Khao Soi or sometimes written every bit Khao soy is a Burmese influenced dish that is popular inward northern Thailand.
I wasn't certain if the recipes inward English linguistic communication were right on the internet...so I referred to i that made from scratch. I believed that the due north as well as south's curries volition live rattling dissimilar as well as therefore refused to believe at that topographic point volition live whatever ruddy curry paste. I also refused to believe that at that topographic point is curry powder.,.. or mayhap non the type of curry pulverization nosotros convey hither that is Indian curry powder.
Then I remembered, I create convey a Thai friend few doors away from my hubby's office. I telephone band her Ah-Nee as well as she is from Chiang Rai. I cooked the paste, as well as brought it to her for a gustatory modality test. She said,"Yumz, it's correct, only add together some lemongrass as well as kaffir lime leafage as well as it'll live perfect, as well as jack upwards the oestrus too". She as well as so told me how it's prepared inward her village. It tin live made amongst chicken or pork, os on, chopped into minor pieces. They also prefer to consume it amongst rice noodles as well as got shocked when I asked her nearly egg noodles. She said, she's non certain nearly other places, but inward her hamlet that borders Myanmar, they consume it amongst rice noodles. Even the crispy noodles are fried rice noodles or drinking glass noodles. And earlier I left, I asked her again.. whatever curry pulverization inward it. She gave me large response, "GOSH NO!" as well as she reminded me to serve it amongst shallots, non onions, as well as to lay the kokosnoot milk into the broth at the rattling lastly minute.
For this noodle... I read that, inward Chiang Mai, it should live served amongst egg noodles, non Chinese wanton noodles every bit it shouldn't convey whatever element of group I odor inward it. And so.... I made my ain egg noodles, broadly cut, only similar how I encounter it inward the pictures. The whole procedure is a lot of move as well as so I divide the labor to live done inside 2 days. One solar daytime to create the paste, the side past times side day, the noodles as well as lastly broth. Everything is ok,but I abhor frying the noodles. Don't know why..but mayhap I was rushing for dinner, so I hated the frying part. LOL.
Final gustatory modality is a dandy relief! Hubby enjoyed it as well as so did Reuben :)
The girls had other gravies amongst the noodles. Yes, plural every bit both girls convey dissimilar tastebuds.
When I had my 2nd bowl of noodles afterward at night... it hitting upon me that the flavour is rattling very familiar. I remembered I had Thai laksa at a Thai fair earlier (I tried googling, at that topographic point is no authentic "Thai Laksa" from Thailand, only Thai noodles). It was precisely this taste. But the toppings were different. And they used a rice noodle that is every bit thick every bit angel pilus pasta. Now, no wonder Ah-Nee recommended me the Vietnamese rice noodle, it truly tasted pretty similar inward texture, only that it was rather fine compared to the i I ate before.
I'm pretty happy that this version that I made registered on my tastebud every bit something I ate before..but I create promise to know that the "Thai Laksa" from the Thai Fair is truly Khao Soi, as well as so I tin tell you lot how unopen this recipe is.
I packed a few portions to laissez passer to Ah-Nee as well as her friends, as well as she told me, my version was all on the spot.
I asked her, what are the exact ingredients she lay inward (I didn't tell her what I lay in) as well as her ingredients are all that I used, except... the dark cardamom. Then I asked her nearly the dark cardamom, she said, some create role it, it's optional. Every household unit of measurement volition convey their ain version, as well as no ii are precisely the same.
Lastly earlier I left, I asked her nearly the Thai Laksa sold inward Malaysia at Thai fairs. She told me, that is Khao Soi.
Yay!!! I'm glad my tastebuds were right!
Khao Soi @ Northern Thai Curry Noodle
Reference: High Heel Gourmet as well as Ah-Nee
Serves: 8-10
Spice paste (all amongst peeled weight)
iv large Thai chilli (or 12-15 regular dried chillies)
75gm shallot, peeled, coasely chopped
45gm ginger, peeled, coarsely chopped
30gm turmeric, peeled, coarsely chopped
1 Tbsp coriander seeds
2 Chinese dark cardamoms (草果)
1 tsp salt
200ml kokosnoot milk
1. Remove seeds from dried chilli as well as launder it clean. Air dry out it. Snip into smaller pieces
2. Remove seeds from dark cardamoms (discard shell) as well as toast it together amongst coriander seeds on a pan until it smells good. Set aside. Grind until fine. (I role a mill)
3. Put shallot, ginger, chilli together inward the pan as well as toast it until it smells good. Grind or blend this until fine similar puree. Add some kokosnoot milk (from the allocated amount) if it's difficult to puree.
4. Put kokosnoot milk into pan, as well as oestrus until you lot encounter the kokosnoot milk starts to crack. Put everything inward as well as saute on medium depression oestrus until it is rattling fragrant as well as looks rattling glossy. Set aside for role later.
Khao Soi Broth
All the spice paste
1kg chicken (meat as well as bones)
2 lemon grass, bruised
2 kaffir lime leaves,torn
3L water
400-500ml kokosnoot milk (depending on the concentration of the milk bought, mine was rather diluted, hmmph! Not from my fav stall.)
2 Tbsp low-cal soy sauce
1 Tbsp fish sauce
1 Tbsp salt
2 Tbsp palm carbohydrate (I used Thai palm sugar)
1. Bring H2O to boil.
2. Put inward chicken, lemon grass as well as spice glue into the boiling water. Let it simmer for xxx minutes.
3. Put inward kaffir lime leaves as well as all the seasonings. Taste as well as conform accordingly. Make it rattling slightly oversalted (remember the kokosnoot milk).
4. Bring the broth dorsum to a rolling boil. Pour inward the kokosnoot milk, stir it all the time, when it comes dorsum to a boil, plow off the heat.
Chilli glue (for spice marking adjustment)
10 dried chillies
five bird's oculus chilli or more
2 shallots
1/2 tsp salt
1. Remove seeds as well as launder the dried chillies.
2. Grind all the ingredients together except the salt
3. Saute inward 3-4 Tbsp of stone oil amongst salt, on medium depression heat, until it turns dry out as well as crispy.
Condiments
Fried crispy noodles (just deep tyke the noodles inward rattling hot stone oil for a few seconds until they puff)
Thickly sliced shallots
Lime
Pickled Mustard (Harm choy)
Coriander or jump onion
To Serve
Egg noodles (not Wanton Noodles), cooked accordingly
Or
Vietnamese rice noodles (recommended past times Ah-Nee,of which she says is only about what she ordinarily eats at domicile dorsum inward Chiang Rai ), cooked according to packaging
Place unmarried percentage noodles inward bowl. Pour the broth over amongst some chicken pieces. Sprinkle crispy noodles over as well as garnish amongst jump onions or coriander. Serve lime, shallots as well as pickled mustard separately. (Or only dump them all in). Adjust oestrus according to personal preference amongst chilli paste.
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