5 thai flower Recipes

tapioca, water, sugar, diced fruit or 2 cups fruit, preferably fresh (select from berries, mango, papaya,pineapple, kiwi, pomegranate seed, etc.), thawed frozen coconut milk or 2 cups almond milk, sugar, sweetened to taste (more or less ), vanilla extract (do not use artificial) or 1 tsp rose water, fresh mint leaves or lemon balm leaves or mandarin orange sections or 1 sprinkle pomegranate seeds or 1 fresh edible flower (like viola, nasturtium, or rose petal)

olive oil, toasted sesame oil, garlic cloves, minced, mae ploy green curry paste (to taste), shrimp, peeled & deveined (i prefer 16-20s so they are not overdone), scallops (either sea or bay will work, but i prefer sea), grouper, cut in bite size pieces, light coconut milk (about 1/2 can), fish sauce (aka nam pla), red pepper, cut in thin strips, snake beans, cut in 2-3-inch pieces or 1/2 lb green beans, trimmed, carrots , sliced into flowers (see below for instructions), stalk lemongrass, cut in 1-inch pieces, basil leaves, jasmine rice, water, light coconut milk

banana flowers, thinly sliced (see directions ), peanut oil, shallot, coarsely chopped, roasted peanuts, chopped, fresh mint, coarsely chopped, fresh thai basil, coarsely chopped, lime juice lime for the bowl water, lime for the bowl water, room temperature water, lime juice, brown sugar, red thai chile, chopped, fish sauce, garlic cloves, chopped

head purple cauliflower, lightly blanched, cut up into bite size pieces, purple bell pepper, seeded , membrane removed, thinly sliced, red cabbage, coarsely shredded, purple carrots, not peeled , sliced on the diagonal, purple tomato, cut into thin wedges, red onions, peeled and diced or 1/2 cup purple scallion, sliced, whole blueberries (grapes cut in half) or 3/4 cup red seedless grapes (grapes cut in half), thai purple basil (i used a combination of both herbs) or 2 tbsp fresh purple sage, chiffonade (i used a combination of both herbs), head romaine lettuce, chopped, extra virgin olive oil, sauvignon blanc wine (white balsamic vinegar may be substituted), raspberry vinegar, minced fresh lavender flowers, fresh lime juice, salt, fresh crack black pepper