Pongsri - Thai Restaurant - New York

I Love this restaurant, Which is located in New York.
Even though place is not that spacious, but both food quality and taste are excellent !!

We ordered Thai Iced tea, Tom-ka-gai Soup, Gang- Karee and Gang-Sub-pa-rod !


Thai Iced tea

Tom-ka-gai Soup - Love this soup, Yummy.

Gang-Karee and Gang-Sub-Pa-Rod - For me Gang Karee was more good. My husband liked both, so give a try and decide !

Healthy Chicken Vegetable Fried Rice

Ingredients:

1. Boneless Chicken ( Cut into small pieces) - 250 gms
2. Carrots , Fresh Beans, fresh green peas and Bell peppers (Finely Chopped) - 1/3 cup
3. Onion (Finely Chopped) - 1 Large
4. Spring Onion (Finely Chopped) - 1 cup
5. Green Chilles (Finely Chopped)-3
6. Basmati rice - 2 cups
7. Ginger Garlic paste - 2 tsp
8. Clove & Cinnamon powder / Garam Masala - 1/4 tsp
9. Chilly Flakes - 1/4 tsp
10. Black Pepper Powder - 1 1/2 tsp
11. Soya Sauce - 1 tsp
12. Oil
13. Salt to taste

Method :

• Add oil to pan, once it is hot add chicken pieces, 1tsp ginger garlic paste  and black pepper.
• Fry it until chicken is cooked nicely.

• Add oil to another pan, add 1 tsp ginger garlic paste and after 30 secs add onion and green chilly.
• Fry it for 2 mins and add green beans, green peas, carrot and fry it for another 3 mins.

• Add little water to the vegetables and close the lid, let it cook for 2 mins.
• Add bell peppers and fry it for 2 more mins.
• Add chicken pieces, garam masala, red chilly flakes and soya sauce.

• Fry it for another 3 mins and Chicken vegetable fried rice is ready to have!

Keema dosa

Ingredients :

1. Dosa Batter - 1 cup
2. Keema- 1 cup ( Please refer this link for keema recipe http://shrucookbook.blogspot.com/2012/01/keema.html)

Method :

• Spread dosa batter on to hot dosa pan.
• Once it is crisp add keema to it.
• Roll it and keema dosa is ready to have.

Keema

Ingredients:

1. Turkey / Chicken Keema - 1/2 lbs
2. Onion - 1 finely chopped
3. Tomato - 1 finely chopped
4. Green chillies -3
5. Ginger garlic paste - 2 tsp
6. Corainder seeds - 1tsp
7. Garam masala - 1 pinch
8. Coriander leaves to garnish
9. Cumin Seeds - 1 tsp
10. Chilly Powder - 1/2 tsp
11. Salt to taste
12. Crushed red chilly - 1
13. Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
14. Corainder powder - 1 tsp
15. Black pepper - 3
16. Cinnamon - 1/2 inch
17. Cardamon - 1
18. Cloves - 2
19. Lemon juice

Method :

• Grind coriander seeds into powder.
• Add oil to pan followed by onions.
• Add black pepper, cinnamon, cardamom and cloves to it and fry it till onion turns golden brown color.
• Add coriander powder and cumin seeds to it.
• Add ginger garlic paste to it and keep stirring it.
• Add kheema to it and mix it well so that it is shredded finely.
• Close the lid of the pan for sometime till the keema cooks well/ till keema turns into brown color.
• Add salt, chilly powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder and crushed red chilly.
• Fry it until keema leaves oil.
• Once it kheema leaves oil add tomato to it and fry it nicely until tomatoes are mashed well.
• Add garam masala and stir it well.
• Add green chilly and lemon juice and stir it nicely.
• Garnish with coriander leaves. Keema is ready to have. 
• Goes well with chapati/ roti

Turkey Kofta curry

Ingredients:

1. Turkey/ Chicken Keema - 1/2 lb
2. Yellow roasted split peas/chana dalia - 1/4 cup
3. Garlic - 6
4. Onion - 1/2 thinly sliced
5. Cloves - 2
6. Cardamom - 1
7. Cinnamon - 1/2 inch
8. Black pepper - 3
9. Chilly powder - 1/2 tsp
10. Coriander powder - 1 tsp
11. Turmeric Powder - 1/2 tsp
12. Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
13. Salt to taste
14. Oil

Method:

Kofta preparation :

• Grind yellow roasted split peas in mixer. 
• Add this powder into keema.
• Grind all the masalas / add garam masala to the above.
• Add chilly powder - 1/4 tsp and salt and mix all really well.
• Make small balls out of mixed keema.

Kofta curry :

• Add oil to pan followed by thinly sliced onions and fry them till they turn golden brown.
• Add meat balls into the pan and roast them till they turn brown.
• Pressurize the meat balls and onion for 30 secs.
• Add garlic paste, turmeric powder, chilly powder, salt, coriander powder and cumin seeds.
• Add water as required and boil meat balls nicely until it leaves oil.

•  Garnish with coriander leaves and kofta curry ready to have, goes well with chapati/ roti.