Favorite and Popular Thai Food Dishes.

THAI RECIPES

 

 

Thai people eat 3 meals a day. Thai food server at each meal is fairly similar and it is

always rice or noodles. A Thai meal consist of a variety of dishes such as

curry, soup, stir-fry, salad and dipping sauce with vegetables.

 There is normally a balance of spicy and mild dishes with at least one mild

 dish to counter the spicy dishes.

When you eat Thai food you eat one dish at a time and it is not normal to spoon

2 or 3different foods onto your rice at the same time.

Thai share from common dishes, taking only enough for a bite or two at a time.

 Everyone has an ample share of each dish so

Thai all food must be "bite-sized". Thus, proper cutting ingredients before cooking is

an essential part of Thai cuisine.

 

 

1. Tom Yum Goong

 

Spicy Soup with Prawn and Lemon Grass [Tom Yum Goong]

Tom Yum Goong soup combines all the exotic flavours of Thai Food bringing

together herbs ingredients such as lemongrass, chillies,

ginza and coriander.

 

 

 

Spicy Soup with Prawn and Lemon Grass Ingredients

1. 12 medium-size shrimps, deveined

2. 10 mushrooms

3. 1 stalk of lemon grass (lightly pounded and cut into 2" long)

4. 3 lime leaves

5. 1 teaspoon of salt

6. 2 tablespoons of fishsauce

7. 3 tablespoons of lime juice

8. 6 hot peppers (pounded lightly)

9. 4 cups of water

10. 1/2 cup of roughly cut coriander leaves

Spicy Soup with Prawn and Lemon Grass Preparations

1. Remove the shrimp shell but leave the tails (for good appearance). Then cut open

    the back of each shrimp to remove the veins. Also clean the mushrooms withwater 

    and dry them well before wedging each into quarters.

 

2.Bring water to boil, then add lemon grass, lime leaves, and shrimps. When the 

   shrimps turn pink, add mushrooms and salts.

 

3.Remove the pot from heat after boiling. Then season with fish sauce, lime juice,

   and hot peppers. Serve the soup while still hot and garnish on top with pieces of  

   coriander leaves.

 

 

 

2. Papaya Salad [Som Tum]

 

Papaya Salad [Som Tum]

Papaya salad is very popular with both Thais and foreigners.

 It combines many vegetables such as papaya, tomato, chilies, galics,

 etc. Thais like to eat with sticky rice and barbecued chicken

 

 

 

Papaya Salad Ingredients

1. 2 cups shredded green papaya

2. 1/2 cup shredded carrot

3. 1/2 cup sting bean (cut into 1" long)

4. 2 tablespoons fish sauce

5. 1 1/2 tablespoons palm sugar

6. 3 tablespoons lime juice

7. 1/2 cup tomato (wedged)

8. 1/3 cup dried shrimps

9. 1/4 cup peanuts

10. 10 green chilies

11. 5 cloves fresh garlic

Papaya Salad Preparations

1. Use motar and prestle to crush the chilli and garlic, add shrimps,

    continue crushing.

2. Add sugar, continue beating with the prestle, then add the papaya,

   carrot, sting bean, fish sauce, lime juice, tomato, and peanuts.

   Continue beating until all ingredients mixed well.

 

1.  Finally, season with sugar, fish sauce, or lime. The original

     taste this dish should be the balance taste between sweet,

     (pepper) hot, salty, and sour.

 

2.  Serve with vegetables (e.g. cabbage, string bean, napa, etc.).

    Thai people love to eat Sticky Rice with Papaya Salad. In this

    case, sticky rice can be served together with finished Papaya Salad.

 

 

 

3. Stir-Fried Rice Noodle with Shrimp [Pad Thai Goong]

 

Stir-Fried Rice Noodle with Shrimp [Pad Thai Goong]

Thai style fried noodle is very well known and is one of the dishes

that foreigners love to eat. It combines with many ingredients

as bean sprouts, green onion, chillies, lemons, etc

 

 

Stir-Fried Rice Noodle with Shrimp Ingredients

1. 12 fresh Shrimp

2. 90 gram Dry Rice Noodle (3 - 5 m.m.)

3. 50 gram Fresh Bean Sprouts

4. 2 tablespoons Chopped (1") Green Onion

5. 6 tablespoons Fish Sauce

6. 6 tablespoons Oyster Sauce

7. 3 teaspoons Vinegar

8. 2 tablespoons Sugar

9. 2 Tablespoons Preserved Turnip

10. 2 Tablespoons Crushed Peanuts

11. 1 Tablespoon Paprika

12. 2 Eggs

13. 1 Teaspoon Red Chili (for Spicy lover)

14. 1/2 Lemon

Stir-Fried Rice Noodle with Shrimp Preparations

1. Soak the noodles about 30 minutes in room temperature water.

 

2. Heat and season the wok. Add the Shrimp and grill for 90 seconds.

    Add the Eggs. When the eggs are not quite finished, add the Noodles,

    Sugar, Peanuts, Turnips and Paprika. Stir Fry until all ingredients are mixed

    well and the noodles are wilted.

 

4. Season with the Fish Sauce, Oyster Sauce and vinegar. Then add Bean Sprouts,

   Green Onions and Red Chili. Stir fry quickly ensuring everything is well combined.

   If you like wet noodle dishes de glaze with 5 oz. water stock. If you like firmer

   dry noddles de glaze with only 2 oz. water stock. Place on Serving plate and garnish

   with more Bean Sprouts and a Lemon wedge.