Tag: galangal
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PK’s Simple Tom Kha Gai
My way of making Tom Kha, a Thai coconut, chicken and galangal soup, one bowl at a time is great if you have a family with widely different stands on what they will or won’t eat. For example, I love tomatoes, mushrooms and spring onions so I use lots of them in my bowl. My…
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PK’s Cheaters Red Curry Paste
Here is my, unashamedly, unauthentic red curry paste :). I use it to make Thai Red Chicken Curries and also Tom Kha Gai (one of my favourite south-east Asian soups). Please read PK’s Curry Paste Kit before you get going and also ramp the chili factor skywards if you are allowed to. You will notice that I use…
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Galangal (Alpinia galanga)
I was first introduced this root (from the ginger family) when I fell in love with and started cooking Tom yum goong. Tom yum is a Thai soup with a, hard to perfect, balance of hot and sour flavours and is exceptionally high in aromatic and visual appeal. I grow a lot of the ingredients…
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