Saturday and Sunday

On Saturday, we went over to Ploy's (our neighbor) and she taught us how to make sticky rice with coconut:
1. Fry the coconut with brown sugar and a shallot
2. Knead the sticky rice flour with water
3. Prepare the banana leaves and put oil on them
4. Encase the coconut mixture in the sticky rice dough
5. Fold the banana leaf around it
6. Steam for 30 minutes
While we were waiting for them to cook the little girl that was helping us make them asked if she could teach us how to make a "krathong". There is a festival on the 28th where they send the krathongs down the river. They are made from folded banana leaves and the truck of the banana tree; then incense, candles and a flower is put on the top. Ploy then took us to KFC and tesco.

On Sunday morning we went back to Ploys as she wanted to teach us how to make red chicken curry! So we did that and then chilled out for the day. Shes going to take us into Fang tonight to go to the market where she tells us we can buy cheap food! (10 or 20 baht; where 50baht = 1pound!)