cilantro
pak chee
herbs & spices
Fresh cilantro or Chinese parsley is widely available in any supermarket now. The difference between the fresh and the dried is so great, that for all recipes, I highly suggest using the fresh. It comes in a bunch, priced from 50 cents to $1.50. If you get it from an oriental grocery, you will find that it comes with roots. Many Thai recipes call for its roots. The roots are crushed for soup. The leaves and stems are cut up for garnish in noodles and 'yum'. However, at most U.S. supermarket, the roots are cut off. I find that the stems and leaves are as good as the roots. The seeds are called coriander and used in many Thai curry pastes. I sow the seeds directly on the soil in Spring and by the time the air is warm, I have my fresh cilantro.
Recipes using cilantro
Baked Shrimp in Clear Noodles
Goong Ob Woonsen
Shrimp baked in garlic, pepper, cilantro and clear noodles
Chicken in Coconut Soup
Gai Tom Kha
Galangal flavored coconut soup. Sour and hot broth.
Chicken on Rice with Hot Yellow Bean Sauce
Kow Mun Gai
Chicken on rice cooked in chicken broth with spicy soy bean sauce
Chinese Olive Fried Rice
Kow Pad Nam Leab
Exotic Chinese olive fried rice
Curried Noodles
Goew Tiew Kak
Rice noodles in beef curry sauce
Fried Fish with Tamarind Sauce
Pla Rad Prig
Whole fish pan fried and served with spicy tamarind sauce
Fried Wontons
Geow Grob
Spiced ground pork in crispy wonton wrap
Giant Noodle Rolls
Goi Tiew Lohd
Tofu, bean sprouts and shrimp wrapped in fresh noodles and served with a spicy sauce
Hot Yellow Bean Sauce
Nam Jim Kow Mun Gai
Laab
Larb
Spicy ground pork or chicken salad cooked in lime juice, chili pepper and fish sauce
Mushroom Tom Yum
Tom Yum Hed
Spicy and sour oyster mushroom soup with lemon grass broth
Mussel Sprout Pancakes
Hoy Tod
Crispy mussel pancakes with bean sprouts
Peanut Dipping Sauce for Fried Tofu
Nam Jim Tou Hu Tod
Slow Cooked Beef in Spices
Neur Toon
A slow cooked dish with an extremely complex taste.
Steak Salad
Yum Nua
Spicy beef salad in lime juice, hot pepper and fish sauce
Steamed Curried Fish
Haw Moak
Steamed, marinaded fish in curry paste and coconut milk on vegetables.
Tom Yum Goong
Tom Yum Goong
Shrimp in clear soup made from lemon grass, kaffir lime, hot pepper, lime juice and fish sauce
Veggies for Pickled Fish Chili Sauce
Yum Sausage
Yum Moo Yaw
Pork sausage salad served hot or cold