Thai Spring Roll

thai spring roll 

Thai style spring rolls, also called fresh rolls, are very easy and quick to prepare. This spring roll recipe is vegetarian with tofu.

 

Ingredients

For batter

Corn flour                                 1 cup

Refined flour                             1 cup

For stirring

Sugar                                       2 tsp

Soya sauce                              2 tbsp

Lime juice                                 2 tbsp

For filling

Oil                                            2 tbsp

Chopped garlic                          ½ tsp

Chopped onion                          1 no.

Chopped dry chillies                  1 – 2 nos.

Mix vegetables                          as required

Chopped mushrooms                 200 gms

Sliced tofu                                 200 gms

Chopped cabbage                     1 ½ cup

Basil leaves                              few

Sprout moong                           1 cup

Salt                                          to taste

For roll

Refined flour  paste                    as required

Oil                                            for frying

Method

To prepare batter

In a bowl mix corn flour and refined flour with water.

batter

Heat a non-stick pan and put little oil.

Pour some batter with spoon and spread all over pan and make a thin sheet.

prepare the sheet 

Make few sheets like this.

To prepare filling

Chop all vegetables.

chopped vegetables and tofu 

In a bowl mix sugar, soya sauce, lime juice and mix well.

soya sauce mixture

Heat oil in a pan on high flame add chopped garlic, chopped onion, chopped dry chillies and stir.

saute the onion with garlic and chillies 

Then add all vegetables and mix well.

add all vegetables 

Add tofu and stir well.

add tofu and toss well

Then add soya sauce mixture and toss well and remove from oven.

add soya sauce mixture

Now place filling on prepared sheet and fold the sheet from both sides.

put filling and carefully fold the roll and seal 

Then roll it tightly and seal it with the help of refined flour-water paste.

folded roll

Prepare more rolls like this and keep aside.

Heat oil in a pan and deep fry the rolls until golden.

fry the rolls

Remove and keep on tissue.

fried thai spring rolls

Cut them diagonally and place on serving plate and garnish with spring onion.

Tom kha kai

tom kha kai

It is a thai curry in cream coconut base.

Ingredients

Chicken stock                           200 gms

Boneless chicken                      30 gms

Button mushroom                      15 gms

Lemon grass                             5 gms

Kaffir lime                                 2 gms

Cilantro                                     5 gms

Fish sauce                                5 ml

Lemon juice                              1 tsp

Coconut milk                             1 cup

Method

First make a chicken stock, cut the chicken in small cubes.

Now wash the mushroom and cut it into dice and fried garlic, season and toss nicely.

Take a chicken stock in a sauce pan and add lemon grass, kaffir lime leaves, chicken cube and mushrooms, stir well and cook. As the chicken cook add lemon juice, fish sauce and sweet chilli paste.

Finish off with coconut milk and stair for 2 minutes in low flame.

add coconut milk

While serving garnish with some cilantro leaves.

Hot stone rice

rice in hot stone bowl

It is a aroma rice from Thailand, served in hot stone bowl. It is not recommended to serve with any curry.

Ingredients

Steam rice                                150 gm

Vegetable stock                         50 ml

Bell peppers                              20 gms

Garlic                                        20 gms

Shallot                                      20 gms

Oil                                            20 gms

Chilli                                         20 gms

Hot basil                                   30 gms

Oyster sauce                             30 gms

Thai hot basil                            30 gms

Sugar                                       10 gms

Method

Boil some long grain rice in vegetable stock, drain and cool.

Heat oil in pan add garlic stir and add hot basil (make hot by palm), add boiled rice and toss.

For sauce in a pan add oil then add shallots, sauté and add water, sugar, oyster sauce and reduce.

Now add yellow bell pepper chopped, stair.

add yellow bell pepper

Add more thai besil chopped and stir. In this stage the aroma will come.

add more besil

Add sauce and toss well.

Serve rice in hot stone bowl and serve immediately.