Thai sweet chilli salad

Ingredients: Red cabbage, carrot, corriander, sweet chilli sauce

Serves 2

Preparation

Shred the cabbage, carrot together. Add some chopped corrainder and drizzle with a little sweet chilli sauce.

Optional – add some sesame seeds to finish.

 

 

Vietnamese Baguette Recipe (Banh Mi Tay)

Hmm hot and spicy sarnie.

Serves 2

Ingredients: French demi baguette, coriander, grated carrot, birds eye red chilli, aubergine, cucumber, soy sauce, sesame oil, soft brown sugar, clove garlic and lime juice

Preparation: Slice some aubergine and griddle until cooked.

Make the oriental dressing by combing, 1 tsp of sesame oil, lime juice, soy sauce with a clove of minced garlic and one red bird’ eye chilli with some soft brown sugar. Mix vigorously or use a blender.

Prepare the baguette, by adding the grated carrot, a generous amount of coriander and the aubergine with some thinly sliced cucumber. Then drizzle the oriental sauce inside the baguette.

 

 

 

Thai Quorn Curry and Coriander Rice

This recipe is a bit of cheat as it was not made from scratch, but used a pre-made “Thai Taste” curry paste and which was combined with Coconut Milk. I do like Thai food, but I find it difficult to make a proper authentic tasting Thai dishes without using Nam-Pla sauce (fish sauce), so this meal is a pale facsimile of the real deal.

Ingredients: 170g of Quorn chicken style pieces, mangetout, red pepper, baby sweet corn, coconut milk and Taste Thai curry paste, coriander, lime and basmati rice

Preparation:
Fry 1 tablespoon of coconut oil in a large wok for a minute. Add a couple of large tablespoons of the thick curry paste and fry in the mix for a couple of minutes to allow the aromas to be released.
Add the Quorn pieces and cook for 3 minutes then add just under half a tin of coconut milk. I find it this type of milk very rich, so I end up using less than most people.
Then add your vegetables and heat through into the sauce.
Serve with basmati rice with lots of chopped coriander through it with a good squeeze of lime.