Coconut

Pandan Flavored Sweet Translucent Gelatinous Rice
(khaao niaao gaaeo ; ข้าวเหนียวแก้ว)

June 20, 2011 · 83 comments

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One of the charms of street food is that it finds you rather than you finding it. Therefore you are usually in the perfect mood to embrace it. This treat along with other sweets are traditionally presented on tricycle drawn trays that are protected from insects and pollution by a transparent nylon tent and light [...]

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Pandan Flavored Rice Flour Droplets in Sweetened Coconut Cream Syrup
(khanohm laawt chaawng naam gathi; ขนมลอดช่องน้ำกะทิ ; นกปล่อย)

March 7, 2011 · 117 comments

Post image for Pandan Flavored Rice Flour Droplets in Sweetened Coconut Cream Syrup<br />(khanohm laawt chaawng naam gathi; ขนมลอดช่องน้ำกะทิ ; นกปล่อย)

Thai desserts are usually made from common ingredients and therefore very popular.  However, it was only during the 17th century that desserts and sweets actually became part of everyday meals. In the old days, they were served only at auspicious occasions and ceremonies. During wedding ceremonies, for example, four kinds of sweets are usually served, [...]

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Coconut Curry of Steamed Mackerels and Lotus Stems
(gaaeng gathi saai buaa bplaa thuu neung ;
แกงกะทิสายบัวปลาทูนึ่ง)

February 20, 2011 · 47 comments

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This old-fashioned dish is a simple expression made with ingredients commonly available to Thais, it features steamed mackerels – the fish that Thai people probably love the best and the stems of the lotus flowers – one of Buddhism’s most recognized motifs. The fish together with peeled lotus stems are boiled in coconut milk, to [...]

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Salad of Chicken and Seven Vegetables Blanched in Coconut Milk and Served With Sour-Salty and Sweet Coconut Curry Dressing, Crispy Fried Shallots and Roasted Sesame Seeds
(yam thawaai ; ยำทวาย)

February 8, 2011 · 48 comments

Yam Thawaai Recipe : สูตรทำยำทวาย

This recipe would probably change your perception about the term “salad”, maybe because its dressing has a multi layered, curry-like personality, rather than the common sour vinaigrette-like dressing, or maybe because it takes some good few hours to prepare, somewhat longer than simply opening a bag of hydroponic greens. This salad is the fruit of [...]

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Golden Jackfruit Seeds
Thai Mung Bean Marzipan and Egg Yolk Dessert
(Met Khanoon ; ขนมเม็ดขนุน)

January 17, 2011 · 30 comments

Golden Jackfruit Seeds Thai Homemade Dessert Recipe (สูตรทำเม็ดขนุน)

It is believed that this dish was introduced to the Siamese royal cuisine in the middle of the seventeenth century by Portuguese traders. Later, along with other egg yolk-based golden sweets like the golden drops (thong yot ทองหยอด), golden flowers (thong yip ทองหยิบ) and golden threads (foi thong ฝอยทอง), these royal desserts were passed to [...]

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Fresh Coconut Milk Tom Yum Soup of Grilled Banana Blossom and Chicken
(dtohm yam gathi huaa bplee yang sai gai ;
ต้มยำกะทิหัวปลีย่างใส่ไก่)

October 30, 2010 · 12 comments

Fresh Coconut Milk Tom Yum Soup of Grilled Banana Blossom, Chicken and Oyster Mushrooms

It will not be an overstatement to say that banana trees accompany Thai people from their birth to the afterlife. Starting with the decorative objects made out of banana leaves newborns receive to invite protective spirits, and continues their entire life with the endless uses for banana leaves, trunks and fruits; finally ending with the [...]

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Gabpi khuaa, An ancient dip from the central plains
(lohn gabpi khuaa ; หลนกะปิคั่ว)

July 22, 2010 · 6 comments

Gabpi khuaa Recipe, (สูตรทำหลนกะปิคั่ว อาหารไทยโบราณ)

Here is a dish that accompanies Thai cuisine for many centuries and has not been brainwashed by any foreign cuisine; Lon – an authentic Thai kind of a dip that is banking on tradition. Lon (lohn ; หลน) means in Thai to simmer. In this ancient style dip, minced pork, fermented shrimp paste along with [...]

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