… Chilli & Thai Noodles
This is the second to last meal. This is also the meal I’ve least looked forward to cooking. I have repeatedly told myself not to leave this till, last … not to even leave this till nearly last. But I did. If I’m honest it’s the little pile of tofu in the corner that’s been putting me off. There was tofu in the last meal I cooked, the Crispy Duck. But that was hidden. Hidden in that it wasn’t obvious from the picture so I only realized it was there when I wrote my shopping list. This meal proudly declared its tofuness and so put me off. But it’s to be done and if it were done when ‘tis done, then ‘twere well it were done quickly. So lets hope it is done quickly, in fifteen minutes or less!
There isn’t really any actual cooking here. The only cooking is the light toasting of the seeds, nuts and Kaffir lime leaves. The noodles are only soaked in warm water. Everything else is just sliced, mainly in the food processor.
I was pretty confident that it would all be done in 15 minutes, less actually. But there is a fair bit to do and I was a little over.
As has happened before with the 15 Minute Meals, the dish I’m not really looking forward to cooking turns out to be delicious. This meal is so multi layered in flavour its hard to describe. All of us who eat this after a few mouthfuls realized there was a flavour, in that last mouthful, that you hadn’t picked up before.
So I’m sorry Koh Samui Salad (incidentally another meal I can’t pronounce the name off), I have ostracized you undeservedly.
There’s loads of food here. It easily fed four, and I used slightly less noodles than the recipe prescribed. I took the left overs for lunch today. It’s close on a miracle that I actually remembered to take it with me to work today, but I did. At lunchtime I bought a sandwich, sat down in the canteen and thought … bugger. My Koh Samui Salad sat forlorn on my desk…
… So I had it for dinner tonight whist watching YouTube videos of Rachel Khoo cooking food from her Little Paris Kitchen … I may be a little bit in love.
… I have to say I think it tasted better tonight.
One more to go. I want to finish where I started, cooking for my friend Gavin and brother Gordy. The fact that we now live in three different cities means getting a date sorted is proving annoying so it may be a while till I actually finish this project … but it feels kind of finished already … it’s quite a sad feeling.
Who with: Jason, Matt and Stefan
How Long: Fifteen Minutes and Thirty Seconds
