle with pork and kale gravy…….116
Rice vermicelli with sweet prawn curry.. ……119
Sweets…….122
Banana pudding……124
Coconut ice cream……127
Egg custard in pumpkin…….128
Pandanus custard cream…….131
Pumpkin cake……….132
Sweet sticky rice with corn and coconut milk……..135
Taro and sweet potatoes in coconut milk………..136
Thai tea ice cream………..139
Glossary of Ingredients……….140
Recipe Index……….152
About Author……….156
About the author
Geoff is a truly global creative and even more importantly loves Thai food! Geoff ‘cut his creative teethe’ in small boutique branding agencies in London.
When he moved to the Middles East he opened his own design firm, travelled and worked through the region, and discovered the beauty of the Levant. His next move was creating and developing brans in Africa for a leading branding agency in London. Asia was his next move where he worked as Asia Creative lead for the UK Gov Great Brand which introduced him to far reaching countries from Burma to Malaysia and of course Thailand where he first met Sao!
He now lives and works in Buenos Aires, Latin America, learning, enjoying and growing as always, so that he can deliver the best design, when his globally based clients call on him.