Recipe Guide

Singaporean Prawns with Sweet Basil Recipe only Singapore's multi-ethic culture and heritage serves up some amazing dishes that combine ingredients from around Asia, great colors, aromas and some of the best street food in the world. This, like so many good Asian recipes is very simple and easy to create as long as you use fresh ingredients.  INGREDIENTS 600 g raw, fresh medium prawns 2 tablespoons vegetable oil 2 tablespoons dry curry paste (see below) 3/4 cup (185 ml) coconut milk 2 teaspoons fish sauce 2 teaspoons palm sugar Handful of Thai sweet basil leaves, for garnish 1 long red chili, seeded and finely sliced, for garnish Dry Curry Paste 2 dried long red chilies 2 lemongrass stalks, white part only, finely sliced 3 cm piece, fresh peeled galangal, finely chopped 4 garlic cloves, finely chopped 4 Asian shallots (purple), finely chopped 6 coriander roots, washed, finely chopped 1 teaspoon, shrimp paste 1 teaspoon ground cumin, dry roasted 3 tablespoons unsalted peanuts, chopp...

Vietnamese Rice Soup with Prawns and Chicken Recipe only This Vietnamese rice soup with prawns and chicken is a classic street stall dish. When you are in need of a quick lunch in Vietnam, just sit down and get a delicious meal and relax. This is a really healthy meal and is typical of Vietnamese food in it is one of the healthiest in the world.  INGREDIENTS 110 g raw medium, sized prawns, shelled, deveined, and tails left on 2 tablespoons vegetable oil 4 large garlic cloves, finely chopped 1 coriander root, finely chopped 1 garlic clove extra, chopped pinch ground white pepper, and extra to sprinkle 75 g minced ground chicken 1 spring onion, finely chopped 4 cups homemade chicken or vegetable stock 2 tablespoons light soy sauce 1 3/4 cups cooked jasmine rice 1 tablespoon finely sliced ginger 1 Chinese cabbage leaf, finely chopped 2 spring onions, finely chopped, for garnish small hand full of fresh coriander leaves, for garnish METHOD 1. Heat the oil in a small wok or frying pan a...

Thai Fried Fish Cakes with Green Beans Recipe only This is a street food dish in Thailand and I used to grab a bag on the way home from work sometimes. It has the very aromatic flavor of kaffir lime leaves. Choose  firm white fish fillets of your liking and you can always make a batch without the red curry paste and serve both together. In Thai they are called 'Tod Mun Bpla'. INGREDIENTS 450 g firm white fish fillets 1 tablespoon red curry paste 1 tablespoon fish sauce 1 egg 50 g brean beans, finely sliced 5 kaffir lime leaves, finely shredded peanut oil for deep-frying sweet chili sauce to serve cucumber relish to serve METHOD 1. make the red curry paste 18 dried red chilies, roughly chopped and stems removed (soak in hot water for 20 minutes first) 1/3 cup small dried shrimp, rinsed and drained 2 tablespoons, chopped coriander root 1 1/2 teaspoons of sea salt 8 garlic cloves, roughly chopped 6 small Asia shallots (Asian shallots are red in color), roughly chopped 6 lemongrass...