Tamarind Paste
Tamarind Paste ►
(Makaam Piak)
Tamarind Paste (Makaam Piak) is a soft, thick, and creamy paste made by reconstituting dried tamarind fruit. Once fully dried, tamarind can be kept in a tightly sealed container in your kitchen pantry for a long, long time. If you do a lot of Thai cooking, we highly recommend that you take some home the next time you see it, and keep it on hand so you can make a little fresh paste as you need it.
Sweet Chili Dipping Sauce
Sweet Chili Dipping Sauce ►
(Nam Jim Gai)
Nam Jim or Nam Chim is Thai for Dipping Sauce. It's a generic term that can refer to many different kinds of dipping sauces in Thai cuisine. Most are a combination of spicy, salty, sweet, and sour flavors.
Panang Curry Paste
Panang Curry Paste ►
(Kaeng Panang)
Prik Kaeng Panang is a lovely Thai curry paste that is used to make Panang Curry dishes. You'll know it from its golden orange color and the flavors of mace, cardamom, and toasted seeds. You can always buy a packaged curry, but if you are serious about Thai cooking there is no better way to really learn how to customize the flavor than by starting with all the raw ingredients.
Spicy Fried Noodles with Shrimp
Spicy Fried Noodles with Shrimp ►
(Pad Kraprow Ma Ma Goong)
Pad Kraprow Mama is a Thailand style pan fried noodle dish made with ramen soup noodles, a delicious chili and garlic sauce, and a healthy portion of basil leaves. We serve is as a one dish meal, but it also makes a nice side dish with other Thai foods.
Hibiscus Flower Drink
Hibiscus Flower Drink ►
(Nam Krajiab)
Roselle drink, know as Nam Kra-Jieb, is one of Thailand's most popular herbal drinks. It is made by boiling the dried flowers of the Roselle plant, a type of Hibiscus. The Roselle fruit turns the drink a bright red color and imparts a tart, sour flavor that is similar to cranberry.
Crispy Fried Shallots
Crispy Fried Shallots ►
(Hom Daeng Tod)
Making perfectly crispy and golden brown fried shallots can be a challenge. So many of our Thai recipes call for fast cooking or high heat, but to make your shallots come out just right you need to keep the heat low, and fry them for at least 5 minutes.