Kaffir Lime Leaves: Kaffir Lime News in New York Times

Kaffir Lime Leaves.com mentioned in the NYtimes.com

I am thankful to David Tanis for mentioning about my website kaffirlimeleaves.com in the nytimes.com today.  By the way, he wrote a wonderful blog about the kaffir lime leaves as well as their fruits.  Here is the link to the blog.

Of course, you find a lot of them and other kinds of citrus in  Southeast Asia .  The fruits and leaves are very useful for cooking and other home remedies.  You can use the rinds for cooking too, but you don’t want to leaves them  in the pot so long.  They would give a bitter taste if you eat them.  You might want to pick them up after a few minutes in the pot.  Some folks, especially women,  use the rinds for having a great looking skin.  The fruit juice can be used to shampoo your hair.  It leaves a clean and soft texture.  For the salad and the fish cake, young kaffir lime leaves are preferred.

Even though some cooking recipes mentioned that you can substitute the kaffir lime leaves with lemon grass or lemon grass mixed with lime zest.  They are not even close  kaffir lime leaves because the fragrance is total different.  It is unique and one of a kind.

Keep in mind though the fresh kaffir lime leaves are much better than dried ones.  Those dried ones tend to lose the fragrance which is important in Thai cooking.  You can use them for substitute, but not quite like the fresh ones.  Fresh ingredient is the key to have a real Thai cooking flavor.  Don’t risk your wonderful flavor for substitute or dried ingredients.

If you love to have a kaffir lime leave tree, check out the Home Depot or you local nursery places or you can order it online if you have access to internet.

To learn more about the important of kaffir lime leaves and their fruits, please refer to the kaffir lime leaves page.

com mentioned in the NYtimes.com

I am thankful to David Tanis for mentioned my website kaffirlimeleaves.com in the nytimes.com today.  By the way, he wrote a wonderful blog about the kaffir lime leaves as well as their fruits.  Here is the link to the blog.

Of course, you find a lot of them and other kinds of citrus in  Southeast Asia .  The fruits and leaves are very useful for cooking and other home remedies.  You can use the rinds for cooking too, but you don’t want to leaves them  in the pot so long.  They would give a bitter taste if you eat them.  You might want to pick them up after a few minutes in the pot.  Some folks, especially women,  use the rinds for having a great looking skin.  The fruit juice can be used to shampoo your hair.  It leaves a clean and soft texture.  For the salad and the fish cake, young kaffir lime leaves are preferred.

Even though some cooking recipes mentioned that you can substitute the kaffir lemon leaves with lemon grass or lemon grass mixed with lime zest.  They are not even close  because the fragrance is total different.  It is unique and one of a kind.

Keep in mind though the fresh kaffir lime leaves are much better than dried kaffir lime leaves.  Those dried ones tend to lose the fragrance which is important in Thai cooking.  You can use them for substitute, but not quite like the fresh ones.  Fresh ingredient is the key to have a real Thai cooking flavor.  Don’t risk your wonderful flavor for substitute or dried ingredients.

If you love to have your own kaffir lime leave tree, check out the Home Depot or you local nursery places or you can order it online if you have access to internet.

To learn more about the important of kaffir lime leaves and their fruits, please refer to the kaffir lime leaves page.

 

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Kaffir lime leaves: Hot and Spicy Chicken Soup

Ingredients

hot and spicy chicken soup3 stalks lemongrass, bottom 6″ only

4 cups water or chicken broth

3 Kaffir lime leaves

1 lb. chicken breasts

1/4 cup + 2 Tbs. fish sauce

1/4 cup + 2 Tbs. lime juice

3 Serrano chiles (to your liking)

½ cup cilantro

Preparation

1. Slice the lemon grass in half, lengthwise. Crush the slices with a knife or cleaver and put them in a saucepan with the water or chicken broth and Kaffir lime leaves.

2. Chop the chicken into 3/4″ pieces, leaving the bones for flavor or removing them. Set aside.

3. Bring the water or chicken broth with the lemon grass and Kaffir lime leaves to a gentle boil and boil for 5 minutes, covered. Add the chicken and fish sauce and boil gently, covered, until the chicken is done, around 15 minutes.

4. Remove from heat and add the lime juice.

5. Remove the stems, but not the seeds, from the chiles, Crush the chiles with a side of a cleaver or large knife until they split in several places.  Add them to the soup and stir.  Garnish with cilantro and serve with rice.

Courtesy of “Thai Home Cooking from Kamolmal’s Kitchen”, by William Crawford & Kamolmal Pootaraksa

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Curry: Panang Curry with Beef

panang curry with beefIngredients

2 lbs beef chuck or rump roast

Marinade ingredients

1 tbsp fish soy sauce

1 tbsp red wine

2 cups coconut milk

1/4 cup coconut cream

21/2 tbsp panang curry paste

2 tbsps fish sauce

2 tbsps  sugar

5 mixed fresh green and red chili peppers, seeded and cut lengthwise into 4 pieces

Garnish

1 fresh kaffir lime leaf, cut into fine slivers

Preparation

Cut the meat into very thin bite-sized pieces. Marinate the cut meat in a 1 tbsp fish sauce and 1 tbsp red wine for 10 minutes.

Place the 2 cups of coconut milk in a saucepan and bring it barely to a boil.  Add the marinated meat and cook for 15 minutes or until the meat is tender.

Place the 1/4 cup of coconut cream in a frying pan over medium heat and mix in the curry paste.  Stir until the curry releases its aroma.  Pour this mixture over the meat.

Mix in the 2 tbsps fish sauce, sugar, and chili pepper.  Heat the mixture up.  Place in a serving dish and sprinkle with the kaffir lime leaf.  Serve with steam rice.

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