Join Kieumy Pham Thai, plant based certified cookery teacher and specialist in Asian cooking, to learn how to prepare healthy authentic 3 course Thai street food menu..

The class will include:

• Learn to make Chiang Mai, a Thai-Burmese noodle curry, bursting with flavour
• Make a fresh, crisp and crunchy green mango salad, with the perfect balance between sour, sweet, and salty flavours
• Create a curry paste from scratch 
• Make Chè Chuối, a traditional dessert with plantain, coconut milk and tapioca pearls
• Presentation skills 
• Opportunity to ask Kieumy questions
• Recipe handout

For ingredients and equipment needed see below 

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About Kieumy

Kieumy was born and raised in France by Vietnamese parents, and she lived in Asia for more than a decade. She trained at Ferrandi, a renowned cookery school in Paris, and later as a Natural Chef and Plant-Based Chef in London. Her style of cooking is strongly influenced by her French-Asian Oriental background and extensive travels. Kieumy is passionate about healthy seasonal food which is good for people and kind to the planet. She founded BOM (Beautiful Wholesome Meals), a social enterprise which employs and trains up refugee women, teaching people to make more conscious choices about the food they eat through sustainable culinary activities. 

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Fee: £20 (£10 concession).  All funds raised go towards our community meal service providing free nutritious, tasty meals to households who need them during these challenging times. 

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Refunds: we require a minimum of 24 hours' notice for any cancellations or transfers once you have booked onto a class.

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INGREDIENTS LIST 

CHIANG MAI NOODLE CURRY 

Before the class
● Soak the dried red chilis into boiling water for 30min
● Wash and peel the vegetables 
● Have all the ingredients ready and weighted
● Cook the 200g noodles al dente as per instructions, drain and rinse in cold water, set aside
● Blanch the green vegetables, rinse in cold water, set aside

Red Curry Paste (1 teaspoon is required, the rest can be frozen)

● 7 large dried red chilies soaked into boiling water for 30min
● 2 teaspoons coriander seeds
● 2 teaspoons finely chopped galangal root (or root ginger)
● 2 teaspoons finely chopped lemongrass
● 1 teaspoon salt
● 1 tablespoon finely chopped Kaffir lime zest (or regular lime zest)
● 2 tablespoons finely chopped garlic
● 2 tablespoons of finely chopped shallots

CHIANG MAI NOODLE CURRY (KOW SOI) (Serves 2 people)

Ingredients
● 200g dried Chinese wheat or rice noodles (cooked al dente according to instructions, rinsed and set aside)
● 300g of fresh green vegetables (bok choy, spinach, blanched tenderstem broccoli)
● 1 garlic clove finely chopped
● 1 teaspoon red curry paste
● 125ml of rich coconut milk (ideally Aroy D brand with 70% coconut)
● 250ml of vegetables stock
● 1 teaspoon of curry powder
● ¼ teaspoon of ground turmeric 
● 3 tablespoosn of soy sauce
● ½ teaspoon of coconut sugar (or you can use regular sugar)
● 1 tablespoon of lemon juice

Garnish:
● 30g of dried Chinese noodles (to be fried as a topping)
● 1 spring onion coarsely chopped
● 2 shallots finely chopped
● 4 tablespoons of oil (to fry the Chinese noodles)
● 1 lemon cut into wedges
● Coriander leaves

GREEN MANGO SALAD - Serves 4 people (as a big starter)

Before the class
● Wash and peel all vegetables
● Slice the carrot in julienne
● Have all ingredients ready and portioned 

Ingredients:

● 1 green mango 500g approx, peeled, de-stoned and slice in thin julienne.
● 1 carrot peeled, sliced in thin julienne
● 1 large red chili pepper, seeds removed, sliced thinly 
● 2 tablespoons fried shallots 
● 3 tablespoons roasted salted peanuts, coarsely chopped 
● Mint, coriander
● Sea salt 

Dressing ingredients: 
● 3 tablespoons soy sauce
● 3 tablespoons lime juice
● 3 tablespoons coconut sugar (or you can use brown sugar)
● 2 garlic cloves minced 
● Chopped fresh chili to your liking

PLANTAIN DESSERT

Servings: 4 ramekins

• 450g ripe Vietnamese bananas, ripe standard bananas or very ripe plantains 
  
• 100g coconut sugar (or brown sugar)
• 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
• 3 tablespoon small tapioca balls (available at almost any Asian grocery store or online)
• 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract (optional)
• 200ml (reduce the quantity if you want a lighter version) rich coconut milk (ideally Aroy D brand with 55% coconut content).  Do not buy the one in a carton that you might have for your breakfast as it is too watery. 

Topping

• 2 tablespoons roasted peanuts, lightly crushed
• 2 tablespoons roasted sesame seeds, lightly crushed
• 1/2 teaspoon sea salt

EQUIPMENT LIST

● Pestle and mortar
● Chopping board and knives
● Saucepan to cook the noodles
● Sieve to drain the noodles
● Frying pan to fry some of the noodles as a topping
● Chopping board and knives
● Serving bowls
● Knives
● Peeler
● Julienne peeler (or a good knife for the mango)

For information: classes@madeinhackney.org / 020 8442 4266

Location: Zoom, details to be provided via email (usually the day before the class). Check your junk mail if need be!