Temple of Thai

Thai Cooking Newsletter

Recipes & Fruit Carving
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In the Thai Kitchen Featured Items:
Sweet Noodles in Coconut Milk Recipe Salim Press
Watermelon Carving

Sweet Noodles in Coconut Milk - Thai Dessert Recipe

See the full salim recipe on our web site. Sweet Noodles in Coconut Milk (salim or saleem in Thai) is a traditional Thai dessert made up of multi-colored mung bean flour noodles, topped with coconut milk, simple syrup and served over crushed ice. The noodles are made fresh by pressing cooked mung bean flour dough through the tiny holes of a salim press. This is a fun recipe to make with your kids this summer!

Sweet Noodles in Coconut Milk

© 2001 Hobby Maker Co Ltd., Thai Sweets for Thai People and Thai Tradition, ISBN 974-7349-21-3.

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Salim Press

The Salim Press is used for making the mung bean noodles which are the foundation of our Sweet Noodles in Coconut Milk recipe. This is a fun summer time recipe to make with friends or family. The homemade noodles are served in a bowl and topped with coconut milk, simple syrup and crushed ice.

Watermelon Carving

Now summer is here why not have a go at carving a watermelon flower - a beautiful center-piece for any occasion such as a party, BBQ or simply just for fun! Basic instructions are available in this fruit carving tutorial on our web site.

Watermelon Carving

More detailed instructions are available in this book A Variety of Flowers, Vegetable & Fruit Carving, Book 1, by Burinpat Choowong, © 2005 Srisiam Printing Press Co, Ltd.

It is written in both Thai and English and has 104 glossy pages with full color photographs and covers a range of flower style fruit carvings.

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