KoKret(Kret Island)
KoKret is an island located in the middle of the Chao Phraya River. It is in Pak Kret district, Nonthaburi province. Mon people have been this place since Ayutthaya period. So, it is well known as Ban Mon (Mon village).It is an ancient place with abundant culture because people in the village have been conserved their traditional culture especially traditional Mon food.There is no doubt that KoKretis one of the most attractive places in Thailand to visit.
1. Mon Food: Bang Kra Dee Recipe
Sour Curry (Kaeng Som) with Okra Pot and Young Tamarind Leaf Ingredient
100 grams young tamarind leaves
20 grams red shallots
5 grams shrimp paste
100 grams okra pods
100 grams grilled climbing perch
100 grams shrimps
10 grams dried cayenne peppers
5 grams salt Cooking Method
1. To make chili paste; soak dried cayenne peppers in water and remove the seeds out. Then pound the prepared cayenne peppers with salt, red shallots, grilled climbing perch and shrimp paste until well combined.
2. Boil water and put the paste into the water. Then add young tamarind leaves and chopped okra pods.
3. Add shrimps when the curry is boiled. Finally, seasonthe curry. Trick
1. Don’t stir the curry after adding grilled climbing perch
2. Choose only young okra pods
3. Choose young tamarind leaves for sour flavor
To make chili paste; soak dried chili in water and remove the seeds out. Pound the chili with salt, lemon grass, galangal, shallot, kaffir lime peel and shrimp paste until well blended.
Peel and chop giant taro. After that wash it in water. Then boil until it’s soft. Set aside.
Fry prepared chili paste with fingerroot.
Boil thick coconut milk then add fried chili paste along with boiled sneakhead. Season with tamarind juice, palm sugarand salt.
Cook until boiled. Then add sliced kaffir lime leave.
Trick
Boil Giant Taro with tamarind juice.
Wear gloves when peel the giant taro to avoid itchy skin.
To make chili pasted; soak dried chilies in water and remove the seeds out. Then, pound the prepared chili with salt until blended. Add shallots and shrimp paste. Continue pounding until well combined.
Dissolve chili paste in water and boil it. Then, add chopped snakehead to cook until it’s done. After that add okra leaves along with okra pods. Then season as you like.
Trick
Snakehead growing in the nature has better taste than farm snakehead.
If you prefer spicy taste, you can cook with Bird’s eye chili instead of dried chili.
Cut the top and the bottom of okra pods. Then sliced diagonally.
Dissolve sugar in small amount of water. Add salt and stir until dissolved. Then add lime juice. After that add thick coconut milk, boiled chicken, boiled pork, grilled squid and dried shrimp. Mix them all.
Add cucumber, jicama, peanut, lettuce, onion and carrot. Mix them well.
Add garland chrysanthemum and coriander and mix them well. Cut boiled egg into 4 pieces and decorate on your dish.
Trick
The taste is better if you eat suddenly after you finished cooking.
