Surin Beach Guide

Everything You Need To Know About Surin Beach

Naturally beautiful Surin is known as 'Millionaire's Row' due the the top-end celebrity haunts amongst the luxury resorts there, including Amanpuri, Twinpalms and The Surin. They stand alongside the US$ 1 million+ houses that dominate the prime spots on top of the hills overlooking the Andaman Sea.

Although popular with tourists, it's not a busy resort town and is more like a coastal village. Fine white sand and turquoise water has ensured that the picturesque beach is very popular with tourists and Thais alike. The whole area is awash with high-end hotels and housing which, in turn, has created opportunities for high-end restaurants and wine bars.

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Ghanta (Orriya Vegetable Curry)

Chef	:	Chef Senapati, Toshali Sands Resort, Orissa
Recipe Servings	:	3
Recipe Cook Time	:	40 Minutes
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A traditional Oriya vegetable curry infused with hot spices and aromatic add-ons of rai, methi and kalonji.

Ingredients

• For thetadka:
  
  Fennel seeds, rai, methi, kalonji, cumin seeds- all in equal proportions
  
  
  For the paste:
  
  1 tsp cumin
  
  1 tsp ginger-garlic paste
  
  1 tsp khus khus
  
  1 tsp coriander seeds
  
  2-3 whole red chillies
  
  
  For the main preparation:
  
  2 tsp ghee 
  
  1 tsp tadka 
  
  2 whole red chillies
  
  1 onions- chopped
  
  mixed vegetables- chopped
  
  1/2 tsp salt
  
  1/4 tsp turmeric powder
  
  3 tsp of the paste

For the tadka:

Mix all the ingredients.


For the paste:

Grind together cumin, ginger-garlic paste, khus khus, coriander seeds, whole red chillies with a little water.


For the main dish:

Heat ghee in a pan.

To this add the tadka, red chillies and the chopped onions.

Add mixed vegetables, salt and turmeric powder.

Cover and cook for 20 minutes on low flame.

Now add the paste and mix well.

Cover the pan and cook for another 10 minutes on low flame.

Serve hot.

Key Ingredients: Fennel, mustard seeds, fenugreek seeds,onion seeds, cumin seeds, ginger, garlic, coriander seeds,red chilli, clarified butter, onion, salt, turmeric

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Goan Fish Head Curry

Chef	:	Kishore D Reddy
Recipe Servings	:	3
Recipe Cook Time	:	1 Hour
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Goans love their fish curry and why shouldn't they. Beautiful fish heads marinated in a thick paste of onions, coconut, garlic and chilli are cooked till soft and served on a bed of rice.

Ingredients

• 500 gm fish head
  
  50 gm oil
  
  100 gm tomatoes
  
  5 gm curry leaves
  
  10 gm turmeric
  
  15 gm chilli powder
  
  100 ml coconut milk
  
  Salt to taste
  
  For Paste:
  
  100 gm onions
  
  50 gm coconut
  
  20 gm coriander seeds
  
  10 gm cumin seeds
  
  20 gm peppercorns
  
  30 gm green chillies
  
  40 gm garlic
  
  20 gm ginger
  
  200 ml vinegar 

Method

Clean the fish head and cut into pieces of required size.

Grind the ingredients for the paste and add vinegar.

Heat some oil and add the paste. Saute on low heat for 15 minutes.

Add the rest of the ingredients except the coconut milk and cook for 5 minutes.

Add the fish head and 100 ml of water. Bring to boil.

After the fish heads are cooked, mix in the coconut milk and boil for 5 minutes.

Garnish with curry leaves and serve hot on a bed of rice. 

Key Ingredients: Tomato, Curry Leaves, Fish, Vegetable oil, Turmeric, Coconut Milk, Salt, Onion, Coconut,Coriander Seeds, Cumin Seeds, Green Chillies, Garlic,Ginger, Vinegar, black peppe
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Mango Rice

Chef	:	Nithya Ravi, Food Blogger
Recipe Servings	:	1
Restaurant	:	Nithya's Kitchen
Recipe Cook Time	:	20 Minutes
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This recipe pairs the tartness of raw mango with the wholesomeness of rice, making it the ideal comfort food. On a day off, it is ideal meal as it barely takes time to prepare!1

Ingredients

• 1 cup of cooked rice
  
  1/2 cup of raw mango(grated)
  
  1/2tsp of mustard
  
  1/2 tsp of urad dal
  
  1/2 tsp of channa dal
  
  1 tsp of groundnut
  
  2 green chilli
  
  1 curry leaves
  
  1/4 tsp of sprig turmeric powder
  
  3 tsp of sesame oil
  
  Salt to taste

Method

1. In a pan add sesame oil and mustard. Once mustard crackles add urad dal, channa dal and green chilli. Now add curry leaves, asafoetida and turmeric powder.

2. Grate raw mango and keep ready.

3. Cook and cool the rice completely.

4. Add the tempering and grated mango  with salt to taste.

5. Mix well.

6. Mango Rice is ready. Serve with any chips.

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