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Pad See Ew (Fried Noodles)

Pad See Ew (Fried Noodles)

Pad See Ew (fried noodles) is the food that is sold everywhere in Thailand. And it is often found on nearly every restaurant menu. In most cases, any restaurant that is selling Rad Nar (fried noodles with gravy) will also be selling Pad See Ew (fried noodles) too. The style of cooking Pad See Ew (fried noodles) is similar to Guay Tieow Kua (stir fried noodles), but Pad See Ew (fried noodles) will...

Laab Moo E-sarn (Minced Pork E-Sarn style)

Laab Moo E-sarn (Minced Pork E-Sarn style)

Laab E-sarn is one of the excellent dishes on many Thailand restaurants menus. Though I haven’t mentioned about the restaurants in general yet, there is Laab E-sarn to be found throughout Thailand. Even the stalls, hawkers and peddlers, or even the cart food will have “Laab E-Sarn” to sell as we can see. So today we will have the recipe for Laab E-sarn that is made with minced ...

Deep Fried Banana (Gluay Khek or Gluay Tod)

Deep Fried Banana (Gluay Khek or Gluay Tod)

Gluay Khek (Deep fried banana) is one of the Thai desserts, which is prepared by slicing bananas and then dipping them in flour and frying until golden brown. The ingredients are rice flour, scraped coconut, sesame seeds (need to be roasted before using to make them more fragrant), sugar and coconut milk, etc. Then deep fry it in a pan with hot oil. Thai people like to have Gluay Khek (Deep frie...

Stir Fried Chicken with Cashew nuts (Gai Pad Met Ma-muang Him-ma-parn)

Stir Fried Chicken with Cashew nuts (Gai Pad Met Ma-muang Him-ma-parn)

Stir fried chicken with cashew nuts (Gai Pad Met Ma-muang Him-ma-parn) is another favorite dish for both foreigners who had and never had traveled to Thailand. It is also another Thai recipe that is fairly easy to do, has a delicious delicate taste for most foreigners, and last but not least it is easy to find the raw materials and various ingredients no matter what country you live in. In additi...

Khao Man Gai (Chicken with Rice)

Khao Man Gai (Chicken with Rice)

Let’s talk about a single dish type food in Thailand that most Thai people like to order to eat in rush hour. Even considering all the foods in Thailand, the most popular dishes that fall into this category are still not many. You have your choice from all those fried rice, chicken, pork or beef fried rice with Thai basil (Khao Pad Ga-Prow Gai, Moo, or Nua) dishes etc. And one of those dishes t...

Laab Gai – Minced chicken spicy salad

Laab Gai – Minced chicken spicy salad

Laab Gai is a popular Thai dish that originated from the north east of Thailand, or E-Sarn Province. E-Sarn food is typically spicy and full of robust flavor. This particular dish can be eaten alone or with rice. It is traditionally served with sticky rice, typical of E-Sarn food. Ingredients 500 grams (12 ounces) ground chicken 100 grams chicken organs such as intestine, gizzard, and liver, e...

Ka-nom Tao Suan

Ka-nom Tao Suan

Tao Suan is the name of a Thai dessert that originally came from China. It is made of boiled soybeans that have the shell removed and are then stirred together with flour paste and sugar. Then you pour the coconut milk on top. It has sweet, salty and nutty taste mixed together. Ingredients ½ cup split mung beans, or peeled mung beans (some people call soybean) ½ cup concentrated coconut c...

Stir fried eggplant with fermented soybean and minced pork (Ma-keua Yaao Pad Tao Jieow Moo Sap)

Stir fried eggplant with fermented soybean and minced pork (Ma-keua Yaao Pad Tao Jieow Moo Sap)

Stir fried eggplant with fermented soybean and minced pork (Ma-keua Yaao Pad Tao Jieow Moo Sap) is one of the rice side dishes that is popular for many Thai people to eat. Because the ingredients are easy to find, it is simple to make and it still tastes delicious. Thai Eggplant is commonly known as white eggplant. Even so, you will find that there are so many colors of eggplant including light g...

Chili Oil (Nam Phrik Pao)

Chili Oil (Nam Phrik Pao)

Ingredients 15-18 Large dried red chili, take the stem off and remove the seeds 1 cup garlic, peeled and chopped 1 cup shallots, peeled and chopped 1 cup dried shrimp 2 Tbsp shrimp paste wrapped in banana leaves and burnt 3-4 Tbsp tamarind juice (sour and concentrated type) 5 Tbsp fine fish sauce 4 Tbsp palm sugar 1 tsp salt ¾ cup vegetable oil, for frying How to do… 1. Set a pan on m...

Stir Fried Seafood with Curry Powder (Ta-lay Pad Pong Ga-ree)

Stir Fried Seafood with Curry Powder (Ta-lay Pad Pong Ga-ree)

As well-known as the stir fried curry powder (Pad Pong Ga-ree) is in Thailand many people might think about stir fried crab with curry powder (Poo Pad Pong Ga-ree) only. But for some people, they do not like eating crab. The top reason is that it’s difficult to eat. It has claws, legs and a hard shell making things harder to crack. But even so they still want to enjoy a seafood dish. And ye...