Appetizers
12 servings
Hor Mok Ta Lay or Seafood Curry Custard
Hor Mok (literally, wrap and hide and “Ta Lay” is from “Ah
Han Ta Lay” means seafood) is a steamed curry custard in banana leaves. This
dish is a common food in Cambodia ,
Laos and Thailand , each country’s Hor Mok has
some slightly different ingredients but Thai Hor Mok is always with seafood and
some kinds of fresh water fish.
You can find this dish at Khoa Kheng Shop or and street food
vendors to luxury Thai restaurants. The process is pretty straight forward even
it has lots of different kinds of ingredients.
- It
is better to use uncooked seafood for this dish so that it will mix and
blend into fish and herb purée well. You can use any kind of seafood for
examples (the popular ones in
- In traditional way we use banana leaves for wrapping or making bowls for the size of one serving, but nowadays many chefs use nice little glass or ceramic dipping or sauce bowls for this dish.
- You can have your Hor Mok more texture by adding more chunks of seafood meat in pur̩e besides indicating in the recipe. This is where the name of Hor Mok (wrap and hide) from Рthe chunks of meat are wrapped and hidden in the custard.
Ingredients
14 Shrimp (size 31 – 40) uncooked and thaw cut in half
14 Mussel uncooked and thaw cut in half
42 leaves Sweet basil
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| Mussel, shrimp cuts |
4-5 leaves Coriander, garnishing
4-5 leaves Kaffir lime leaves, slice very thin for
garnishing
4 tbsp Thick coconut milk
½ tsp Potato or corn starch
Banana leaves enough for making 12 bowls.
*First part - herbs
1 Large long chilli, slices for garnishing
10 Dried large long chillies, soft in warm water and remove
seeds
5 roots Fingerroot
2 roots Coriander
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| Ingredients |
2 tbsp Lemongrass, slice
1 tbsp Galangal, cut into small pieces
1–2 Fresh Thai chillies or Prik Kee Noo (optional, if you
like spicy food)
3 Shallots
3-4 cloves Garlic
1 Kaffir lime, skin(
1 small one or ½ for a big one)
1 root Turmeric, about 1” long
1⁄3 cup Water or coconut water
**Second part
100 g King Mackerel, remove bones and skin
2 Eggs
1 tsp Palm Sugar
1 tsp Shrimp Paste, roasted (wrap in foil and roast on the
element of stove)
½ tsp Fresh ground pepper
1 ½ cup Coconut milk, the thick one from a can
3 tbsp Fish sauce
Instruction
- Making
banana bowls (if you use glass (pic. below) or ceramic bowls then skip this part), cut
banana leaves into 5 x 5 inches. Fold each corner and secure with staples
until finish for 4 corners.
Bowls - Pur̩e the ingredients of first part Рherbs until smooth, and add the second part blend together until smooth. Pour into a mixing bowl and add shrimp and mussel and mix well. Store the mixture in the fridge for 10 Р15 minutes to set.
- Heat a steamer on high heat.
- Mix 4 tbsp of coconut milk with potato or corn starch well on medium heat until thicken or you can cook it in microwave. Set a side.
- Place
3 basil leaves on the bottom of each bowl, scoop 2 tablespoon full of the
mixture into the bowls (you can put more or less of the mixture, depending
on the size of the bowls). The mixture of each bowl must have meat and
sauce purée combined.
For garnishing
- Steam in boiling hot steamer for 8 minutes. Remove from the heat garnish with coconut milk sauce, long red chilli slices, kaffir lime leaf stripes and coriander leaves. And serve hot with steamed rice.
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| With glass bowl |
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