Sauce and Condiment Recipes

Sweet Pork Condiment
(muu waan ; หมูหวาน)

November 10, 2010 · 6 comments

Sweet Pork Condiment Recipe (สูตรทำหมูหวาน)

Sweet pork is served alongside other dishes as condiment; In the following recipe I marinate the pork for couple of days in light soy sauce before I steam it in one piece to preserve the meat moist and tender texture. Only then, when cooked, I cut the meat into thin bite size pieces and simmer [...]

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Cucumber and Shallots Relish
(Ajat ; อาจาด – น้ำจิ้มแก้เลี่ยน)

October 23, 2010 · 0 comments

Ajat, Cucumber and Shallots Relish Recipe

Ajat is extremely simple yet elegant, and when you include it side to deep-fry or oily dishes, it is a knockout. Ajat is commonly served alongside Satay, Murtabak, Fish cakes and other deep fried snacks.  Its sweet and sour syrup helps to mellow down the oily richness.  You can prepare the syrup ahead of time [...]

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Chili & Lime Fish Sauce
(พริกน้ำปลา or น้ำปลาพริก ; phrik naam bplaa)

January 6, 2010 · 2 comments

Chili & Lime Fish Sauce

Mixing finely chopped fresh chilies including their seeds with fish sauce and a splash of lime juice makes the staple sauce accompanying almost every Thai dish. Restaurants reserve it an honor place on the table, next to the tissue paper and the tooth picks. The debate is on. Some call it “phrik naam bplaa” other [...]

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