A brilliant recipe for a simple yet sophisticated salad.
Stuff you can do with kaffir lime
Pranee from Pranee’s Thai kitchen shows and explains some of the traditional Thai ways to use kaffir lime leaves.
Green curry with chicken
Thai green curry (Kaeng kiao wan) can be made with fish, seafood, pork, chicken or beef. For a vegetarian version, substitute the chicken with potatoes and fresh mushrooms, and the fish sauce with salt.
Chicken and coconut soup
A very popular Thai soup (Tom Kaa), based on coconut milk and aromatic vegetables.
Shrimp salad
This salad is inspired by the delicious Thai Yam Kung (shrimp salad), but it uses olive oil and salt instead of fish sauce.
3 great kaffir lime recipes
Anna from Morsels and Musings has 3 great recipes with kaffir lime leaves and zest, but if you can’t find fresh leaves you can use kaffir lime essential oil instead.
Chef Ottolenghi’s yoghurt & kaffir lime spread
Yotam Ottolenghi, chef of Ottolenghi and Nopi in London, published a recipe for a yogurt spread with kaffir lime leaves. For some reason, Ottolenghi suggests using dried kaffir lime leaves, ground into powder, but we reckon you can use 1-2 drops of kaffir lime leaf essential oil instead and have a fresher taste. Check out […]
She Simmers about our Kaffir lime oil
Thai food blogger Leela from She Simmers included our kaffir lime leaf Essential oil on her list of favorite food items for 2011. “I hate dried kaffir lime leaves. I really do. They’re useless as far as I’m concerned”‘, she writes. “But now you have another option in the absence of fresh kaffir lime leaves. […]
Kaffir lime meat balls
The original Thai recipe (Tod man moo) doesn’t usually include kaffir lime leaves and lemon grass, but they give these fried meat balls a very refreshing taste.
Grilled beef and herb salad
Mint, scallions and kaffir lime oil add a fresh taste to the grilled beef.