Sticky Rice Steamer Pot and Basket

 

This is not a complicated product. Using it is fairly easy. I'm giving it five stars. The basket is large and that is very good because you can pick it up and not get burned by the steam.

Put two inches of water in the pot and boil the water. When steaming put the basket on it with your sticky rice in it. Cover with any lid about the size of the top of the pot not critical. It will make about three cups of steamed rice at a time. About four to six servings? Cooking time is less than twenty minutes maybe more at high elevations.

Soak rice over night or for about six hours. Drain and rinse once. Drain well. Put in basket. Steam about eight minutes. Turn the sticky rice over in the basket. Use a soft plastic bowl scraper to ease the rice mass into a ball you can flip in the basket. Continue steaming another eight minutes. There is a great demo here [...] in case you need help.

Cleaning the basket. Allow basket to cool and dry. Brush or gently scrape any rice off the inside. If you use it every day add any left over rice to the new batch of rice you are making it can be resteamed.

For a fast and hearty meal maybe even healty too, let the pot continue to steam, and in a regular metal steamer basket add chicken pieces and assorted veggie pieces you cut up previously. When cooked add flavorings of your choice and make or buy a dipping sauce.  

After spending a lot of time in Thailand, I became hooked on sticky rice and I was lucky enough to find an asian food store that sells sticky rice just down the road from me! The problem was, I couldn't seem to get it right with my own steaming methods. This rice steaming basket is exactly what I used when I was in Thailand, so it was easy for me to use it. Words of advice...

1. Like others have said, make sure you have true Thai sticky rice or else you will just have plain old rice.
2. Make sure you rinse the rice until the water runs clear and then soak overnight...and make sure you put it in a container that the cats can't get into or else you will be cleaning up rice for weeks...oops!
3. Wrap the rice in cheese cloth, it makes things so much easier!
4. Make sure you use a lid that fits close to the rice. I use the lid off of my small sauce pan.
5. Enjoy!! I like my sticky rice with Thai sweet/hot sauce :) 

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Phuket Thailand (Boat on Beach) Art Poster Print

This poster is breath-taking! I love tropical pictures and this is one of the best out there! I highly recommend getting this picture if you're into photography and prints. : )

I love this scene... the water is absolutely stunning in clarity and the colors on the boat provide a nice contrast against the ocean. This poster is about the best advertisement to visit Thailand around! 

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"Bua Restaurant, spicy Thai food."

Bua Restaurant restaurant atmosphere.
For many senior people would remember the restaurant nam "Bua Restaurant" together because the day that the restaurant business is not fertility (and confused) as today.  Bua Restaurant is one of the well-known restaurant. 

Until now the vast area over 4 rai Bua open to the atmosphere 21 years ago in a restaurant and the courtyard gardens, fountains and parts of the room air.
It also has the facilities for the additional services available with karaoke.
The food here is Thai food is the main focus.
But the Chinese. And seafood to choose as well.

Fried Pork Ribs with sweet basil
For the first dish at "Patrol eat" add to taste is.  Basil Fried Pork Ribs (100฿) looks like a pork chop served the general  But when they entered the mouth to get the crunchy bite of pork rib cartilage to chew thoroughly chop to eat all that without bone  Basil leaves fried with chilli, garlic-scented shellfish spicy spicy Thai food.
Kang, followed by fish fry sauce (180 baht), fish used as fish Kang Kang live Be cleaned out already filling out.  And the machine, such as garlic, chilli and fry ingredients apply to fry first.  Cut the fish and then turn the pieces of fried enough to be cooked and fried mix with computer access to fish.  When meat is eaten outside the framework of soft.  Chew Lim fragrant garlic

 

Kang fish with garlic sauce

The next dish is a fried spicy sea Homok (U.S. $ 100) made from the meat Homok Fish.  And special spices of your store.  Fried squid meat be put snapper shrimp mat with leaves and cauliflower Yo Soi.  Out in a fried taste like dried out Homok but it taste.  Small and not very spicy.

Homok fried spicy sea.

Among the dishes to.Minced carp (U.S. $ 100) and store the meat and bone to the carp minced meat mixture of streaky pork, cut into small pieces. The Lap add pepper to taste directly from Chiang Mai is not very spicy.  Chewing crunchy pork frame with 3 floors served with soup of carp eggs cleaned well not smell like add lemon grass, kaffir lime leaves Tom Yum Nam Sai machine. The slightly sour taste.  Eggs soft, sticky texture not chew sticky mouth  Eat vegetables and side dishes such as bean, basil, cabbage cauliflower

Minced carp   Pouongplacnon Fried Basil (150฿) a Thai menu that's another try.  Pouongplacnon here cleaning the shop several times to really clean.  Then be fried like fried sweet basil  But focus on the savory and spicy flavors specifically to the smell of fire.  But be said that chewing the sticky sticky mouth  it.   Other mood switch from dry to a menu.  N. Ball Eurehla pork (120 baht) that served in the style pot.  N. Ball and store selected pork quality using pure pork.  Add the bean sprouts, boiled pork and morning glory garlic soup that is sweet pork bone soup broth  Krum chewing crunchy Ball N º.

Bamboo steamed pork ribs.

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Adventure cruise south to the river at "พังงา-ภูเก็ต" "Nga - Phuket.

Stone river adventure exchange  Bangkok is now the hot hot body and this size will be rainy season already.  Heat release is not to be defeated  Weekends ago, ramble way, I think heat escape down south. To jump into cold water to body Yenjai.Both fresh and salt water in a fun adventure tourism activity over Try to exchange the Tone River. Paul tells anyone that will go rafting on PhangngaBut people have asked.Phang Nga Rafting is that with or  I answer that request Rafting Phang-nga is the same  Free Cruises to the year.That is no fun at all, "Stone Exchange."

Part of the Stones River exchange Where to go rafting this  In wildlife sanctuaries, waterfalls, Stone T. exchange two Phraek Muang Phangnga attractions within it will Waterfall exchange Or two people called the waterfall is a waterfall Phraek not much higher. Surrounding area is a nature trail. Distance of two kilometers, which is the path to find plants that are very robust. In the same stream that will go rafting. If the water during the rainy season will be much more little.  The force of the water level of about rafting 4-5, but during the dry season.  Water level will use less than the rafting. Must rely on water storage in the dam that created.  When released from the dam and water.  Will have the strength level 1-2 enables rafting throughout the year.  The length of the rafting of the 5, 7 and 9 km (9 km distance to play only during rainy season).  When I try to first look to the river rafting.  I walk around there at one  But why is little water left.  Bring the boat down to the floor and then install it. So what is the ไง rafting.

Parties that use water for rafting. But officials also called life jackets and hats, put cushioning.  And to listen to a lecture on how to behave, rafting and various  Safety. Then go to the boat that took into water and then dried to remove any ... down went down. Sit down while I hear the water flowing down  Water level increased rapidly But do not worry.Cataract is not affluent at all.  Is just the opening party for the water rafting particular Wait for the water a little bit full. Release the ship began to flow as a river flowing.  When you start pulling away.  Is the fun begins. Shrilly voice rings periodically.  Each island of the past.  Siew also flushes the slope and speed of the current force.  Cruise ships sometimes pass along the same boat maybe some else will be.  Distance of 5 kilometers far seem to be.  Enough to go rafting, but actually I rarely feel tired.  Probably because of cool water.  Plus rain falls gently over the heat could not not get sticky enough land to secretly, even shiver a little bit away

One corner of the island of Racha Yai. On the way back to the origin of the car. I also ask staff about rafting on the Tone of the exchange in this page already.  Rafting will be 2 rounds per day is morning and afternoon 11:00 pm to 14:00 pm because the water released from the dam for  Most tourists visit here often to relax foreign Rafting Elephant ride.  And other adventure activities with  Preparation of the rafting. I only wear the ทะมัดทะแมง.  Prepared to change clothes after rafting completed  Behave according to the officials suggest. The safety of yourself and finally prepare the participants to prepare themselves with. Will have to enjoy the river and let cool fully. The Stone Exchange.

Black straight to the south of Racha Yai beach.  Black straight into the deep sea at Racha Yai.  Day after each power up fully.We change the mood of the adventure of fresh water or river heading to the marine adventure.  Or at sea together Racha Yai.  Out to the pier Rassada. To the boat to the island of Racha Yai.  The travel time between about 2 and a half hours, we also prepare equipment and prepare themselves to fully  Koh Racha Yai in the south of Phuket Island. SAO Government Area of Chalong, Muang, Phuket island, most of the area is mountainous.  There are many beautiful beaches long curved beach.  Walking the path of nature around the island. Koh Racha Yai Bay is divided into five large West Bay is a bay or Gulf of Siam Bay Fall Art Su Ao Kon Kae Bay and the Gulf yards. Current Racha Yai dive into the source of the most famous one in the Andaman Sea because the sea around the island year-round clear.  Coral and fish are numerous tourists who visit here Therefore ม่ miss diving  Both snorkeling and scuba diving and for the area to dive today Is located at the north of the island of Racha Yai.

Furthermore, the beautiful sea. I use the travel time between the survey ship   The boat has both bedrooms and lounge on the deck, try cooking up Tha take action on the deck  Laundry room I have to hurry down.  Because the hot sun.  Which is not to avoid it sleeps.  Temper it down in the parlor movie is better. Movie dreamy enough room to wash other. It's just the island.  Today's trip did not take the people of the stepped white beaches on the island at all.  But leap into the sea blue green fresh beautiful environment instead.  And swim like a fish, dugong do not like  Before it is prepared to train and understand each other to complete first.  It into the water and then removing the mask to talk about it does not. OK grouping matched successfully.  I disperse the Author Lord with Tofu.

Yuan fish that come to glimpse. Drive first began to check each Drive.  Check the tides  And different directions.  That it is the duty of the Instructor to the amateur as we are responsible  But in the wake of teachers alone.  Premiums on the degree successfully.  I stand at the stern to black straight into the sea.  be a little excited. Secretly review the symbols must be used when underwater.  I also would like to be soon.  Just once to know what that world oil under pending. Promising first into the water. The first thing is to feel the salt  Salt water into the mouth to the regulation.  Try Google Rake operator you breathe through the mouth instead of breathing normally.  Take a look while also getting used. Teachers, I continue to darken gradually.  It is clear to the ear.  (Pressure in the ear) to the depth of black on this day is about eight meters, located in the amateur diver who just started to do enough. Enough to see the underwater world then.  The world is like a leaf unlearn everything on land ever.  Clean water.  Small little fish swimming back and forth just like to greet people down.  See coral antler  And hard corals that are completely surrounded by nature.

The beautiful underwater world.  Appreciate the work world while under the sea.  I need to back up to the surface then. Because the air in the tank is running low.  To relax on a boat  With the added power lunch together successfully. As the water is prepared to have it. But this time, try to change the atmosphere together some snorkeling.  The diving equipment was nothing more. Have only one life jacket with a paint shop the Girl the only one ready to jump into the sea to it.

Agglutination snorkeling. Views of the snorkeling is different than scuba diving.  Is similar to observations in the high corner.  The Scuba Diving will feel like the next animal life under water near  The feeling is different for each.  But not less fun than out.  Whether it's a dive kind.  What will be will think it is. Not to interfere with the animals living under water.  Do not destroy the living environment.  In order to preserve the underwater world to divers other generations.  Would continue to appreciate.

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Tourism Phang-Nga..Similan island

 Koh Similan is the main attraction of the Similan group of islands, all of which are in Similan Island National Marine Park. There are nine islands in the group, each having a name and a number (the first island in the group is called ‘Koh Bon but also goes under the name “Koh Nung” Most of the islands in the group are uninhabited, but all are accessible from Koh Similan. Like the rest of the park, Koh Similan is a major draw for people interested in diving.

The waters around Similan offer up to 30 metres visibility, and there is a lot to see beneath the waves. Aside from a huge variety of coral, the underwater seascape offers large granite boulders with gaps in rock where more experienced divers can swim through. Hat Khao Lak beach offers the best diving in the Similan islands. Similan Island also boasts a long curving bay with white sand beaches and clear water - an ideal destination for snorkelling. Koh Similan is also an excellent location for hiking and offers treks to the tops of granite outcrops to take in the island’s superb views. There is also an extensive range of wildlife on the island including spiny lobsters, sea fans, plume worms and a large variety of species of birds

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Thailand Travel Guide Information

Geography :

The kingdom of Thailand lies in the heart of Southeast Asia, making it a natural gateway to Indochina, Myanmar and Southern China. Its shape and geography divide into four natural regions : the mountains and forests of the North; the vast rice fields of the Central Plains; the semi-arid farm lands of the Northeast plateau; and the tropical islands and long coastline of the peninsula South. The country comprises 76 provinces that are further divided into districts, sub-districts and villages. Bangkok is the capital city and centre of political, commercial, industrial and cultural activities. It is also the seat of Thailand's revered Royal Family, with His Majesty the King recognised as Head of State, Head of the Armed Forces, Upholder of the Buddhist religion and Upholder of all religions. Thailand is a constitutional monarchy with His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej, or King Rama IX, the ninth king of the Chakri Dynasty, the present king. The King has reigned for more than half a century, making him the longest reigning Thai monarch. Thailand embraces a rich diversity of cultures and traditions. With its proud history, tropical climate and renowned hospitality, the Kingdom is a never-ending source of fascination and pleasure for international visitors.

Area : 513,115 sq. km.

Topography :

Thailand is divided into 4 natural regions: The mountainous North, with its profusion of multi-coloured orchids, fascinating native handicrafts and winter temperatures are sufficiently cool to permit cultivation of temperate fruits such as strawberries and peaches; The high Northeast Plateau, which still jealously guards its many archaeological and anthropological mysteries; The Central Plain, one of the world's most fertile rice and fruit-growing areas with colourful traditional culture and way of life as well as the sandy beaches of the East Coast and vibrant cosmopolitan Bangkok; The peninsular South where the unspoiled beaches and idyllic islands complement economically vital tin mining, rubber cultivation and fishing.

Population :

Thais are well-known for their friendliness and hospitality. A large majority of over 62 million citizens of Thailand are ethic Thai, along with strong communities whose ethnic origins lie in China, India and elsewhere. About 7 million people reside in the capital city of Bangkok.

People :

Thai (80%), Chinese (10%), Malay (3%), and the rest are minorities (Mons, Khmers, hill tribes) Ethnic Thais form the majority, though the area has historically been a migratory crossroads, and has thus produced a degree of ethnic diversity. Integration is such, however, that culturally and socially there is enormous unity.

Language :

Spoken and written Thai is largely incomprehensible to the casual visitor. However, English is widely understood, particularly in Bangkok where it is almost the major commercial language. English and some European Languages are spoken in most hotels, shops and restaurants in major tourist destinations, and Thai-English road and street signs are found nationwide.

Climate :

Thailand enjoys a tropical climate with three distinct seasons-hot and dry from February to May (average temperature 34 degrees Celsius and 75% humidity); rainy with plenty of sunshine from June to October (average day temperature 29 degrees Celsius and 87% humidity); and cool from November to January (temperatures range from 32 degrees Celsius to below 20 degrees Celsius with a drop in humidity). Much lower temperatures are experienced in the North and Northeast during nighttime. The South has a tropical rainforest climate with temperatures averaging 28 degrees Celsius almost all year round.

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