Comments on: Lasang Pinoy 22:Thai-inspired fried rice

By: Gay

Gay — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:58:04 +0000

I don’t know what duan laksa is, but we have galanga, turmeric and lemon grass in the garden. Turmeric or luyang dilaw is usually used as medicinal herb or used in ginataang hito here in Laguna. I like to collect those kind of herbs. And here in Los Baños you could some of the herbs used in Asian cooking since there are a lot of international students.
I go through my phases too, there are weeks I could a lot of Indian cuisine, then Mexican, then Thai….

By: Elrik

Elrik — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:52:54 +0000

I like hearing about how you’re being creative with the resources available. I just got back from Kota Kinabalu and picked up some local herbs that customs actually let me bring back and I am growing: galanga, duan laksa, turmeric, and lemon grass. I just recently found out I can get fresh turmeric in Quiapo - but I am still looking for sources of other ingredients.

Something you might try experimenting with for sourness is taking green mango and drying it until it is hard then figuring a way to turn it into a powder. This is a common souring ingredient used in central and norther Indian cooking.

I go through cooking binges playing with an ingredient until I feel I have some mastery of the flavors it can produce. I’ve yet to do that yet though with tamarind. As always thanks!

By: nhuong

nhuong — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:01:07 +0000

I LOVE FRIED RICE. I make all different kind mystelf. Shrimp, pork, beef, random veggies. I will try to make this myself.

By: stef

stef — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 20:34:10 +0000

oooh yum.. you know what would make a great combination — your tamarind-flavored rice and lalaine’s bagoong one!!!

By: bursky

bursky — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 02:42:26 +0000

tamarind base?! now that’s something new for the new year. (i think everyone’s surprised with it. you should call it ‘fried surpRICE” again, corny ako. sorry na…:P)

By: Burnt Lumpia

Burnt Lumpia — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 23:17:20 +0000

Using tamarind base in the fried rice seems like a great idea! Thanks for this recipe!

By: Cooked From the Heart » LP 22 Round UP - Rice to the Challenge!

Cooked From the Heart » LP 22 Round UP - Rice to the Challenge! — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 18:32:04 +0000

[...] on from her mom’s recent visit. Gay, the Scientist in the Kitchen offers up a Thai inspired fried rice that is distinctly Pinoy. Ut-man of Overseas Pinoy Cooking offers another [...]

By: ces

ces — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 17:29:29 +0000

this photo made me drool for bagoong rice! sarap! and it’s lunch time! hmmm…thanks for sharing and congratulations for your first LP!

By: A scientist in the kitchen

A scientist in the kitchen — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 00:44:09 +0000

JMom, you sure will here from me for more LPs

Lalaine, I wanted some sourness to my fried rice, it should have been green mangoes. But I didn’t have any so I used tamarind base like I use for my pad thai.

By: Lalaine

Lalaine — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 21:47:47 +0000

That looks good! I’ve never heard of adding tamarind base to fried rice but sounds very interesting!