Kev pounds

Pound, Pound, Pound!

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October 8th 2005
I'm not talking about spending cash, I'm talking about the lovely pestle and mortar. Today we learn the delights of pounding curry paste, forget about Sharwoods and Blue Dragon, this is the real thing. Roong talks us through the ingredients and we get to it with our pestle and mortar. Dry stuff first, followed by fresh. We pound for a good 15-20 minutes and make the tastiest curry this side of Ba ... read more

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A unified Thai kingdom was established in the mid-14th century. Known as Siam until 1939, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. A bloodless revolution in 1932 led to a constitutional monarchy.... ... read more