Monday, February 26, 2007

Ingredients:
4 ounces of freshly roasted (unsalted) peanuts.
4 cloves of garlic, chopped
1 ounce chopped onion
2 tablespoons red or Massaman curry paste
1 teaspoon fish sauce
8 tablespoons coconut milk
6 teaspoons lime juice (to taste).
3 teaspoons brown sugar.

Directions:

First grind or crush the peanuts to a fairly fine powder. Then combine them with the remaining ingredients (except the lime juice), to form a smooth sauce. If the sauce is too thick, you can thin it with a little chicken stock. Now add the lime juice, tasting as you progress to check the balance of flavors is correct.

Note use red curry paste with beef or pork satay, Massaman with chicken. If you are doing shrimp satay then use half the quantity of Massaman paste.

Easy thai peanut sauce



Ingredients:
3 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons creamy peanut butter
2 teaspoons white wine vinegar
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1/3 cup unsalted dry roasted peanuts

Directions:

In a small bowl, stir together the soy sauce, peanut butter, vinegar and cayenne pepper. Use less cayenne for a milder sauce.




Salad I like

INGREDIENTS

  • 1/4 cup rice vinegar
  • 2 tablespoons sesame oil
  • 1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger
  • 1 tablespoon shredded carrot
  • 1/4 teaspoon lime juice
  • 1/2 pound mixed baby greens
  • 1 mango - peeled, seeded and diced
  • 2 teaspoons sesame seeds

DIRECTIONS

  1. In a small bowl, mix rice vinegar, sesame oil, ginger, carrot, and lime juice.
  2. In a medium bowl, toss rice vinegar mixture with baby greens and mango. Sprinkle with sesame seeds to serve.

Thai Peanut sauce

Ingredients:
4 ounces of freshly roasted (unsalted) peanuts.
4 cloves of garlic, chopped
1 ounce chopped onion
2 tablespoons red or Massaman curry paste
1 teaspoon fish sauce
8 tablespoons coconut milk
6 teaspoons lime juice (to taste).
3 teaspoons brown sugar.

Directions:

First grind or crush the peanuts to a fairly fine powder. Then combine them with the remaining ingredients (except the lime juice), to form a smooth sauce. If the sauce is too thick, you can thin it with a little chicken stock. Now add the lime juice, tasting as you progress to check the balance of flavors is correct.

Note use red curry paste with beef or pork satay, Massaman with chicken. If you are doing shrimp satay then use half the quantity of Massaman paste.

Dressing

INGREDIENTS

  • 1 cup olive oil
  • 1/4 cup soy sauce
  • 1 lemon, juiced
  • 3 cloves garlic, minced
  • 3 tablespoons minced fresh ginger root
  • 1 teaspoon prepared Dijon-style mustard
  • 2 teaspoons honey
  • ground black pepper to taste

DIRECTIONS

  1. In a small bowl, whisk together the soy sauce, lemon juice, garlic, ginger, mustard, honey and pepper. Once these are thoroughly combined, add the oil in a steady stream, whisking constantly. When all of the oil is incorporated into the dressing, pour into a glass jar and chill until serving.

Peanut sauce - recipe

1. Chinese
Ingredients:
1/2 cup peanut butter (always, always unsweetened !!)
1/2 cup chicken broth (canned undiluted is fine; I use Campbell's)
1/2 teaspoon garlic cloves, minced
1/2 teaspoon hot chili oil
- OR -
1/8 teaspoon hot red chili pepper flakes
2 spring onions, sliced
Direction:
Mix and boil.
2. Benihana sauce

1/2 cup minced onion
1/2 cup peanut oil
1/3 cup rice vinegar
2 tablespoons water
2 tablespoons minced fresh ginger
2 tablespoons minced celery
2 tablespoons ketchup
4 teaspoons soy sauce
2 teaspoons sugar
2 teaspoons lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon minced garlic
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper

Combine all ingredients in a blender. Blend on high speed for about 30 seconds or until all of the ginger is well pureed. Makes 1 3/4 cups.

3. Spicy Asian peanut sauce.

Ingredients:
2 2/3 tablespoons Soy sauce
2 2/3 tablespoons Unseasoned rice vinegar
1/4 cup Cold water
2 tablespoons Sugar
1/4 teaspoon Salt
1 1/2 teaspoon Minced ginger root
1 teaspoon Minced garlic
1/4 cup Ground roasted peanuts
2 tablespoons Peanut oil
2 tablespoons Sesame oil
2 tablespoons Hot chili oil, or to taste

Directions:

To prepare sauce, add first 7 ingredients to a blender and process on high speed 1 minute. Add ground peanuts and process 1 minute more. In a cup, combine oils and drizzle into blender mixture while blending at low speed.






Thursday, February 1, 2007

God is dead

Someone broke into my car last night..
The theif didn't take anything but my Gym bag.
There were lots of stuff like cosmetic, bath stuff, gym clothes(my favorite), membership card, and.. lot of stuff.
Why did he do that?
Just get some easy money?
I want to know if he tried to get a job or even wanted to work.. for living.
Or is he just a street person who wants an easy life and lives worse than parasites.
Bad people should all die.. they should die really hurtfully.
They should be hurt ten million times more than people who were hurt by them.

I've tried really hard to be a nice and kind person in my life.
Then, why this kind thing happens to me?
Should good people disappear from this world?
Should we leave all mean and bad people behind?
I don't want to be existing any more...
Nobody's helping.. I am so depressed..
Is God dead??
More and more.. I get disappointed.. He is not here..
Or maybe he stop loving me..
I want to die.. I don't have any reason to be alive..
I am not adding anything..
When I thought about someone(that bastard!) who broke my car.. I thought about someone whose heart was broken by me.
Which is more hurtful?
I know..
I hurt so many people this way..
Did I??
I make myself not to feel guilty ..
I didn't break their hearts..
I could be the actual cause of their pain but their hearts were broken by themselves..
I didn't break anything..
They did to themselves.