Keith Floyd - Floyd’s Thai Food

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First published by Collins 2006

Text © Keith Floyd 2006

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Location photographer: Tony Hanscomb

Studio food photographer: Michelle Garrett

Home Economist: Carole Handslip

Indexer: Hazel Bell

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Food photographs: (a = above, b = below, l = left, r = right, c = centre, t = top)

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Source ISBN: 9780007213498

Ebook Edition © JUNE 2014 ISBN: 9780007361045

Version: 2014-07-08

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Introduction

The charm of Thailand

Tastes and tools of the Thai trade

The Thai table and quantities

Sauces, pastes and dips

Curry powder

Thai green curry paste

Thai red curry paste

Thai yellow curry paste

Thai massaman curry paste

Hanglay curry paste

Penang curry paste

Chiang Mai curry paste

Panaeng curry paste

Peanut (satay) sauce

Tamarind juice

Marinades and dipping sauces

Coriander paste

Thai sweet chilli sauce

Hot tiger sauce

Hot and sweet garlic sauce

Dipping sauces

Universal Thai dipping sauce

Green mango dip

Hot, sweet and sour fish dipping sauce

Barbeque dipping sauce (nam jim kiga)

Tomato and chilli dip

Chillies in oil

Chilli jam

Thai ginger dipping sauce

Hot Thai salsa

Plum sauce

Cucumber and pineapple relish

Rice dishes

Some essentials

Steamed rice

Sticky rice

Sticky coconut rice

Fried rice with crab or prawns

Fried rice with Chinese or Thai leaves

Fried rice with prawns and bamboo shoots

Fried rice with roast pork

Fried rice in pineapple

Pan-fried rice with basil and coriander

Oodles of noodles!

Crispy rice noodles (1)

Crispy rice noodles (2)

Crispy fried noodles

Stir-fried glass noodles

Stir-fried thin and flat noodles with prawns or chicken

Stir-fried thick noodles with pork

Stir-fried egg noodles with vegetables

Vegetable rice noodles

Muslim-style noodles

Salads, snacks and street food

Minced warm beef salad

Beef salad with aubergine

Warm sour steak salad

Grilled hot and sour fish salad

Spicy crab with cucumber

Thai squid salad

Prawn and pink grapefruit salad

Prawn and fruit salad

Chicken salad with papaya

Chicken salad with fresh figs

Minced duck salad

Green pawpaw salad

Spicy carrot salad

Spicy pork salad

Pork and prawn rice paper rolls

Chilli pork and pineapple bites

Thai soy bean fritters

Thai fish cakes

Gold purses

Spicy corn cakes

Skewered green prawns with coriander and chilli

Sticky rice with prawns and freshly grated coconut

Pandanus leaves stuffed with chicken

Curried pasties

Satay chicken

Soups

Thai pumpkin soup

Hot and sour mushroom soup

Chicken, ginger and mushroom soup

Chicken and coconut milk soup

Chicken and vegetable clear soup

Duck and noodle soup

Prawn, chicken and rice soup

Prawn and lemon grass soup

Hot and sour prawn soup

Prawn and pumpkin soup

Crab and corn soup

Sweet and sour soup with sliced monkfish

Pork and vermicelli soup

Vegetables

Green bean curry

Stir-fried green beans and cauliflower

Aubergines with tofu

Baby aubergines with cherry tomatoes

Stir-fried spinach

Beansprouts with tomatoes

Vegetable-stuffed omelette

Pineapple curry

Stir-fried vegetables (1)

Stir-fried vegetables (2)

Stir-fried asparagus

Green vegetable curry

Red vegetable curry

Thai mixed vegetable curry

Vegetables in coconut milk

Steamed sweetcorn

Fish and shellfish

King scallops baked in rice wine

Chargrilled crab or lobster

Green prawns steamed with soy sauce

Green prawn curry

Prawn and pineapple curry

Stir-fried garlic prawns

Prawn omelette

Mussels steamed with lemon grass

Steamed fish curry

Peppers stuffed with curried fish

Seafood steamboat or hotpot

Deep-fried fish with sweet and sour sauce

Deep-fried fish with chillies and basil

Fried John Dory with shrimps and mango

Bass with chilli and lime sauce

Fried minced prawn and pork in seaweed rolls

Meat and poultry

Caramelised pork

Stir-fried pork with ginger

Stir-fried pork with green beans

Red pork curry

Chiang Mai pork curry

Stir-fried beef with basil leaves

Massaman beef curry

Penang beef curry

Dried fillet steak with chilli sauce

Red duck curry

Green chicken curry

Yellow curry with chicken

Stir-fried chicken with chilli jam

Stir-fried chicken with crispy basil

Thai desserts

Rice pudding with lychees

Fruit platter

Spicy coconut custard

Pumpkin custard

Candied bananas (1)

Candied bananas (2)

Deep-fried banana

Banana in coconut milk

Pumpkin in coconut milk

Sweet potato in ginger syrup

Sweet water chestnuts with coconut cream and syrup

Sticky rice with mango

Black glutinous rice with fresh coconut

Rice balls with fresh coconut

Mango sorbet

Coconut ice cream

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About the Publisher

This book is dedicated to the memory of Khun Akorn

My thanks to:

The Intercontinental Hotel, Bangkok

Pakistan International Airways