Alison Taafe
Fun fast and fabulous food
Chapter 9 A Thai Affair
Shopping List
Meat
- chicken thigh meat, boneless, skinless (500 g)
- beef, rump or topside, lean (750 g)
Fish
- oysters, large (6 dozen)
Fruit and veg
- limes (7)
- lemon (1)
- ginger (1 small knob)
- garlic (1 small bulb)
- chillies, red, small (3)
- coriander (2 bunches)
- Thai basil (1 bunch)
- mint (1 bunch)
- kaffir lime leaves (14) usually sold in a small plastic box or frozen
- beans, green (250 g)
- mushrooms, button (200 g)
- potatoes, large (2)
- kiwi fruit, ripe but not too soft (2)
- figs (6)
- blueberries (1 small punnet)
- strawberries (1 small punnet)
- pineapple, small (1)
- grapes, black/white, seedless (1 small bunch)
- lychees (6) if in season, or use tinned
Asian groceries
- Jasmine rice (800 g)
- Jasmine tea (1 packet)
- Asian fish sauce, Nam Pla (1 small bottle)
- curry paste, green Mae Ploy-brand (1 tub)
- massaman paste (1 small tin or jar)
- coconut cream (2 cans)
- coconut milk (2 cans)
- tamarind paste (1 small jar)
- lychees (1 tin) or fresh ones.
You may be able to get all the above at a normal supermarket
Alison Taafe
Fun fast and fabulous food
Chapter 9 A Thai Affair
Shopping List Cont.
Deli/dry
- sugar, white (1 small packet)
- peanut oil (1 small bottle)
- peanuts, salted (100 g)
- coconut essence (1 small bottle)
- coconut, shredded (100 g)
- lime cordial (1 bottle)
- soda (1 bottle)
- ice-cream, vanilla, good quality (2 lt tub)
Wine etc
- 1 dozen Singa or Tiger beers
- 1 bottle of Riesling (Clare Valley)
- 1 bottle of Sauvignon Blanc or Gewurztraminer
- 1 bottle of late-harvest Riesling or Ice Riesling