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The Top Ten Thai Dishes Loved by Foreigners
Do you want to try something exotic and spicy?
Thai food is recommended to you. Eating Thai food, you
will not only enjoy its delicious tastes, but you will
also get benefit from the medicinal herbs used as ingredients
in each dish. To acquaint you with herbal Thai dishes,
let Thaiways present to you the recipes for top
ten Thai dishes best loved by foreigners with the medicinal
properties of herbs used in each dish.
Phat
Kaphrao
(Meat
or Seafood Fried with Sweet Basils)
Phat Kaphrao |
Ranking
fourth among the ten Thai dishes ordered most frequently
by foreigners, Phat Kaphrao can have any
kind of meat as its main ingredient. But the Thais
populary choose pork or chicken. |
The recipe to be presented to you is shrimps fried with
sweet basils. You can substitute another type of meat
for shrimps as you like.
Ingredients
• 1 cup of shelled shrimps
•
3 shallots thinly sliced
•
2 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
•
1-3 small chillies, thinly sliced
•
A handful of basil leaves
•
1 tablespoon of vegetable oil
•
2 tablespoons of fish sauce
•
4 tablespoons of hot water
•
Half a lime, squeezed
• 1 teaspoon
of sugar
• Salt and pepper
How to cook
1. Heat the oil in a frying-pan.
2. Stir-fry the shallots and garlics.
3. Add the chillies, fish sauce and shrimps. Stir for
2 minutes before pouring the hot water, cover and simmer
for a few minutes.
4. Uncover the pan and season with lime juice and sugar.
5. Stir another 30 seconds before adding the basil leaves.
6. Flavour with salt and pepper.
7. Remove from heat and ready to be served with boiled
rice. |
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