Pad kra pao...

Ingredients: shallots 2, red chili peppers 2, garlic cloves 3 to 4, fish sauce 1 tbsp, light soy sauce 1 tbsp,  a little sugar 1 tsp, minced meat (pork or beef) 250 gr., holy basil (or bai kaphrao), bird's eye chilies 10, sunflower oil 2 tbsp

  

Chop the shallots and chili peppers finely. Heat a frying pan, add the oil. Fry the shallots and chilies for 1 to 2 minutes. add the smashed garlic cloves , fry for 1 more minute. Now add the minced meat and fry while breaking it up into small parts with a fork or spoon. When almost ready add the fish sauce, sugar and soy sauce. mix well, add the chopped basil and turn off the heat. Serve with steamed rice and the sliced bird's eye chillies (if you like it hot).
Pad Kra Pao chicken; use little strips of chicken instead of minced meat.
You can make a vegetarian pad Kra Pao using soy meat.