Pai Pics
Alright, so these are some of the pictures from Pai. Note that lovely girl in the first picture. Her name is Rasheen and she is cute and Scottish and traveling solo even though she's just 18-years old. She is definitely my hero! We had breakfast at the Witching Well... man, that place is magical. The other pics are from the cooking class I took. My teacher Dao (which means "star" in Thai) was amazing. I had her all to myself and she helped me cook green curry (I made my own curry paste!) and som tum which is spicy papaya salad. You can see the ingredients for the som tum in the last picture. You have to put the ingredients in a mortar and grind them with a pestle. My students call this dish Papaya Bop-Bop because that is the sound of mashing the papaya. This is a great way to smash out anxiety or stress! Not that I really had any in Pai...i constantly forgot what time it was as there was nothing really to be doing. Nice : )
posted by Jen @ 2:55 AM
3 Comments:
At 10:21 AM ,
Emily said...
oooohhhh. can you explain how to make green curry paste? what goes in it? maybe i can use bolivian peppers and make a south american curry, with potatoes and corn and llama and fava beans and quinoa.
thai food does not exist in this country. really. its so sad.
At 11:59 PM ,
Jen said...
green curry paste is basically green chillis, garlic, small red onions, lime zest, and a little lemongrass and ginger. you just mash it all together with a mortar and pestle. i think you can add shrimp paste if you want.
At 11:59 PM ,
Jen said...
green curry paste is basically green chillis, garlic, small red onions, lime zest, and a little lemongrass and ginger. you just mash it all together with a mortar and pestle. i think you can add shrimp paste if you want.
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