Yam Hua Plee
Ingredients :
-Banana blossom 1 each
-Pork, thin sliced and steamed 100 grams
-Peanuts, coarsely ground roasted 1/4 cup
-Coconut, grated and roasted 1/2 cup
-Garlic, sliced and fried 3 tablespoons
-Shallots, sliced and fried 2 tablespoons
-Fresh red chili pepper, finely shredded 1 each
Ingredients :
Dried chilies, roasted and ground 2 each
Garlic, roasted and ground 1 tablespoon
Shallots, roasted and ground 2 tablespoons
Palm sugar 3 tablespoons
Fish sauce 3-4 tablespoons
Tamarind juice 1 cup
Note: Dressing directions: Mix all the ingredients together. Bring to boil on a medium heat, stir constantly until the texture is richer, and remove from the heat.
Directions:
1. Remove the hard parts of banana blossom, cut it into two pieces, rub in lemon juice, cut a spine out , slice and soak its flesh in lemon juice before cooking.
2. Place the sliced banana blossom and pork in a mixing bowl. Add dressing and stir lightly. Add roasted grated coconut, coarsely ground roasted peanuts, fried sliced shallots, and fried sliced garlic.
3. Spoon the salad onto a plate, top with fried sliced shallots and red chili peppers. Serve with cha-plu leaves.
Correct Characteristics of Yam Hua Plee:
Banana blossoms used for cooking this dish must be crisp and not dark in color.
Yam Dip must be well mixed with banana blossom flesh.
This dish must not be watery but taste mild.
Cooking Tips:
Only fresh banana blossoms should be used, finely sliced, soaked in water mixed with lime juice, and placed in a strainer until water leftover is removed before being brought for cooking.
Ingredients in Yam Dip must be finely ground. The dip must be cooked until rich.
Fruits can be used in place of banana blossoms
vocabulary for food
1pepper( verb )to hit with or as if with rapid repeated blows
2Dressing (noun)A;an instance of such act or process
b:an instance of such act or process
3Mixed (adj) combining characteristics of more than one kind; specifically: combining features of two or more systems of government <a mixed constitution>
4ingredient(noun) something that enters into a compound or is a component part of any combination or mixture :constituent
5peanut(noun) a low-branching widely cultivated annual herb (Arachis hypogaea) of the legume family with showy yellow flowers having a peduncle which elongates and bends into the soil where the ovary ripens into a pod containing one to three oily edible seeds; also: its seed or seed-containing pod
Coconut CanalIngredients
2 water coconuts
¼ tin of condensed milk
1 tablespoon of gin
1 teaspoon of Angostura aromatic bitters
Method
Mix coconut water and jelly with condensed milk, add gin and bitters, chill slightly and serve with cracked ice.
vocabulary for drink
(1)coconut(noun)the drupaceous fruit of the coconut palm whose outer fibrous husk yields coir and whose nut contains thick edible meat and coconut milk
(2)condensed(adj)reduced to a more compact or dense form; also: having a face narrower than that of a standard typeface
(3)tablespoon(noun)a unit of measure used especially in cookery equal to 1⁄2 fluid ounce (15 milliliters)
(4)aromatic(adj) of, relating to, or having aroma:
a:fragrant
b: having a strong smell
c: having a distinctive quality
(5)bitter(noun)aplural: a usually alcoholic solution of bitter and often aromatic plant products used especially in preparing mixed drinks or as a mild tonic bBritish: a very dry heavily hopped ale