Apem or Khanon Krok

Khanon Krok may be a Thai classic, and since I visited a floating market in port and located a real quaint clay khanon-krok pot, it might be an ideal time to get back the direction making an attempt out my new pot.

It was associate expertise, and if appreciating the values of non-stick pans may be a smart factor, then it absolutely was an honest experience!

This pot is charcoal discharged, that the beginning is to urge it lit and hot. Since this is often clay it's reaching to take lots of seasoning with oil, and surely as I try and season it, it soaks the oil in sort of a sponge. Khanon Krok is 2 layers, a starchy layer that forms the majority, and a agent candied salty layer to make a topping that is finished with sweetcorn or spring onions.



Two halves area unit placed on prime of every alternative, with the flavour layer within the middle. it is a real classic, and one you must strive, however maybe not with this clay pot! Innovation succeeds as a result of it's smart, and works, and iron griddles area unit a lot of commonplace recently. it isn't simply that, my usual non-stick pan has a fair variety of dimples, that makes life lots easier once change of state a sweet that's fabricated from 2 halves. This clay one has 7!


The ingredients below area unit enough to form an oversized batch, enough for five individuals.


Ingredients for Base Layer
400 gms rice flour
50 gms sticky rice flour
700mls coconut milk
950mls close to boiling water

Ingredients for Topping Layer
700ml coconut milk
400 gms sugar
2 teaspoons salt
Spring onions or corn or each

Preparation
1. Prepare the bottom mix:
2. combine the 2 flours along.
3. combine within the coconut milk and stir
4. Add the recent water stirring ceaselessly until mixed.
5. Next up, the topping layer
6. combine the coconut milk, sugar and salt along, until all the sugar and salt has dissolved.
7. Chop the spring onions if you are victimisation them
8. Get the khanom krok pan smart and hot, and well oiled.
9. Spoon the bottom mixture in, this forms the most a part of the combination
10. Let is cook through slightly before adding the topping, you do not need them to combine.
11. Spoon slightly of the salty sweet mixture on prime
12. Add some spring onions or sweetcorn.
13. Let it cook through, to get rid of it, the khanom krok must be smart and brown. If it sticks that is usually a signal its not broiled properly.
14. Stick 2 halves along and serve heat.