Tamarind Vodka Cocktail

Ingredients

8 cups water

3/4 cup sugar

1/2 cup plus 8 teaspoons tamarind concentrate, divided

2 tablespoons plus 4 teaspoons fresh lime juice, divided

12 tablespoons vodka, divided

4 cups ice cubes, divided

Lime slices

Method

Stir 8 cups water, sugar, 1/2 cup tamarind concentrate, and 2 tablespoons lime juice in large pitcher until sugar dissolves.

DO AHEAD Cocktail base can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate.

Combine 1/2 cup cocktail base, 3 tablespoons vodka, 2 teaspoons tamarind concentrate, and 1 teaspoon lime juice in cocktail shaker. Add 1 cup ice cubes; shake 30 seconds to chill. Strain into 2 Martini glasses. Garnish with lime slices.

Words and Definitions

  1. Tamarind <n.>: a tropical Old World tree (Tamarindus indica) of the legume family with hard yellowish wood, pinnate leaves, and red-striped yellow flowers; also: its fruit which has an acid pulp often used for preserves or in a cooling laxative drink
  1. Vodka <n.>: a colorless liquor of neutral spirits distilled from a mash (as of rye or wheat)
  1. Cocktail<n.>: an iced drink of wine or distilled liquor mixed with flavoring ingredients
  1. Ingredients<n.>: something that enters into a compound or is a component part of any combination or mixture
  1. Teaspoon<n.>: a small spoon that is used especially for eating soft foods and stirring beverages and that holds about one third of a tablespoon
  1. Tablespoons <n.>: a unit of measure used especially in cookery equal to 1⁄2 fluid ounce (15 milliliters)
  1. Divided <v.>: to separate into two or more parts, areas, or groups <divide the city into wards>
  1. Juice <n.>: the extractable fluid contents of cells or tissues
  1. Ice cube <n.>: something shaped like a cube <an ice cube>
  1. Slices <v.>: to cut with or as if with a knife
  1. Method<n.>: a procedure or process for attaining an object
  1. Stir <v.>: to cause an especially slight movement or change of position of
  1. Pitcher <n.>: a container for holding and pouring liquids that usually has a lip or spout and a handle
  2. Dissolves <v.>: to cause to disperse or disappear : destroy <do not dissolve and deface the laws of charity — Francis Bacon>
  1. Refrigerate <v.>: to make or keep cold or cool; specifically: to freeze or chill (as food) for preservation
  1. Combine <v.>: to cause to unite into a chemical compound
  1. Cocktail shaker<n.>: a utensil or machine used in shaking <cocktail shaker>

Thai Fried Rice with Prawns [Kao Pad Koong]

Ingredients

1. 3 cups cooked rice

2. 12 medium sized shrimps

3. 3 cloves garlic, finely sliced

4. 1/2 minced green or red chilli for medium-spiced rice

5. 2 tablespoon fish sauce

6. 3 tablespoon vegetable oil

7. 2 eggs

8. 3 spring onions, finely sliced

9. 1/2 cup fresh coriander

10. 1 cucumber, sliced

11. 1 lime, wedged

12. 1 tomato, also wedged

Preparations

1. Place oil in a wok. Add garlic and chilli. Stir-fry over medium-high heat until fragrant (about 1 minute).

2. Add prawns and stir fry until cooked thoroughly.

3. Move ingredients aside and crack egg into the wok. Stir to cook and break up the egg. When egg is nearly cooked, add the rice. Stir fry, keeping the heat medium-high.

4. Add fish sauce, and tomato, continue to stir-fry for another 1-2 minutes. Before serving, sprinkle with spring onion, and coriander on top and place cucumber and lemon besides the fried rice. Thai people love to serve Fried Rice with chopped chilies in Fish Sauce for better taste.

Words and Definitions

  1. Fried <adj>: intoxicated, high
  1. Rice<n.> : the starchy seeds of an annual southeast Asian cereal grass (Oryza sativa) that are cooked and used for food; also: this cereal grass that is widely cultivated in warm climates for its seeds and by-products — compare wild rice
  1. Prawns<n.> : one (as of the genera Pandalus and Penaeus) that resembles shrimps and has a large compressed abdomen
  1. Ingredients<n.> : something that enters into a compound or is a component part of any combination or mixture : constituent
  1. Shrimps<n.> : any of numerous mostly small and marine decapod crustaceans (suborders Dendrobranchiata and Pleocyemata) having a slender elongated body, a compressed abdomen, and a long spiny rostrum and including some (especially family Penaeidae) that are commercially important as food; also: a small crustacean (as an amphipod or a branchiopod) resembling the true shrimps
  1. Medium<adj.> : intermediate in quantity, quality, position, size, or degree
  1. Garlic<n.> : a European allium (Allium sativum) widely cultivated for its pungent compound bulbs much used in cookery; broadly: allium
  1. Finely <adv.>: extremely well : excellently <plays the hero very finely— New Yorker>
  1. Sliced<v.> : to cut with or as if with a knife
  1. Vegetable oil<n.>: an oil of plant origin; especially: a fatty oil from seeds or fruits
  1. Coriander<n.> : an Old World annual herb (Coriandrum sativum) of the carrot family with aromatic fruits
  2. Cucumber<n.> : the fruit of a vine (Cucumis sativus) of the gourd family cultivated as a garden vegetable; also: this vine
  3. Tomato<n.> : the usually large rounded typically red or yellow pulpy berry of an herb (genus Lycopersicon) of the nightshade family native to South America
  1. Preparations <n.> : the action or process of making something ready for use or service or of getting ready for some occasion, test, or duty
  1. Place<v.> : to put in or as if in a particular place or position : set
  1. Wok<n.> : a large bowl-shaped cooking utensil used especially in stir-frying
  1. Fragrant<adj.> : having a sweet or pleasant smell
  2. Crack<v.> : to make a very sharp explosive sound <the whip cracks through the air>
  1. Sprinkle<v.> : to scatter over