Salmon and Vegetables (Keng Platepok)

Ingredients

• Cut into two-inch fillets about two pounds salted salmon
• Put all in a pot with a cupful of oil
• a teaspoonful of curry powder
• a tablespoonful of namphrik
• half a teaspoonful of sugar
• the juice of a lime
• Boil some French beans
• steeped haricot beans
• a carrot cut in dice
• a quartered onion

Method

1. 1

   Cut into two-inch fillets about two pounds salted salmon.

2. 2

   After steeping, place it in a pot, and cook for twenty minutes.

3. 3

   Boil some French beans, steeped haricot beans, a carrot cut in dice, and a quartered onion.

4. 4

   Put all in a pot with a cupful of oil in which spices and condiments have been fried (a teaspoonful of curry powder will do), a tablespoonful of namphrik, half a teaspoonful of sugar, and the juice of a lime.

5. 5

   Steam gently for twenty minutes.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Banquets of the nations (1911) by Robert H. Christie, page 222. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

a tablespoonful of namphrik, same quantity of oil, a good pinch of sugar, and a very little cayenne. Phatthua lantou. (Fried Green Pea Pods.) Wash four teacupfuls of tender green peas in the pod ; do not shell them. Shell and slice four fresh prawns. Cut a teacupful of fat streaky bacon into small pieces. Pound a shallot, add a pinch of red pepper and a salt- spoonful of salt ; fry these for three minutes in lard, after which add the peas, prawns, and bacon, and fry till the peas are cooked. Add more salt if necessary. Keng Platepok. (Salmon and Vegetables.) Cut into two-inch fillets about two pounds salted salmon. After steeping, place it in a pot, and cook for twenty minutes. Boil some French beans, steeped 559 BANQUETS OF THE NATIONS haricot beans, a carrot cut in dice, and a quartered onion. Put all in a pot with a cupful of oil in which spices and condiments have been fried (a teaspoonful of curry powder will do), a tablespoonful of namphrik, half a teaspoonful of sugar, and the juice of a lime

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.