Ten Speed Press Simple Thai Food: Classic Recipes from the Thai Home Kitchen [A Cookbook]

Easy to make and very tasty.

Thee recipes are so easy to Follow and so well written. Wonderful book for anyone who wants to try their hands in Thai cooking .

This book may be even small in size, but it is rich in recipes

First off, I rarely buy cookcooks to methodically work through the recipes, following them religiously. A cook book buy is a success if there's one or two or maybe even three of those dishes that I will cook over and over, fiddling with them as I go. Unless the recipe tells me that certain ingredients are vital (and Leela does that, which I appreciate) I will bastardise at my leisure.I do feel that quite a few recipes are already altered slightly for Western readers, for example by using chicken breast or other boneless cuts for curries and stir fries, when based on her blog she would probably much prefer to use a whole chicken, or at least bone in cuts, or chicken thighs. The recipes are easy to follow and thoroughly written, so even if you've never prepared lemon grass before for example you feel like you can confidently proceed. All special equipment and ingredients are explained, with replacements if appropriate and tips on where to get them.Leela is not only a dedicated home cook obsessed with culinary history but a great writer, and I love reading even the recipes I know I will never make.One thing I would like to mention: if you are a strict vegetarian, this might not be the book for you. A lot of the delicious funky umami flavours come from fish sauce, oyster sauce, dried shrimp and products that are not vegetarian if you buy an authentic version. It might still inspire you thought, and it's a great read. Working off a combination of her blog and the book for example I was able to create a pretty decent Tom Kha Hed ( vegetarian Tom Kha with mushrooms) and I regularly make a vegetarian version of the cashew chicken stir fry. With chicken, it's one of my girlfriend's favourite meals, and it's become an absolute staple in my house for that reason.So, for me, this book has provided me with recipes that are authentic, doable and make me want to cook them over and over.

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