4 sticky pla Recipes

chicken , drumsticks and thighs, red chili peppers , seeds removed and chopped, gingerroot, roughly chopped, garlic cloves, roughly chopped, lemongrass , outer skin discarded, roughly chopped, cilantro (stalks and leaves ), dark brown sugar, limes , juice only, fish sauce (nam pla)

short-grain white rice, coconut milk, fat-skimmed chicken broth, thai red curry paste (see notes ), asian fish sauce (nuoc mam or nam pla), brown sugar, asparagus, rinsed , tough stem ends snapped off, and cut into 1-inch pieces, clams in shells , suitable for steaming (8 to 12 oz.), scrubbed, bay scallops, rinsed, shelled, deveined shrimp (30 to 35 per lb.), rinsed, lime juice

green papaya (see cook s note), green string beans, freshly squeezed lime juice, thai fish sauce , nam pla, palm sugar , available in most mexican, latin or asian supermarkets, or substitute brown sugar, or white sugar, carrots (peeled and shredded to the same strip-size as papaya), loosely chopped cilantro leaves, loosely chopped mint, dried thai shrimp , optional, thai chiles also called prik chiles, minced, unsalted peanuts, toasted and lightly crushed, thai grilled shrimp , recipe follows, jasmine sticky rice , or steamed vermicelli rice noodles, optional, as an accompaniment, thai sweet chili and garlic sauce (recommended: mae ploy now available in most grocery stores), hoisin sauce, garlic, finely minced, ponzu sauce , or substitute the juice of 1 lime, soy sauce, splash thai fish sauce , nam pla, sriracha sauce, curry powder, ground ginger, mint, leaves removed and finely chopped , or substitute thai basil, handful cilantro leaves, finely chopped, shrimp