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Thai
Food Recipes
Thai cuisine is the national cuisine of Thailand. Thai cuisine places
emphasis on lightly-prepared dishes with strong aromatic components. Thai
cuisine is known for being spicy. Balance, detail and variety are important to
Thai cooking. Thai food is known for its balance of the five fundamental taste
senses in each dish or the overall meal: hot (spicy), sour, sweet, salty, and
(optional) bitter.
Although popularly considered a single cuisine, Thai food would be more
accurately described as four regional cuisines corresponding to the four main
regions of the country: Northern, Northeastern (or Isan), Central, and Southern,
each cuisine sharing similar foods or foods derived from those of neighboring
countries and regions: Burma, the Chinese province of Yunnan and Laos to the
north, Cambodia, Laos and to the east and Malaysia to the south of Thailand. In
addition to these four regional cuisines, there is also the Thai Royal Cuisine
which can trace its history back to the palace cuisine of the Ayutthaya kingdom
(1351–1767 CE). Its refinement, cooking techniques and its use of ingredients
were of great influence to the cuisine of the Central Thai plains.
The culinary traditions and cuisines of Thailand's neighbors have influenced
Thai cuisine over many centuries. Regional variations tend to correlate to
neighboring states as well as climate and geography. Southern curries tend to
contain coconut milk and fresh turmeric, while northeastern dishes often include
lime juice. The cuisine of Northeastern (or Isan) Thailand is heavily influenced
by Lao cuisine. Many popular dishes eaten in Thailand were originally Chinese
dishes which were introduced to Thailand mainly by the Teochew people who make
up the majority of the Thai Chinese. Such dishes include chok (rice
porridge), kuai-tiao rat na (fried rice-noodles) and khao kha mu
(stewed pork with rice). The Chinese also introduced the use of a wok for
cooking, the technique of deep-frying and stir-frying dishes, and noodles and
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| Baked
Shrimp in Clear Noodles |
| Shrimp baked in garlic, pepper, cilantro
and clear noodles |
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| Bamboo
Shoot Yum |
| Shredded bamboo shoots boiled in wild
Thai leaves with hot lime sauce. |
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| Barbeque
Pork |
| Pork barbecued with five spice marinade. |
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| Basil
Eggplant |
| Stir fried eggplant with basil and chili
pepper. |
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| Beef
and Bamboo Shoot Curry |
| Ground beef and bamboo shoot red curry. |
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| Beef
Jerky |
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| Beef
Panang |
| A dry beef curry, sprinkled with kaffir
lime leaves |
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| Blanched
Magosa with Grilled Shrimp |
| Hyper-bitter magosa flowers and hot
sweet tamarind sauce on grilled shrimp . |
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| Chicken
Basil |
| Ground chicken stir fried with Thai
basil |
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| Chicken
Curry |
| Chicken and Thai eggplant in red curry |
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| Chinese
Chive Flowers with Shrimp |
| Stir fried Chinese chive flowers with
shrimp |
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| Chinese
Water Spinach Curry |
| Chinese water spinach stewed in curry
sauce with pork |
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| Clams
in Hot Basil |
| Manila clams in spicy basil sauce. |
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| Crispy
Fried Okra |
| Okra fried in a light batter served with
chili sauce. |
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| Crispy
Pomfret |
| Crispy fried whole fish. Served with
shallot, pepper, fish sauce |
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| Crunchy
Squash Blossoms |
| Squash blossoms, lightly dusted in flour
and pan fried. |
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| Cucumber
Salad |
| Sliced cucumber, tomato, onion dressed
in Thai sauce |
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| Fried
Fish with Tamarind Sauce |
| Whole fish pan fried and served with
spicy tamarind sauce |
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| Fried
King Mackerel |
| Pan fried king mackerel steak |
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| Garlic
Shrimp |
| Shrimp sauteed with garlic and peppers. |
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| Ginger
and Chicken Stir Fry |
| Stir fried chicken with julienned ginger
and wood ear mushrooms. |
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| Green
Beans and Shrimp |
| Dried curry green beans with shrimp |
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| Green
Papaya Salad |
| Shreded green papaya, cherry tomatoes,
green beans with lime dressing |
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| Grilled
Steak with Spicy Shallot Sauce |
| Medium rare grilled steak, served with
spicy shallot and lime sauce. |
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| Mackerel
with Chili Sauce |
| Mackerel and fresh vegetables with a
shrimp paste sauce. |
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| Masaman
Curry |
| Stewed beef and potato in spicy curry. |
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| Pickled
Fish Chili Sauce |
| Pickled fish cooked in coconut milk,
spiced with shallot and chili peppers. |
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| Rice |
| Simple rice, cooked in water.
Successfully! |
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| Sausage
and Sriracha |
| White pork sausage with mild-hot sauce |
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| Spicy
Budoo |
| Traditional southern Thai sauce served
with rice and many veggies. |
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| Steak
Salad |
| Spicy beef salad in lime juice, hot
pepper and fish sauce |
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| Steamed
Curried Fish |
| Steamed, marinaded fish in curry paste
and coconut milk on vegetables. |
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| Sticky
Rice |
| Steamed sticky rice -- an essential part
of regional Thai cuisine |
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| Stinky
Beans and Shrimp |
| Stinky beans stir fried in red curry
paste with shrimp |
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| Stir
fried Pumpkin |
| Squash stir fried with garlic and
pepper. |
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| Tropical
Yum |
| A variety of tropical vegetables with
sesame curry sauce. |
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| Yum
Sausage |
| Pork sausage salad served hot or cold |
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