Soup Recipes

Tom Yam Soup of Prawns and Sa Noh Flowers Fried Cakes
(tom yum goong thaawt man daawk sa noh ; ต้มยำกุ้งทอดมันดอกโสน)

April 10, 2011 · 65 comments

Tom Yam Soup of Prawns and Sesbania Flowers Frittatas Recipe สูตรทำต้มยำกุ้งทอดมันดอกโสน

Today I will show you a unique, virtually instant dish to prepare. It is also a remarkable example of how Thai traditional cuisine is using local and natural ingredient in simple yet sophisticated way. Sa Noh – aka Sesbania Javanica Miq. or Sesbania Pea is a tropical shrub which grows widely in the swampy areas [...]

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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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Sour and Spicy Smoked Dry Fish Soup
(ต้มโคล้งปลากรอบ ; dtohm khlohng bplaa graawp)

May 4, 2010 · 6 comments

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Here is a rustic sour soup recipe that is very light on ingredients. The broth is made by boiling dried smoked and lightly grilled freshwater fish. It is seasoned to the sour spectrum of the palate with the use of no more than tamarind.  Semi ripe tamarind fruits were used in the early days as [...]

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Thai Style Fragrant Eggs and Pork Chinese Five-Spice Stew
(ไข่พะโล้หมูสามชั้นเห็ดหอม ; khai phalo muu saam chan het haawm)

March 22, 2010 · 7 comments

Thai Style Fragrant Eggs and Pork Chinese Five-Spice Stew

Here is an aromatic stew that leans toward the sweet spectrum of the palate. An all time Thai favorite, that was introduced locally by the Chinese-Cantonese and Tae Chiew immigrants who flocked the kingdom in the early nineteenth century. “Pah Ziah” refers in Chinese to the art of medicinal herbal preparations and “Lou” means a [...]

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Chicken Galangal Fresh Coconut Soup
(tom kha gai ; ต้มข่าไก่)

March 17, 2010 · 3 comments

Chicken Galangal Coconut Soup tom kha gai ; ต้มข่าไก่

It is pretty cheering and I must say rare that a single local dish will grab the attention of the entire world. Tom kha gai did just that! However, with fame comes the danger of losing it essence. You see, if a dish can be found on a menu of a Thai restaurant in the [...]

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Clear Soup of Bitter Gourd Stuffed with Pork and Vermicelli
(ต้มจืดมะระยัดไส้หมูสับ ; dtohm jeuut mara yat sai muu sap)

March 7, 2010 · 10 comments

Clear Soup of Bitter Gourd Stuffed with Pork and Vermicelli

Bitter gourds have long been prized in Asia for a trait that is considered a defect in cucumbers, bitterness. We like to think that everything bitter is medicine, and in this case we might be right. Bitter gourd have said to cure a wide range of ailments from gastrointestinal conditions to cancers; from diabetes to [...]

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Hot and Sour Soup with Shrimp
(tom yum goong ; ต้มยำกุ้ง)

March 4, 2010 · 25 comments

Hot and Sour Soup with Shrimp

Tom Yam is a type of soup with distinct sharp hot and sour flavors, scented with pleasant citrusy aroma. Tom Yam is known to seduce many westerners to fall in love with Thailand, its people and food. Many trips memories to Thailand were written in diaries, others are etched on film but all are stained [...]

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