Don't like to make your food to spicy when cooking? Why not make your own spicy chili sambal sauce then? Place it on the table and everybody can add it and spice up as they please. At the Food Forest Kitchen Restaurant @Ecologicthailand you will always find a little bowl of our spicy sambal on the table. Baked Spicy Chili Sambal Sauce Prep time: 45 minutes (if you use mortar and pestle) Cook time: 15 minutes Total time: 60 minutes Serves: 100 cl INGREDIENTS 1 cup fresh red chilies, cleaned 1 cup fresh garlic, cleaned 1 big onion, chopped 1 whole lime leaf (aka kafir leaf) A bit of salt 1 tablespoon tamarind (the meat of the fruit or you can also use paste) 3 tablespoons vegetable oil A bit of water 1 table spoon sugar cane sugar 1 table spoon salty soy sauce EQUIPMENT Saucepan Whisk Spatula Measuring cups Hand mixer or fork Glasses for serving INGREDIENTS PREPARATION Puree the onion, chili and garlic in the mortar and pestle until they are very fine (if you want use a hand blender) Sterilize your jars (hot water) METHOD Add the oil in your pan on a low heat and let the oil warm Scoop the mix from the pureed mix in the pan Add the lime leaf, the tamarind, the sugar, the salt and the soy sauce Start stirring and keep stirring for approx. 10-15 minutes Add a bit of water (1 tablespoon at the time) if necessary The sambal will darken more and more Keep stirring The sambal is ready when the oil comes on top of the sambal. Take the pan of the heat Allow to cool, taste Store in airtight containers Keep your sambal in the fridge until used NOTE: If your sambal is too spicy you can add some more sugar. If you like to make a lesser amount, adjust the ingredients to the desired amount. DID YOU KNOW? Chili peppers Chili peppers are the perfect way to spice up even the blandest of dishes. And they are a basic ingredient in the Thai kitchen. But did you know these fiery little vegetables can also be beneficial to your health? Chili peppers contain a compound called capsaicin, which causes the burning sensation you feel after eating them. What is this capsaicin good for? Weight loss. Spicy foods have been shown to help with weight loss. Depression. “Capsaicin has been shown to work as an endorphin,” Cancer Prevention: Capsaicin works as an antioxidant, protecting cells from harmful molecules called free radicals that can cause cancer. Heart Disease. Chili peppers reduce the damaging effects cholesterol. And capsaicin helps fight inflammation, which has been proven as a risk factor for heart issues. Digestion. Capsaicin may improve digestion by increasing the digestive fluids in the stomach,” Robinson says. Pain. Topical creams with capsaicin work as an analgesic and can be used to help with arthritic pain. So, start making that sambal and eat a bit more spicy food! #vegan #condiments #spicy #chilisauce #sambal #thefoodforestkitchen #ecologicthailand #healthy #nutrition #spicyfood

Vegan banana creamy pudding is a delicious, jammy pudding. At the Food Forest Kitchen @Ecologicthailand we serve it in small shot glasses on a bed of cookie crumbles, and as a stunning delicious pie! VEGAN BANANA CREAMY PUDDING Prep : 10 min Cook: 20 min Ready in: 3 hours Serves: 8 INGREDIENTS 2 Tbs cornstarch 1/3 Cup of sugar 1 Pinch of salt 1 ½ Cup of coconut milk 1 tsp Vanilla 2 ripe Bananas A squeeze of lime juice. Mint leaves and/or a couple of slices banana for decoration EQUIPMENT Saucepan Whisk Spatula Measuring cups Hand mixer or fork Glasses for serving PREPARATION Puree the bananas with the hand mixer or fork Add a squeeze of lime juice to prevent discolouring METHOD Mix the cornstarch, sugar and salt in a saucepan Add the coconut milk slowly and whisk Place on a medium heat and keep whisking until the pudding starts to boil As it starts to boil,, lower the heat and continue cooking for 4 minutes whisking constantly When the pudding starts to ‘jiggle’, add the vanilla and the pureed banana.. Stir well and continue cooking for a couple more minutes. Scrape the pudding from the pan walls and stir through. Remove from heat and while hot spoon the pudding into the glasses Set for 2 to 3 hours in the fridge. Decorate with mint leaves and serve. Did you know…... Bananas metabolize carbohydrates and fats converting them to energy, Bananas are high in Vitamin B6 they maintain a healthy nervous system Bananas help remove toxins from the liver and kidney Bananas are incredible! More over: banana trees are incredible! This tree can be used for food and so much more! At the Food Forest Restaurant we use the leaves for decoration on the tables, to wrap our take away lunches in. The core of the tree is edible and is used to make a delicious curry. Last but not least: the flowers of the banana are beautiful and can be used to make an amazing salad!! And of course we can eat the banana's themselves, we have a variety of them in our food forest and they are used for making shakes, our world famous banoffee desserts, they can be made into chips and used as a vegetable when young and green. Every body knows the famous Thai banana pancakes! We also make pudding with banana's: as a dessert for “the Forest Food Kitchen” restaurant . We only use homegrown and local produce and make our own coconut milk! It is incredible to be able to walk out in our food forest and just pick a bunch of bananas from a tree or get a coconut to grade for making coconut milk! Fresh and pure nature! Delicious! We are blessed and lucky to be able to do that. Of course you can use store bought products too :) This recipe is made at the @THEFOODFORESTKITCHEN, the slow food restaurant of @ECOLOGICTHAILAND. Come and taste the wonderful homemade, fresh, organic food and drinks, while you enjoy the view over the rain forest and valley! A MEAL WITH A VIEW! https://www.ecologicthailand.com/ranong-eco-resort-restaurant