Recipe - Nam Jim Priao Wan (Sweet And Sour Salad Dressingsauce)

1 cup Nam sapparot (pineapple
juice)
1 cup Nam maphrao (coconut
'nectar')
1 cup Nam makham piag (sour
tamamrind juice)
One half cup Nam manao (lime juice)
3 tablespoon Hua kathi (coconut cream)
1 tablespoon Nam prik phet (red curry
paste)
1 teaspoon Khing (ginger), grated

This is a simple, Thaistyle, sweet and sour sauce. Note, that it isn't
pink!

This is promarily a salad dressing, but, since salads in Thailand are
often cooked, even made from meats, the uses are somewhat wider than a
simple dressing. And with "turkey season" being imminent in the West, you
might want to note the suggestion below for a simple stir fry.

Method: Mix the juices in a saucepan and simmer to reduce to 2 cups of
liquid.

In a wok or skillet over medium heat, warm the coconut cream, and add the
curry paste and ginger, and stir until the mixture becomes aromatic. Skim
off and discard any oil that forms on the surface.

Stir the curry mix into the juices, and then cool.

Serving & Storage

Will keep for 23 weeks in a refrigerator.

yam phak (salad)

Thai salads typically have 5, 7 or 9 vegetable ingredients (because of
the association of '8' with wealth and fortune, salads served at weddings
often have 8 ingredients). I would suggest the following, but any selection
will do.

phak kat khao (chinese cabbage)
ton hom (spring onion)
het (mushrooms)
bai horapha (sweet basil)
thua ngoh (bean sprouts)

yam polamai (fruit salad)

Again, a simple suggestion would be:

phak kat khao (chinese cabbage)
khing (grated ginger)
mamuang (mango)
sapparot (pineapple)
kluay (banana)

Note that the banana is usually fried or barbequed in Thailand.

Stir fry

This is a suggestion for a stir fry that is made with precooked (even
left over) poultry, and cooked white rice.

2 cups of sweet and sour sauce
1 cup cooked poultry, shredded
1 cup raw mixed vegetables
1 cup cooked white rice

In a wok or skillet over medium heat, warm the poultry meat, and then add
the vegetables, stirring to mix with the meat, and warm through (cook to
taste, typically in Thailand the vegetables are left virtually uncooked).

Pour in the sweet & sour sauce, and bring to a boil, then add the cooked
rice, and continue to heat until the food is all heated through.

(serves 4)

Posted to CHILEHEADS DIGEST V3 #152

Date: Thu, 07 Nov 1996 11:32:14 0700

From: "Colonel I.F.K. Philpott" colonel@korat1.vukorat.ac.th