My friend Simon is a fellow food blogger who created the blog Rice & Sticks. Simon has a passion for Asian cuisine and traveling and it comes through with flying colors in his gorgeous photography and sumptuous recipes. Simon took private culinary classes in royal Thai cuisine at the Blue Elephant restaurant in Bangkok. He believes cooking is a learning process that never ends, “Like “mam” my culinary teacher taught me, It’s all about putting our hearts into what we do. Good food have to be simple, quick and made from scratch.” Simon generously offered to share his Stewed Duck in Tamarind Sauce with us today. Woot Woot!
Here’s Simon:
Hi everyone, this is Simon from Rice & Sticks (@RiceAndSticks). I appreciate this opportunity to be guest posting for, The Sweet and Sour chronicles. I’m going to share with you a lovely, simple duck dish called Ped Toon Nam Ma-Kham, which translates to Stewed duck with tamarind sauce. This dish is not that famous in western Thai restaurants, but is worth trying to make at home as an alternative to the regular green curry or Pad Thai. If duck happens to be too expensive, a great substitute is boneless chicken thighs. Using canned tamarind pulp is fine, but make sure to choose a brand containing only tamarind pulp and water. Singha beer and steamed Chinese bread or jasmine rice works best as an accompaniment. Time to bring your family one step closer to heaven.
250 grams/8 oz boneless duck meat (cut into bite size pieces across the fibers)
5-6 pieces of dried Chinese mushrooms soaked in water until soft (optional)
120 grams/4 oz chest nuts (optional)
Spice paste
6 coriander roots
6 cloves garlic
2 teaspoon white pepper
2 pieces of star anise
2 x 1 in/2.5cm cinnamon stick
Sauce Ingredients
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
4 tablespoon tamarind pulp
3 tablespoon palm sugar
1 tablespoon fish sauce (or to taste)
1 tablespoon light soy sauce
2 teaspoon dark sweet soy or Indonesian kecap manis
2 cups/4 dl chicken stock
2 teaspoons of honey
