Last Saturday I took a cooking class in Chiang Mai. Bob and Pearl from the yoga immersion joined me for this full day event. The first activity was to go to the market for fresh ingredients. Here our guide is showing us how to squeeze the milk out of a coconut.
The cooking was very well organized with precise instructions. “Now add half a spatula of fish oil”.
“After five seconds, press hard to flatten the fish cake”.
I liked it that we made our own green curry paste (although they said that the one you get at the market is good but may be too salty or too spicy)
...and of course we got to squeeze the milk out of a net full of coconut (this is Pearl doing the work)
We also got to eat the food we had made – here I am having a green curry with tofu (thanks Bob for taking the picture).
Here's seafood in coconut milk.
Dessert: mango with sweet sticky rice.
I was later told that mango is out of season and that they have to transport it from the south, so from now on I will rather enjoy all the other delicious fruits that are available here.
The website of the school is http://www.cookinthai.com/ and they are kind enough to post pictures from every class. You also get a recipe book so that you'll be able to remember the art when returning home.
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