Thai cuisine is becoming very popular in restaurants and many other places. In Thai cooking they use fresh ingredients to create a unique Thai taste. Often Thai dishes are said to be fiery and hot, but to me it is fresh, aromatic, flavoured and well enjoyed. To define Thai taste it has all the five flavours like sour, sweet, bitter, spicy and salty. They try to bring all flavours in one dish. My first Thai dish which I tasted was tom yum goong (hot and sour prawn soup), I loved it so much that, where ever I see this dish I used to order. Thai cuisine has very famous and popular dishes like pad thai(noodle dish), fish or prawn cake, green curry, red curry, panang and massaman curry, sticky rice, coconut rice, roti and sweets like mango with sticky rice and many more.
Learn to make Thai recipes from hot soup to incredible noodles, rice dishes, curries in my kitchen.
Several Thai dishes have health benefits like tom yum soup currently studied for it health benefits. Many of the fresh herbs and spices used in thai cuisine have immune boosting and disease fighting power.
Rice is a staple grain of Thai cuisine in Thailand, especially jasmine rice. Sticky rice is very popular and goes well with curries. In breakfast, lunch and dinner rice plays a vital role.
Noodles are popular and served as a single dish like pad thai.
Fish sauce(Nam Pla), which plays a very important role in curries and other dishes and even oyster sauce which is used in noodles and other thai dishes.
Thai uses fresh vegetables egg plants, bamboo shoots and herbs like kaffir lime leaves(which is from a wild lime plant), lemon grass which has a lemony flavour and fragrant. In Thai cuisine to make curry paste basic and important ingredients are galangal like ginger, garlic, coriander root, shallots (like sambar onions or small onions), kaffir lime leaves (a special thai lime, can use its rid outer skin for the curry or ordinary lime also we can use alternatively), shrimp paste (kapi), birds eye chilli (very hot and spicy) are used to make a basic curry paste. From this paste if you want to make curry like panang or massaman curry, few more ingredients are added. For garnishing red chillies and sweet basil leaves are used. With curry paste can add in the soups, noodles and can make fish cake which is the most popular dish in Thai. Many people visit Thailand to attend cookery classes and as well for tour.
In Thai cuisine, with main course, even salads like ajad or ar-jard(pickled cucumber) and dips are provided which is basically chillies in vinegar or red chilli paste in oil with other ingredients.
I am going to share with you my experience and my taste through sharing all Thai recipes by cooking individually myself from scratch, from red curry paste to green curry paste, salad, spring roll, fishcakes, Thai curries and many more.
To make Thai dishes we need to learn about the ingredients and their taste, and then it will be very easy for you to use the ingredients as per taste.
Ingredients like kaffir lime leaf alternatively can use lime rid (grated, green part only) , for shrimp paste use more fish sauce, galangal use ginger instead, shallots use ordinary onion, palm sugar can use white sugar(caster sugar).
Make Thai curry and other recipes as per your taste and ingredients available to you.
For vegetarians use soya sauce instead of fish sauce.
Tom yum is a soup made in Thailand and it is very popular and has many health benefits because of its combination of herbs and spices. The basic stock consists of galangal, lemon grass, lime leaves, Thai birds red chilli. … Continue reading →
Nam prik is a spicy chilli paste in oil or chilli sauce or like chilli jam consistency which is normally eaten as a condiment or dipping sauce for fried dishes and other vegetable dishes in Thailand . It is a … Continue reading →
Nam prik pao is a very tasty accompaniment which goes well with soups like tom yum goong (hot and sour prawn soup) or any tom yum soup or as a dip. It is used in noodles and also in fried … Continue reading →
Thai green curry is one of the most popular curries in Thai cuisine. Thai green curry is prepared with Thai green curry paste and can use any vegetables you like, any meat like chicken, beef, fish, prawns. Traditionally Thai green … Continue reading →
Thai red chicken curry and bamboo shoots which is my favourite curry in Thai dishes, prepared with readymade bought good quality Thai red curry paste. The Thai ingredients especially lime leaves and lemon grass, are full of aroma and flavour, … Continue reading →
This authentic Thai red curry paste is famous for its use in the Thai red curry. This Thai red curry paste can be used in curry or in starters. You can add any vegetable, fish, chicken and beef to make … Continue reading →
Tom yum gai is a chicken soup which is popular in Thailand. One of my favourite things to order at Thai restaurants is soups as they are always so vibrant, fresh and tasty! They are also really easy to make at … Continue reading →
Thai red chicken curry which is hot and spicy but can be made mild by reducing chillies. Thai red chicken curry can be prepared as the same method as green chicken curry. The difference is I have used with bones … Continue reading →
Thai Fish cakes can be made with ready made red curry paste, but try to make it yourself, as food processor will do all the hard work for you. I bought this ready made red curry paste to make fish … Continue reading →
This authentic Thai green curry paste is famous for its Thai green curry. This Thai green curry paste can be used in curry or in starters. You can add any vegetable, fish, chicken or beef to make green curry with … Continue reading →