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Original recipe of the week: Sa-wat-di-pi-mai!

Original recipe of the week: Sa-wat-di-pi-mai!
Original recipe of the week: Sa-wat-di-pi-mai!

This recipe is a quick and easy way to bring in the Thai New Year with style this breakfast time…or even to simply cure a well-deserved hangover.

Thai eggs

Serves 1

You will need:

2 eggs

1 red chilli (chopped)

1 handful of coriander (chopped)

2 shallots (diced)

1 garlic clove (diced)

1tsp nam pla (fish sauce)

1tsp soy sauce

Juice and zest of half a lime

1tbsp sugar

½tsp oyster sauce

Vegetable oil

Small bowl

Frying pan

Method:

  1. Fill a frying pan one third full with oil and bring to the boil.  Crack open the eggs and carefully, with slotted spoon, place them into the oil one at a time.
  2. Leave to cook for only a couple of seconds so you get a nice crispy outside, but an oozing yolk.
  3. Remove from the oil and place on some kitchen roll to drain.
  4. In a small bowl, mix together all of the other ingredients to make a simple sauce.
  5. All you need to do now is serve it as either a dipping sauce or poured on top to make a delicious Thai-inspired take on a fried egg breakfast. Pair with some delicious smoked mackerel if you’re feeling peckish.

Kŏr hâi jà-rern aa-hăan! 

Bethany Stone

 

 

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