Ingredients
1 onion, chopped
8 garlic, minced
1 tbsp hot pepper flakes
1/4 cup nam pla
1 tbsp brown sugar
2 tbsp orange juice concentrate
2 scallions, chopped
1 tbsp coriander leaves.
Directions
Fry onion and garlic until golden. Add hot pepper flakes. Leave on
burner but turn off heat.
Boil rest of ingredients together. When the mixture comes to a boil,
add the onion mixture. Serve immediately.
Servings: 1 batch
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Categories: Thai
The History of Recipes
It is possible to read the history of written recipes far back into the distant past, at least as far as early Egypt, and quite possibly further than that. Interesting though that is, these, old records were just very simple pictorial recipes for preparing food.
In fact, the oldest recipe in existence, according to food historians is a collection of tablets in Sumerian which describe the preparation of bread which is then used to make a drink, quite possibly a form of beer as it is recorded as having made people feel blissful and exhilarated. Later on, in The time of the roman empire 25BC a roman called Apicius created a few scripts describing recipes enjoyed by the Romans. In his works, he describes how the roman meals were separated into starters, main meal and desserts, a very modern way of dining. This early Roman chef recounts how the Roman chefs were skilled in the use of a wide range of herbs and spices, including a few that are still present in modern kitchens such as bay, mint and dill. Later, we find two interesting books which appeared in the fourteenth century : a book entitled `Forme of Cury`, and another named `Curye on Inglish`. Despite their titles, they have no connection with the spicy food that we all know today, but rather descriptions of the types of food enjoyed by the wealthy. Later, in the fifteenth century, people returning from the crusades brought us many foods and herbs from Arab countries, including spices like parsley, basil and rosemary. The introduction of these new culinary ideas was responsible for an explosion in books on cooking, most of which are now in academic collections. The arrival of television gave us cooking programs and the recipe books that accompanied them. Which brings us neatly up to date and the invention of the internet, allowing us all to access thousands of recipes just like those on our web site. |
We hope you enjoy this Nam Pla Wan recipe.
