2011-03-25

Amazing Thai Pong Garee

I went to a Thai restaurant for dinner last night. I like Pai Thai, but too much carbs and oil which I'm not hapy with. There was a dish called "Pong Garee" on the menu and I looked pretty good. I looked at the ingredients, it was really appealing to me - mixed veggies (celery, onion, green pepper, red pepper, mushroom and some other goodies), egges and yellow Indian curry powder.  I couldn't wait to try it. I got it with added Tofu and it tasted amazing over Jasmine rice!! I was so happy.
After I came back home, I started searching for the recipes online.  I was surprised because I couldn't find any recipe with Tofu. But, I couldn't give up until I found out what I wanted . I think I'm crazy sometimes. I started searching for Thai language online. Haha, I found it.  The Pong Garee was supposed to be a dish with crab in it, which translates into English as "crab in curry sauce". And I understood why I couldn't find the ones with Tofu. That was funny, I didn't see crab in my dish, I got a transformed Pong Garee.  Anyway, I like the one with Tofu in it.  Plus, in my dish, I thought they put somethig like coconut milk or cream, which I didn't like. But, I looked at several Pong Garee recipes online, none of them called for coconut mlik or cream. That's strange. It might be some secrete ingredient at the particular restaurant.  Anyway, I'm pretty sure I'll go back to order that dish again at some point. I secretly wish I can get the recipe which I REALLY want.
I found this blog called "Appon's Thai Food. The food looks good. And this is the blogger's version of Pong Garee.
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