ImportFood.com October 20 2009 Feature Thai Recipes and Specials

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October 20, 2009 (see below for archives). Hello again from your online Thai Supermarket. Today we present a truly authentic Thai dessert recipe--sweet rice with custard and sugary shrimp topping. We also have a new look at tom kha soup. There are special offers on a few popular items, and two more street vendor videos.

Khao Neeo Moon

Tom Kha Gai

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NEW Design. Solid Granite Mortar & Pestle.
We just received a new shipment of our designer-style square mortar & pestles, and they now come in an attractive color box designed by a very expensive British retailer. This makes our solid granite mortar & pestle a nice idea for your kitchen as well as a gift for someone who might like to cook.

This is the same super-dense, attractive solid dark granite as our traditional round mortar & pestle, machined to a precise 6" square block. The mortar is 2.5" tall and has a 1.5 cup capacity, pestle is 6" long with a nice taper, and the top half of the pestle has a granite polish applied to it which gives the look of it having two colors. Complements any countertop, with an elegant style.

The bottom, sides and top are all perfectly smooth, and the inner bowl is machined smooth as glass. It works great as a natural grinder for all kinds of herbs & spices, and it would be a very nice gift particularly for someone who has granite countertops. Based on appearance alone, it looks like it's worth far more than $30 or $40. We've seen something similar in an art gallery for $150.

Read customer testimonials about our granite mortar & pestle.

Square mortar & pestle

$34.95

Special Offer: Thai Peanut Sauce, Por Kwan brand
In an upcoming newsletter we'll explain in detail the best way to make an authentic Thai peanut sauce. In the meantime, try this premade convenient jar of peanut sauce for just $1 each as part of our promotion.

Can be heated then served as a dip for barbeque chicken or pork. Pictured at left is the sauce with a separate spice marinade on the lid, but the marinade is no longer included with this sauce. The sauce is also a nice topping on various dishes, or just spoon some over freshly-cooked jasmine rice.

Ingredients: water, coconut milk, peanut, soya bean oil, sugar, shallot, lemongrass, dried red chili, salt, garlic, tartaric acid, citric acid, paprika natural color, sodium metabisulphite as preservative. Product of Thailand.

For a few days only, $1 as a promotion. Product of Thailand.



	$1.00 (reg $2.89)

Tom Kha Kit. Extraordinary Fresh Value.
Coconut milk chicken soup "Tom Kha Gai" featured in this week's newsletter is one of our favorite Thai soups, and it's been a favorite of our customers for years.

Here we're offering everything you need to make several large servings of the best fresh home-made authentic Tom Kha. A thoughtful mix of fresh Thai herbs with all ingredients. Expedited to your door via 2 day shipping to ensure fresh delivery (upgraded at no charge). You'll also be able to make other Thai recipes. This is a great value and will have you cooking healthy Tom Kha soup right away. Checkout with regular shipping and we'll upgrade it to expedited 2 day at no extra charge.


3 stalks fresh lemongrass		1 large (8 oz) fresh galangal
Approx 20 fresh lime leaves		1 fish sauce 10 oz
3 cans coconut milk 14 oz (large)		1 ground Thai chile
3 oz fresh Thai chiles		3 fresh limes

Tom Kha Kit. $19.95

Tom Kha Kit with 5 lb Jasmine Rice. $27.95

Thai mango peeler, Half Price! The best tool for mango lovers. Made in Thailand, Barbarian Head brand, of tough plastic and longlasting stainless steel. There is a lower blade and a shaped upper guide connected to the blade. Total length is 9". The handle is a smart orange color. The stainless steel blade is sharp, and stays sharp for years. The opening (cutting length) is 3 inches long. See the mango peeler in action, along with instructions on how to slice a mango.

Thai mango peeler, $5 (reg price $10.95)

Great for Pumpkins: Kiwi and Kom Kom brand stainless steelcarving knives. Here are very useful knives for carving pumpkins. In our next newsletter we'll feature a winter squash recipe, so get this at a discount now.

Officially called a "seeding" knife but this special gem can be used for all kinds of fruit carving, decorative food preparation, and many other things. Nice to have available. We offer it in two colors, identical blade, made by the same company but stamped with a different brand. Red is Kiwi brand, yellow is Kom-Kom brand. 6.5" total length, blade is 3" long. Be careful when using, the point is extremely sharp and the blade is razor sharp. Made in Thailand.

	Red Carving Knife, Kiwi $3 (reg $5.95)

	Yellow Carving Knife, Kom-Kom $3 (reg $5.95)

Special Offer: Palm Sugar
In Thai recipes as well as recipes throughout Southeast Asia, palm sugar is used as a natural sweetener, with a delicate rich sweet flavor. Our palm sugar is the best you can find anywhere, as we import from a premium producer in western Thailand, where the natural sap is collected from cut sugar palms and boiled until a nice sticky sugar remains.

The natural sugar is poured directly into little cakes and packaged for easy use. It can be also eaten as candy. Consistency is firm but slightly soft, making it more simple to use than the inferior rock hard palm sugar some are selling. You get 8 small cakes, simply shave off what you need with a knife or use a hand grater, and it dissolves nicely in the cooking process.

Use with curries, gourmet dishes, sauces, and various desserts. See examples of Thai recipes using palm sugar. Elle Magazine recommends ImportFood.com for "sexy" palm sugar. Product of Thailand. We also offer coconut sugar.

$1.00 (reg price $2.79)

Special Street Vendor Videos--Tom Kha Gai, and How Coconut Milk is Made. We take you back to the streets of Thailand for two new and interesting videos.