Comments on Monsoon Spice: Curries from Thailand

i just love love love love green curry paste as I ...

2011-09-16T18:14:37.150+01:00

i just love love love love green curry paste as I love the combination of all these herbs and spices. I also love love baby corn in all my dishes. Your greenc curry paste looks so yummy and eatable! I am craving it right now.

Shobha

that is an excellent post:) I love thai curries an...

2008-11-25T03:39:00.000Z

that is an excellent post:) I love thai curries and you have given a very helpful substitution too :) Thanks for these tips:)

I made this recipe and it was delicious. Only thin...

2008-08-28T14:29:00.000+01:00

I made this recipe and it was delicious. Only thing I want to point out is that durig blending of red curry paste ingredients, onion was omitted out in the recipe directions. Otherwise a superhit !

wow! can't blv basmati is cheaper than jasmine the...

2008-07-16T13:39:00.000+01:00

wow! can't blv basmati is cheaper than jasmine there! out here basmati is the most expensive, in fact as far as i know jasmine costs less than half of basmati out here ;) anyway, will try MW method first :) i'm still not convinced about the effects of m/w, so use it sparingly, but will gv it a try ;)

@ richa,
just read ur comment. i use just 1 and...

2008-07-16T13:32:00.000+01:00

@ richa,
just read ur comment. i use just 1 and half cups of water for 1 cup of jasmine rice. first time i tried it with 1:2 ratio and ended up having bit mushy rice. since then i cook it on MW using the above ratio and it turns out quite fluffy. i would highly suggest you to try it cooking in MW. make sure that you wash the rice propely till you get clean water as it is quite starchy.
i have never used it in making dosa, idli as it is quite expensive here in UK and i sually use basamati rice or sona masuri for idli and dosas. and now with rice shortage, i have switched to broken basmati rice for dosa and idli and guess what, it works just fine.

hey sweetie, will try the stove top jasmine soon, ...

2008-07-16T13:13:00.000+01:00

hey sweetie, will try the stove top jasmine soon, thanks deary! does it come out all fluffy? coz all these days my jasmine came out so mushy & chewy, i had used 2cups water, can't wait to try ur measurement :)
do u use jasmine in idli/dosa/adai as well?

Sia, u have got good collection of recipes, lovely...

2008-03-20T17:28:00.000Z

Sia, u have got good collection of recipes, lovely photos, good tips and i even liked ur recipe index idea. good work sia, keep it up.

Hi sia, beautiful thai curries :) looks really goo...

2008-03-07T11:23:00.000Z

Hi sia, beautiful thai curries :) looks really good :)

@ashu,
glad u enjoyed the red curry ashu. thank...

2007-11-21T09:43:00.000Z

@ashu,
glad u enjoyed the red curry ashu. thank u for letting me know :)

Hi Sia, tried out the thai red curry over the week...

2007-11-21T09:12:00.000Z

Hi Sia, tried out the thai red curry over the weekend.. awesome! :) Thanks for the recipe!

@margot,
a warm welcome to my corner margot. wi...

2007-11-01T10:24:00.000Z

@margot,
a warm welcome to my corner margot. will look forward to the round-up:)

@sagari,
welcome to my blog:)

@raji,
gd to see u:) even i was not sure abt vegetarian fish sauce until i got all green signal from my friend here:)

@swapna,
thank u girl:)

@viji,
thanks viji. i hope u give it a try sometime:)

Very interesting notes and recipes Sia. You have p...

2007-10-31T08:43:00.000Z

Very interesting notes and recipes Sia. You have presented is so well as usual. Eye catching. Viji

The pictures are simply superb sia!!!!congrats for...

2007-10-30T20:37:00.000Z

The pictures are simply superb sia!!!!congrats for the new website!

omg
green n red curry pastes are abs. darlings....

2007-10-30T16:45:00.000Z

omg
green n red curry pastes are abs. darlings...
luv hte post esp the way u explained how one should be flexible.
i thought fish sauce has smt to do with fishes ;)
those curries are looking beautiful too

i just dye for thai food thanks for wonderfull rec...

2007-10-30T01:11:00.000Z

i just dye for thai food thanks for wonderfull recipes

Sia, thank you for your beautiful entries.

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2007-10-29T23:37:00.000Z

Sia, thank you for your beautiful entries.

Greetings from London, Margot

@redchillies,
well, actually i have less than 2...

2007-10-29T14:44:00.000Z

@redchillies,
well, actually i have less than 2 yrs of cooking experience;) glad u liked them:) yeah, first even i was not sure abt vegetarian 'fish' sauce and was quite fishy abt it;) later it was my colleague who told me its actually vegetarian. thai food has many similarities with indian cooking. they dont use as many spices as we do but the taste is something we can very much relate to indian cooking.

@jaden,
jaden my girl!!! u r still awake at 3 in the morning???? it happens to me when i get back from my india trip and takes me minimum 1 week to adjust to new time setting:) hope u had gr8 trip.

@roopa,
~sighs~ i know, i hardly get time to bloghop these days:( feel like i am walking on a tight rope. gonna be like this for few more months:(
will come n chk ur blog as soon as i get some time... tc girl:)

@m &m's,
yup, we cant say we made thai curry until we make the paste from scartch can we? ;) do let me know when u try them. its really simple and straight forward.

@vani,
now that u have mentioned masamman curry...

2007-10-29T14:37:00.000Z

@vani,
now that u have mentioned masamman curry paste i got to check the recipe for it:) i am doing gd vani, thanks for asking:) hope u and little M r doing gd.

@siri,
lol... i wish u could stop drooling and start cooking them;)

@linda,
thank u dear:) i hope u do give them a try linda coz i am sure u will love them.

@manasi,
i am really happy to know u will try i...

2007-10-29T13:44:00.000Z

@manasi,
i am really happy to know u will try it at home girl:) i hope u like them as much as we do.

@saju,
ha ha... thats a good reason not to cook thai food at home;) LOL...

@cynth,
~blush blush~ r u gonna post thai series then? will look forward to it.

@chhaya,
i am really glad that u left a note he...

2007-10-29T13:41:00.000Z

@chhaya,
i am really glad that u left a note here. engau haange, internet li innobba havyaka sikkidu heli kushi aatu:)

@latha,
thanks maami:) (hope u dont mind me calling u maami:)

@USHA,
LOL... U REALLY MADE ME HAPPY U KNOW:) AND TO SHOW MY EQUAL HAPPINESS I TOO AM POSTING A REPLY IN CAPITALS ;) THANKS SWEETIE:)

@sandeepa,
u can have all san:) try the curry w...

2007-10-29T13:38:00.000Z

@sandeepa,
u can have all san:) try the curry with homemade ones and u will never want to buy readymade stuff.

@bharathy,
thank u girl:) i hope u do give it a try.

@priyanka,
glad u like them dear:) do let me know when u try.

@nupur,
after trying out the homemade curry pas...

2007-10-29T13:36:00.000Z

@nupur,
after trying out the homemade curry paste i never ventured into cooking with readymade ones nupur. :)

@swaroopa,
thank u :)

@bindiya,
~blush~ :)

Yummy!!! I make it the same way but oh - it's not ...

2007-10-27T16:26:00.000+01:00

Yummy!!! I make it the same way but oh - it's not really made by you till you make your own paste! Thanks for the paste recipe. Definitely going to try it - looks so straight forward!

wow Sia sakath post kane! loved both the curries d...

2007-10-27T12:47:00.000+01:00

wow Sia sakath post kane! loved both the curries dear :)have been really busy these days again you missed my post !bye have a great weekend!

Sia- I love the colors of your curry pastes!! I am...

2007-10-27T07:54:00.000+01:00

Sia- I love the colors of your curry pastes!! I am so hungry for curry right now - its 3am and I'm on the couch (can't sleep - jetlag) and all I can think about is curry curry curry. damn!