Rice : Thai jasmine rice

Thai rice is a long grain rice variety; also known as fragrant,aromatic , or scented rice. Grown in the mountain highlands of Thailand for centuries, jasmine rice was first cultivated for the royalty of the kingdom of Siam. Named after the sweet-smelling jasmine flower of Southeast Asia, jasmine rice has a naturally distinctive scent released during the cooking process and is likened to a flowery perfume. Thai jasmine rice is recognized around the world as having the finest quality.Jasmine rice is praised for its whiteness and silkiness. Cooked, it is soft, white and fluffy. The taste of this rice enhances the traditional spices of oriental cookery.Jasmine rice with a distinctive jasmine scent, also known locally as Khao Hom Mali. Khao means rice, Dawk means flower, Mali means jasmine. .

Cooking Thai Food at home .You Can

Cooking Thai food at home - anyone can! Cooking Thai food is easy! A year ago I could not cook at all. I worked in office in Bangkok and did not have time to cook. Also I thought cooking was too difficult and I was afraid that I could not make it delicious

In Thailand I would eat out everyday because prepared food is very cheap and easy to find, day and night. But when I began planning a long trip to San Francisco this year to visit my American boyfriend I learned that going out to eat everyday in America would be expensive and difficult. Before I left Thailand my boyfriend, who loves Thai food, asked me If I could cook it and when I said, "No." I think he was a little disappointed. So just one week before leaving Thailand I bought a Thai cook book and asked my mom how to prepare a few Thai dishes. She is a very good cook! All my life I enjoyed watching her in the kitchen and did my small part by testing the flavors for her, but I was only concerned with the final product and never really learned how she made it to please my tastes so well

My first time cooking Thai food in America I made Tom Kha Gai - Chicken soup with coconut milk. Hey I can do it! It looked same as my mom cooked and wow! delicious! I couldn't belive that I made it myself. And my boyfriend, who has eaten Thai food all over the world, loved it! That made me happy and more confident to cook new dishes. And with my, now, husband doing the taste testing we have perfected some great meals that are easy, fast and use simple ingredients.

From my story I want to confirm that cooking great Thai food should not be a problem for anyone in America. I have only a small kitchen, small stove and not a lot of equipment. I can get most of the ingredients at the local supermarket and the rest in chinatown. Some ingredients may be difficult to get if you live far from a city, but you can use something else to replace them, order them online, or you can even leave ingredients out! Don't get too attached to the set recipes and flavor to your own tastes - you will have more fun! One of my favorite Thai dishes only takes a short time to cook. I can make streamed rice with Tom Yam spicy salad in 15 minutes. Now I can say that I love cooking Thai food and I am sure if you try do it yourself you will love cooking Thai food also.

Introduction : Thai Food

Traditional Thai cooking methods were stewing and baking, or grilling. Chinese influences saw the introduction of frying, stir frying and deep-frying. Culinary influences from the 17th century onwards included Portuguese, Dutch, French and Japanese. Chillies were introduced to Thai cooking during the late 1600s by Portuguese missionaries who had acquired a taste for them while serving in South America.

Thai food is known for its balance of five fundamental flavors - hot (spicy), sour, sweet, salty and bitter (optional). Thai food is really better described as four regional cuisines corresponding to the four main regions of the country: Northern, Northeastern (or Isan), Central and Southern. Southern curries, for example, tend to contain coconut milk and fresh turmeric, while northeastern dishes often include lime juice।Thai food is known for its enthusiastic use of fresh (rather than dried) herbs and spices as well as fish sauce.The main reason that make Thai food dilicious come from herhs as major ingredients. This hurbs have special qualification to make food mlore delicious and tasty for cooking and also for curing as medicines.The characteristics of Thai food depend on who cooks it, for whom it is cooked, for what occasion, and where it is cooked to suit all palates. Originally, Thai cooking reflected the characteristics of a waterborne lifestyle. Aquatic animals, plants and herbs were major ingredients. Large chunks of meat were eschewed. Subsequent influences introduced the use of sizeable chunks to Thai cooking.

The main food in Thailand is rice। But we can't really eat rice alone so we have to have something to go with it। There are many dishes of food to go with rice. Some of them are hot and spicy and that is what Thai food is famous for.