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The reason why I don’t cook Thai food a lot is its so cheap. And it requires a lot of ingredients. So if I’m planning a meal for 2, it would be more cost effective to have a take away than prepare it myself. But one day it crossed my mind, what if we will leave Thailand? Would I regret not learning how to cook the Thai dishes that I like? Most probably. And, that is why I will be doing more Thai dishes in the coming weeks.

This next dish is called Massaman Curry, a southern Thai favorite and I suspect has Malay origin. Nam phrik kaeng massaman or massaman curry paste is usually prepared with chicken or beef (but hardly pork because its a Muslim dish). This dish was also mentioned in a poem written by King Rama II because it was his favorite. Here’s how to prepare this delicious dish that is fit for a king.. Click on the title to get the recipe xx

”..We were taught to do Vietnamese Spring rolls which I thought initially was easy but I kept on soaking my rice paper longer than necessary in the water bowl that it always teared apart. But I finally got the recipe for the sweet, chili dip so I think I will be preparing this tasty and healthy appetizer on our next dinner party at home.

For our entree, I already know how to prepare the Laotian dish called Larb (pronounced as Laab) from the Blue Elephant class that I went to before so I was confident that when the chef tasted my version of it, he would approve. And he did! With a two thumbs up sign!! Yey!

I was disappointed with myself when we did the dessert because all my chocolate molded cup broke so I was  not able to do it perfectly. Although, if I have to mention I got the ones that I didn’t make when it came back from the fridge :(“..

PLEASE CLICK ON THE TITLE IF YOU WANT TO READ ON AND GET THE RECIPES. xx

…I got this recipe from Chef Charles of Blue Elephant so its guaranteed to be really good! I have also been in aPhad kha pow streak the last couple of weeks so I can confidently say that compared to other Phad kha pow I tasted (from high end restaurants, to hole-in-the-wall places and even Tesco) this is by far, the best… (click on the title for more of the post and the recipe)