In february 2012, we travelled to Laos for more food information. In Muang Sing, we collected several recipes, photographs o which are shown here. The narrative describing the process will be posted over the next few weeks by my wife Dorothy Culloty on our sistersite , Foodfromnorthernlaos.com
The first is about making TuaNao, the essential base for Khao Soi.
http://www.foodfromnorthernlaos.com/2012/02/14/tai-neua-soy-bean-paste/

More will be added in due course

I'm posting the pix here because for reasons of loading speed, the pix in the website are small. These are more detailed.