Boiled Pork with Lime,Garlic and Chili Sauce (Moo Ma-nao - หมูมะนาว)

Ingredients :

300 gram pork tenderloin,sliced into well pieces
2 tablespoons minced garlic
5-10 chillies, chopped
1 tablespoon chopped coriander leaves
1 tablespoon soy sauce
2 tablespoon fish sauce
1 tablespoon sugar
3-5 tablespoons lime juice
1 chinese kale (peel skin , and slice into well pieces ) coriander leaves (for garnishing )

Method :
1.In a medium- sized bowl, prepare sauce by adding minced garlic,chopped chilles , soy sauce,sugar and lime juice.stir until all ingredient mixed thoroughly.Adjust the taste according to your desire.
2.heat water in a pot untill boiling. then add sliced chinese kale and scald it in boiled water for 2 minutes.Remove and drain.Arrange it on a serving plate
3.After removing chinese kale,add sliced pork tenderlion.Scald until cooked thoroughly,then remove and drain.
4.Transfer the cooked pork to the serving plate. Pour prepared sauce over the boiled pork and garnish witg coriander leaves. Serve immediately with hot steamed rice.

Salty Bean Coconut Milk ( Lon Tow Jiew - หลนเต้าเจี็ยว)

There are several similar Thai recipes that consists of a salty thing added to coconut milk to make a rich salty sauce.The saltiness in this one comes from yellow beans.Many of these recipes are popular in Thailand ,but they don't really translate to the west,I think it's because the taste is nice but the sauce isn't much to look at.

Ingredients

250 ml Coconut milk
2 tablespoons yellow bean sauce
100ml tamarind juice
2 Tablespoon sugar
100gms pork mince
50 gms shrimp mince
1 tablespoon sliced red onion
1 tablespoon sliced chillies
1 tabkespoon chopped coriander leaves

Preparation

1.If you prefer a smooth sauce, blend the yellow beans to a smooth paste,I prefer to have some texture.
2.boil the coconut milk over a medium heat,add the yellow bean sauce,add the pork mince and the shrimp mince and lower the heat.
3.Add the tamarind juice (tamarind pulp squeezed into water to make sour water),add the sugar and stir tomix.
4.Take off the heat,chop the chillies, coriander and onion and add to the sauce and serve.