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Pomelo Thai Salad

          Last month, I got the pomelo from Chinese New Year. Someone told that the ripped pomelo can be kept up to 2 months with room temperature(in Thai 25 - 30 °C). I use it after kept almost 1 months and its still be good condition :)

In Thai, we call this menu "Yum Som O" (Yum = Thai Salad, Som O = Pomelo) 

I will show you the way i peel my pomelo

Cut to top of pomelo (my cut is too deep) 

Divide into 1/6

Use your finger to peel

Got it !!

Ingredients (for 2 dishes)

1. 1/2 of pomelo

2. coconut sugar 4 tbs.

3. tamarind paste 4 tbs.

4. 1/2 of lime           

5. sliced shallots (2-3 pieces of shallots)
6. roast cashew nuts
7. dried shrimp
8. a bit of chili (i'm not like spicy)
9. fish sauce 2 tbs.
10. a bit coriander

Mix the tamarind and coconut paste until the sugar dissolve

Add lime, fish sauce, and chili

Mix well and put shallots, pomelo, shrimp, cashew nut and coriander ... stir again 

Finish !!

Thai Dessert: Banana in Syrup

          This is the way to utilize your banana and can preserve it from rotten. It is suit for unripe banana ( a bit greenish and yellowish banana). Of course, bananas come from the same bunch of my last entry. Hope you enjoy cooking J

Sorry to said, I forgot to take a photo when cooking. But it’s very easy and I think you can do without guide pictures.

Ingredients (for 4 serves)

Culivated bananas (unripe)             8        pieces

Limewater                                  to soak the banana

Salt                                           2        tsp.

Sugar paste                                50      g.

White/Brown sugar                       50      g.

Water                                        Up to you pot (to drown the banana)

A bit of lime/lemon                       to prevent sugar from crystallization

This is Limewater. I use Google translation but not sure it’s the same I use. This will help your banana becomes crisp and not be mushy.

Put the banana into limewater for 15 min – 1 hour. Time depend on the ripe level of banana. (If more ripe, more time use) For my unripe banana, I soak only 15 min.

Mix all ingredients into rice cooker pot. Press the cook button. Stir until all sugar dissolves then put banana. Open the pot lid and wait until the banana turn into red and the water becomes viscous syrup. (About 3 hours). Add lime in syrup then stir. After that stop heating. 

Keep in mind to cooking in low heat and be patient with the cooking time for the great result!!

Kluoi Buad Shee (Banana in Coconut Milk)

     Today I get a lot of bananas from my neighbor. In Thai, banana is very common and cheap. Ancient Thai people use this plant long time ago.

Very nice banana!!!

My neighbor's banana trees

A bunch of bananas

I searched the way to utilize my banana, and got this menu :)

Ingredients (for 4 serves)

Bananas .................................9 pieces (1/2 bunch)

Coconut powder .......................60 g.

Coconut sugar (sugar paste) ..........30 g.

Salt

Water

White sesame (for topping)

Let's do it (this menu is suit for ripe banana with yellowish color)

Cut the top and the bottom

Put banana in room's temperature water, add 1 tsp of salt

Put on the stove with high heat (I use induction cooker) when the water boil turn to low heat. Total time on stove is 8 minutes.

Drop in cold water to stop boiling

Peel of the banana skin, remove the filament

Cut the banana into 1/4 piece

Divide the coconut powder to 2 portions equally

pour  warm water into 3/4 of mug per 1 portion of coconut powder

add warm water to both portion of coconut powder then stir it. For first portion add 1/2 mug of water (with room's temperature)

This is a sugar paste made from coconut sugar, more aroma and softer sweet than white sugar

I use 30 g. of sugar paste

Cook the first portion of coconut milk with low heat with sugar paste, 1 tsp of salt. When the sugar melts, add the banana and gently stir

After boiling, add second portion of coconut milk and stop heating

Roast the sesame

It’s done!! Serve the banana with the sesame topping