Cooking!

On our third day in Pai, we decided to do a Thai cookery course. We picked 5 different dishes and  able to make them and then get the recipes at the end. I was making Red Curry Paste, Red Curry, Chicken with Holy Basil Leaves, Stir-Fried Vegetables with Mixed Vegetables and Cashew Nuts, Papaya Salad and Chicken in Coconut Soup.

 To start with I made Chicken and Cashew Nuts. It was amazing how quick it was to make. It only took around 20 mins tops. It was pretty tasty too. Next came the papaya salad which was just done in a motor and pestle. After that we made the curry paste. We had to chop a load of ingredients until they were really small. When we thought we were done, our teacher came over and said that they had to be even smaller!

 Some how, I managed to chop them up without making them disappear and we then had to grind them in a mortar and pestle for around 20 mins. My arm was killing me by the end. After that we chopped up the vegetables for the other dishes and went to the market.

 Once we came back we cooked the soup, curry and chicken and then ate them all! I was so full by the end but it was so good and so worth it! Definitely going to make these more often as none of them take longer than 30 mins! What was also good was that Clem and myself made different dishes so we have recipes for even more dishes which is a bonus.