I attended this class a few months ago now, but as I have just got my blog off the ground, I thought this was a good opportunity to share the recipes and experience.
I love Thai food and wanted to attend this class for a while, but every time I tried to enrol, it was fully booked. I finally registered early enough to get a place for myself and my boyfriend. It was even more fortuitous, when we arrived to find out it was the very last class as the teacher was retiring.
I had never attended an adult cooking class before and was not sure what I would be in for. I truly hoped it was going to be hands on and not just a demonstration. We were in luck! The first part of the class was taken up with studying all the fresh ingredients, many of them I was familiar with and already use regularly such as; fresh ginger, shallots and coriander. There were others that I had not come across and was very pleased to learn where to source them locally. These included shrimp paste, lemongrass, galangal and fried shallots.
The class then split into two groups and one group made red curry paste and the other group made green curry paste. These pastes would be the base for the other dishes we were going to cook. (see Categories – Recipes – Thai for full recipes of the curry pastes and meals – Adding recipes as I can – stay tuned)
After the pastes were made, we split into teams of two to create a Thai meal each, which we would then all put in the middle of the table and have a Thai banquet for lunch. Awesome!
We got Thai Fish cakes to make and the other dishes were Thai Green Curry Chicken, Pad Thai, Hot and Sour Chicken Soup, Pork Jungle Curry and Thai Beef Salad.
I have to say, the Thai Green Curry was THE BEST I have ever tasted. You just have to try it and you can adjust the heat by the amount of curry paste you use. Enjoy!
