I love Thai food - for the exquisite sensation that it imparts on my taste buds, for the beautiful appearance that it puts on without any effort, for making the best out of the most simplest ingredients. The touch of coconut milk, liberal use of fresh herbs and the hotness complimented well by the other flavors are a treat to any foodie. Every time I write a big para about each dish. But this time, for a change I want to let the dish do all the talking and to allow you to wallow in its richness, both in looks and taste.
Appetizers
Chef Sala with her Saku sai displays what one could call as culinary wisdom coupled with experience. Traveling the way she has, one could learn a thing or two about foods from all over.
Chef rupa presents us with this simple day to day afair with her Som Tam. It may be a simple daily grub for the Thai's but for me this calls for special occasion!
Chef Priya may Joke about living in chinatown for getting inspired with such asian dishes, but her cucumber salad speaks more - about passion and about her love for creating something new.
Chef Priya kickstarts her contribution to Thai with attractive looking Thai Red Curry Noodle Soup. If you were impressed already at her entry, wait till she bows your mind away in all the courses.
Chef Chandani with her spring rolls made me so hungry one Tuesday afternoon at work that I went and finished off one whole packet of tortilla chips on my own! It also made me come home and make spring rolls (her recipe of course) and eat only that for dinner to make for the frivolous lunch!!
Chef Asha is one heck of a cook. She always manages to spoil all kinds of diets. I even try to not go around to her site if I can help it - but something draws me in. Like this picture! She made it easier for me (luv her!) by making this nutritious and delicious Spicy salad which I can vouch for first hand!
Chef Indrani made sure with her colorful and vibrant salad that i never feel bad about having salads ever again. With such a plate who cares if it called a salad or a dessert. It looks the same to me :)Main Dish
Chef Supriya Raman with her Red Chilli noodles. Hot and spicy - a haven to chilli lovers
Chef Rashmi shows why Pad Thai is so famous all around the world. One look at this picture says it all - don't you think?
Chef Pavani knows how to make all of us drool. The way her Pad Thai looks, its no wonder it won approval from her husband and we are sure that it will win ours too.
Chef Cham with her Noodle salad managed to "oops I did it again" this time too. What am i going on about here? Well its her way of capturing your attention with her pictures. I have mentioned this in almost all my round ups and here I am yet again - Even a person with no appetitte would surely sit around to watch her creations and start feeling hungry!
Chef Meera uses her creativity to make her Thai Coconut Noodles with brown rice noodles. And her creativity does not stop there - she has added - guess what - Pav bhaji masala!!!!
Chef Curry Leaf's skills at her kitchen is known! And with all that expertise in her nimble fingers she has dished out Thai Noodles with aromatic green paste. See how she makes such a simple dish into flavorworks!
Side Dishes
Chef Surpriya with her Tofu and Vegetables in Peanut Ginger Sauce. With such tastes, do you even care to know that this dish is also healthy?
Chef Sia from Monsoon Spice with her exquisite looking Thai Yellow curry. A stunner both in looks and sensations.
Chef Rekha with her Red Thai curry what fiery literally means. The dish bespeaks also about the subtle amalgamation of sweetness when combined with hot. Do I sound too jargon'ish? Check out her recipe to know what I am talking about.
Chef Priya with her Green Pineapple curry shows how the correct balance of hot and sweet can blow you mind and your taste buds. Believe you me, the sensation is out of this world.
Chef PG explains with her how Tofu curry how something like mind power can bring out so much from each one of us. The recipe does not reflect her need to make a mind set though since it looks as appetizing and as delicious as being made by one with lots of patience, time and energy.
Chef Chandani is heartless! I mean if showing this picture of Thai Red Curry was not enough, she goes and recites a complete Menu which she prepared for few Lucky guests! With a spread as this, I am sure the guest would have been unable to move at the end of the meal - I know I would have not been able to!
Chef Ashwini's greets you with a bang! Not only with her "house" painted red but also with her spicy fiery colored Thai Red Curry! Dont make my word for it - check it out yourself.
Chef Apu presents my all time favorite Masaman Curry on of the most famous of its Thai counterparts. The coconut plays a pleasurable havoc to our buds and the vegetables only heighten that sensation.
Desserts
Chef Priya is know to make creative dishes and this corn pudding is no exception to it. By looking at it you would never have guessed that this appetizing pudding is made of corn!
Chef little em whips up my favorite. Her recipe worked wonders in my taste buds and I loved the simplicity of it. I would recommend it to everyone esp. those who love coconuts and go 'bananas' over them :)
Chef Ashwini whips up another of the famous and yummilicious Banana-coconut dessert. Looks and tastes so yummy that this is one dessert you can make more often than not.
With such a spread, I am sure canned coconut and fresh coconut must have been in high demand during the month! At least it was so in my kitchen, since I was busy making your delicious food at my place. I have tried to add in all the entries which you have sent me but in case you thought I have stolen your entries all for myself, oh well, its not entirely true ;-)!!! Please do drop in a mail/ or even a comment to give a tap about the entry left. Hope you enjoyed this menu as much as I loved putting it up for you.
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