Here are three healthy recipes from Kamalaya, Koh Samui. Chef Kai Mueller, the Executive Chef of Kamalaya, taught Joanna these recipes on her Holiday stay. I’m so thankful, the Maki Roll seems to have opened Joanna’s mind to rolls and sushi – no small feat! Recipes after the jump:
CocoLoco Smoothie
200 mL coconut water
50 mL coconut flesh
100 mL banana
5 mL tahini
1 ice cube
Directions: Blend all ingredients in a blender until fully smooth. Garnish with a slice of pineapple an orchid flower.
Shitake Carrot Soup
100 g carrots
150 g shitake mushrooms
300 g pumpkin seed milk (or soymilk as substitute)
300 g vegetable stock
1 g cayenne pepper
80 g straw mushroom
30 g shallots
5 g virgin coconut oil
Directions: Heat a sauce pan to medium heat – add oil and shallot and sauté for 5 seconds. Next add all vegetables and sauté for another 10 seconds. The add vegetable stock and pumpkin seed milk. Simmer lightly for 15 minutes, check to see if carrots are soft. Then transfer the soup to a blender and puree. Put the pureed mixture back in the sauce pan and reduce to a nice creamy soup.
Vegetable Maki Roll
15 g carrot
15 g asparagus
15 g cucumber
20 g avocado
180g brown rice
1 sheet dried nori
2 tbsp rice vinegar
Directions: Season warm brown rice with the rice vinegar – work the vinegar in with your hands until the rice mixture starts to stick together like sushi rice. Blanche the carrot and asparagus for 2 minutes, then cool in an ice water bath. Now, place the seaweed sheet on a sushi mat (a bamboo mat designed to help roll the sushi) and spread the rice mixture over 2 thirds of the sheet, leaving the upper third empty. Stack the vegetables neatly and length-wise on the widest part of the sheet. Then roll the seaweed sheet using the mat to press and roll. Close the sushi roll by wetting the empty one third of the seaweed sheet with water and then sealing closed. Cut the roll into 9 slices and serve with your favorite dipping sauce. We recommend low sodium soy sauce with wasabi paste.
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2 comments
Kamalaya Koh Samui, Thailand | accidental epicurean says:
Mar 19, 2009
[...] and satisfying. I had the opportunity to spend some time with Kai for a cooking lesson and he showed me how to make 3 of the recipes I most enjoyed while I was at Kamalaya, the Shitake Carrot Soup, a Vegetable Maki Roll and a to-die-for smoothie [...]
Healthy Eating and Recipes for Food Lovers says:
May 9, 2011
[...] However, at Kamalaya in Koh Samui, Thailand, I did a detox program late last year and was stunned by the deliciousness of the ever-so-healthy detox menu. The flavor profiles were layered stunningly and the results were truly sophisticated and satisfying which inspired me to look beyond my simple grilled approach. (I hear these guys are coming out with a cookbook this year, I keep checking the website to see if it is out yet.) Kamalaya Recipes [...]