How to Build a Plateful of Ginger Beef & Friends from Scratch!

The wonderful dishes in this class create a beautiful plateful of food.

Hi everybody

Ginger is one of my longtime favourites of all the plants and vegetables in the world! In fact, my only regret about living full-time in Canada is that I can no longer enjoy the full variety of ginger flavours and textures offered in the vegetable markets of Thailand.

You see, in Thailand I can buy young ginger, which has a gentle flavour and can be delicately sliced or julienned to jazz up salads, relishes, and stir-fries. Or, I can buy more mature ginger, with its bold taste, which I can grate or pound into pastes that transform curries, marinades, and dipping sauces. By carefully inspecting the ginger on sale, I can judge just how “mature” the ginger might be.

And let's not forget the humble pickled ginger, a sweet and tangy delight that refreshes the palette and complements richer flavours!

In any case, I’m really proud to include this new menu with Ginger as the highlighter in the menu name! Let's see how we pull the signature dish, Ginger Beef and Friends, together for an amazing plateful of great Thai food.

This is one of those dishes that really does require quality ingredients!

No, I won't tell you all about the secret items in this menu. You will need to come to the class to discover these secrets.

I will leave it up to your imagination to identify the ingredients in this photo.

At Kallayanee's Kitchen, we really believe in the importance of pleasing the eye as well as the taste buds!

And Then Add the Other Great Dishes

I have carefully chosen all of the other dishes in this menu to complement the main dish in order to create a wide range of tastes and flavours that all share a ginger theme. I am sure that you will enjoy every one of them!

A refreshing light soup best enjoyed on a summer evening as a prelude to laughter, good friends, and many wonderful dishes to come.

These crunchy corn delights.are great served as an appetizer with chilled beer, or as an accompaniment to a main dish. Cucumber vinegar sauce makes wonderful sweet and sour complement to these golden nuggets.

These delicious ribs are more darkly flavoured than other dishes.

Turmeric is a famous spice that not only boasts many health benefits, it also boosts the flavour of the delicious Thai Jasmine rice.

This must be one of the world's healthiest desserts!