Thai recipes

[Bill]

So, I've got some friends coming over at the weekend and SWMBO suggested thai fishcakes as a starter, but I've no idea what else to do.(Apart from a green curry which is out as it's a midweek staple.)

Anyone got any ideas?

And a fishcake recipe wouldn't go amiss.

[dougc]

When I get home I'll have a look in the new Rick Stein book I got recently - got to be a couple in there.

Broadly I think its just the same as any fish cake but with lemongrass, chilli, lime and fish sauce added!

[Ewan S]

I'll have a recipe for king prawns and jasmine rice something or other later after my first evening class. I trust you can wait until tomorrow?

[escargot]

I made Thai mussels a while ago. I think it's a Nigella recipe.

Basically, create a liquor of a little water, ginger, lemongrass, chopped red chili & shallots. Bung your mussels in and steam for a couple of minutes until the shells are open. Roughly chop a good handful of coriander and sprinkle all over.

Very simple but very fragrant and tasty.

[Bill]

Cheers for the speedy responses, unfortunately I need recipes without shellfish. Sorry.

ETA and it's for Saturday

Edited by Bill on Thursday 17th September 15:33

[escargot]

What about a baked fillet of something? Perhaps bass?

You could stuff it with lemongrass, chili, smother it in thai curry paste etc etc

If 'en-papillote' is your thing, it could be quite cool at a dinner party.

Serve with sticky rice.

[Bill]

Brilliant, that's reminded me of salmon en papillotte with red curry paste that I've done before

Any other ideas are welcome though, especially a good sticky rice recipe.

[Romanymagic]

If you would consider something hot and spicy may I suggest "Jungle Curry", basically a chicken based curry without using coconut milk, alternatively you may want to consider "Weeping Tiger" - steak with a chilli sauce glaze.

Both work well with either coconut rice or sticky rice. Type in either name dish on google and you will find a host of very good authentic recipes.

[dcw@pr]

Bill said:

Brilliant, that's reminded me of salmon en papillotte with red curry paste that I've done before

Any other ideas are welcome though, especially a good sticky rice recipe.

sticky rice uses a specific type of rice, it's not just a recipe. It's fairly easy to do though, you just need to soak for -2 hours and then wrap up and steam