Hi everybody,
I decided to to choose one of my favorite foods to present to the class. When somebody in my family is sick, especially my father, my mother likes to make rice soup for the family. I like every kind of meat with which she makes it. But the best is fish. It's quite simple. Now, let's get this show on the road.
First we have rice, of course. Thai jasmine rice is the best choice because it's very soft and smells wonderful. First you boil the rice with a little bit of salt-- just enough to be able to taste it. It takes about forty minutes for the rice to be soft enough. And that means you have time to prepare the other ingredients. My mother would slice the fish and put some salt or a little soysauce in it and it let sit for about 20 minutes or more (if we can wait), to give the fish time to absorb the salt and the sauce. While waiting for the fish, she prepares some fresh vegetables. We need a lot of strong-smelling herbs to kill the smell of the fishy fish. So we need to chop some green onion, cilantro, celery, fresh ginger, and a bulb of garlic (yes, a whole bulb, not just a clove!). As soon as you finish with the ginger, put it in the rice pot.
Next step is to fry the chopped garlic at a very low temperature, otherwise you will get black bitter garlic instead of brown sweet garlic. Oh don't forget to glance at the rice every once in a while to check if it's doing okay. You don't have much to do with the rice except for when it boils over then you need to turn the temperature down.
Frying the fish, you also need very low temperature. Cook the fish until it looks yellow or very light brown and it looks dry enough (enough to leave the smell out). When the rice is ready, first turn the stove off to make sure that you don't waste energy. Now it's time to serve. Put as much rice as you want into a bowl and then some green onion, cilatro, celery, and fried garlic in. Thai peple like spicy food so they put some vinegar, roasted powder pepper, and some more salt. Not for my family. Because it's best the way my mother makes it, we can't make it better. The soft rice with some tender fish with no fishy smell and some green herbs and the nice smell of ginger just go with each other very well.
This kind of food is very good for somebody who has a cold or flu or even any kind of disease that makes your stomach weak. The smell of the herbs will make your stuffy nose clear. And also because it's hot so it can keep you warm. Also it's very mild for your stomach and very easy to digest. And you can eat a lot without having to worry about your weight because it's very light in fat and carbs.
I decided to to choose one of my favorite foods to present to the class. When somebody in my family is sick, especially my father, my mother likes to make rice soup for the family. I like every kind of meat with which she makes it. But the best is fish. It's quite simple. Now, let's get this show on the road.
First we have rice, of course. Thai jasmine rice is the best choice because it's very soft and smells wonderful. First you boil the rice with a little bit of salt-- just enough to be able to taste it. It takes about forty minutes for the rice to be soft enough. And that means you have time to prepare the other ingredients. My mother would slice the fish and put some salt or a little soysauce in it and it let sit for about 20 minutes or more (if we can wait), to give the fish time to absorb the salt and the sauce. While waiting for the fish, she prepares some fresh vegetables. We need a lot of strong-smelling herbs to kill the smell of the fishy fish. So we need to chop some green onion, cilantro, celery, fresh ginger, and a bulb of garlic (yes, a whole bulb, not just a clove!). As soon as you finish with the ginger, put it in the rice pot.
Next step is to fry the chopped garlic at a very low temperature, otherwise you will get black bitter garlic instead of brown sweet garlic. Oh don't forget to glance at the rice every once in a while to check if it's doing okay. You don't have much to do with the rice except for when it boils over then you need to turn the temperature down.
Frying the fish, you also need very low temperature. Cook the fish until it looks yellow or very light brown and it looks dry enough (enough to leave the smell out). When the rice is ready, first turn the stove off to make sure that you don't waste energy. Now it's time to serve. Put as much rice as you want into a bowl and then some green onion, cilatro, celery, and fried garlic in. Thai peple like spicy food so they put some vinegar, roasted powder pepper, and some more salt. Not for my family. Because it's best the way my mother makes it, we can't make it better. The soft rice with some tender fish with no fishy smell and some green herbs and the nice smell of ginger just go with each other very well.
This kind of food is very good for somebody who has a cold or flu or even any kind of disease that makes your stomach weak. The smell of the herbs will make your stuffy nose clear. And also because it's hot so it can keep you warm. Also it's very mild for your stomach and very easy to digest. And you can eat a lot without having to worry about your weight because it's very light in fat and carbs.
Pim, this is wonderful! Thank you so much. I want to try it sometime for sure!
ReplyDeletewhy don't you invite me for dinner? then i don't need to cook.. he he he
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