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beef, diced small • chicken or duck eggs • Dressing ingredients: • ladle galangal vinegar • coconut syrup • shiitake soy sauce • bird's eye chilies, chopped • shallots, chopped • cucumber, diced small • Thai cherries, halved • Rice paddy herb, chopped into short pieces, to taste, for garnish

chicken wings (about 300 grams) • Galangal, lemongrass, shallots, kaffir lime • Tomato • White shimeji mushrooms (or any mushrooms you like) • Bird’s eye chilies • water (1 liter) • salt • fish sauce • sugar • lime juice • little tamarind juice

Whole black peppercorns (add more for extra heat) • About half a kaffir lime peel (adding more will make it bitter) • About 1 heaping tablespoon sliced galangal • lemongrass (using more gives the paste a tangy flavor) • Holy basil flowers (optional, but my family likes to add them) • salt • Sliced fingerroot • Thai garlic • Shallots • Dried chilies, soaked (for more heat, use dried bird's eye chilies; for milder flavor, mix with larger dried chilies) • shrimp paste (the kind I use is pinkish; if you use regular jarred shrimp paste, the paste will have a stronger smell and darker color, but it's fine to use if that's what you have. You can also wrap it in banana leaf and grill it first, if you like)

shrimp (about 1/2 kilogram), peeled as desired, preferably with the head fat left on • set of Tom Yum herbs (galangal, lemongrass, kaffir lime leaves) • Shimeji mushrooms or any mushrooms you like • dried chilies • fresh chilies, or more to taste • Culantro (or cilantro) for garnish • Tom Yum chili paste • Fish sauce • Lime

eggs • straw mushrooms • set galangal, lemongrass, and kaffir lime leaves • culantro (or substitute with cilantro) • Chili peppers, to taste • shallots • limes • Thai chili paste (nam prik pao) • fish sauce • unsweetened soy milk, evaporated milk, or coconut milk

coconut sugar (500 grams) • galangal and lemongrass (100 grams) • ginger and shallots (50 grams) • shrimp paste • Roasted peanuts, toasted coconut • Ground dried shrimp • water (about 240 ml) • Lotus petals, lotus stamens • Bird’s eye chilies • Diced ginger, shallots, and lime • Roasted peanuts, dried shrimp, toasted coconut

coconut sugar (about 500 grams) • galangal and lemongrass (about 100 grams) • ginger and shallots (about 50 grams) • grilled shrimp paste • roasted peanuts, crushed • toasted coconut, shredded • dried shrimp, ground • water (about 120 ml)

large shrimp • straw mushrooms • mixed galangal, lemongrass, and kaffir lime leaves • water (about 710 ml) • fish sauce • lime juice • Thai bird's eye chilies, lightly crushed

fresh sea bass, cut into large pieces (about 300 grams) • white king oyster mushrooms • water (about 400 grams) • Galangal, lemongrass, kaffir lime leaves, shallots • limes • Green and red Thai chilies, to taste • Green onions and cilantro, to taste • salt • fish sauce • Granulated sugar (use instead of seasoning powder)

canned fish (such as sardines in tomato sauce) • tom yum herbs, washed and sliced (lemongrass, kaffir lime leaves, galangal, etc.) • culantro (or substitute with cilantro), chopped • tomatoes, halved • straw mushrooms, halved (or substitute with button mushrooms) • red Thai bird’s eye chilies, roughly crushed • fish sauce (60 ml) • salt • limes • Chili powder, to taste

canned fish in tomato sauce • straw mushrooms • set Tom Yum herbs (lemongrass, kaffir lime leaves, galangal, etc.) • small shallots • Green onions and cilantro • limes • Fish sauce • little sugar • Crushed Thai bird’s eye chilies

Tilapia (scaled, cut into pieces, and cleaned) • Cilantro roots (lightly crushed; optional) • Galangal and lemongrass (cut into pieces and lightly crushed) • Kaffir lime leaves (torn) • Tamarind paste • Salt • Cilantro (chopped, for garnish) • Lime • Fresh chili peppers • Dried chili peppers • Shallots • Garlic •

shrimp (500 grams) • set tom yum herbs (lemongrass, galangal, kaffir lime leaves—available as a set at Asian markets) • Lime (to taste) • Thai bird’s eye chilies (to taste) • Culantro (to taste) • Thai basil (to taste) • fish sauce

chicken • chicken blood • galangal, lemongrass, kaffir lime • chili peppers, lightly crushed and sliced diagonally • tomatoes • cabbage • oyster mushrooms • cilantro and green onions • fried dried chili peppers • tamarind

whole fresh mackerel • king oyster mushroom (cut into small pieces) • tomato • small shallot • onion • galangal • lemongrass (cut into pieces) • kaffir lime leaves (tear out the center stem) • cilantro (for garnish) • bird's eye chilies (lightly crushed) • seasoning powder • sugar •

large fresh shrimp • Button mushrooms (or your preferred type) • Galangal, lemongrass, kaffir lime leaves, cilantro roots • Green onions and cilantro • Culantro (or extra cilantro if unavailable) • shallots • garlic • Thai bird’s eye chilies (or to taste) • fish sauce (60 ml) • Thai chili paste (nam prik pao) • Evaporated milk (such as Carnation) • limes

chicken thighs • mushrooms • Galangal, lemongrass, kaffir lime • little tamarind pulp • salt • shallots, lightly crushed • cherry tomatoes • fish sauce • seasoning powder (such as chicken bouillon) • Red chili peppers, coarsely pounded • little green onion, cilantro, and culantro

snakehead fish • cherry tomatoes • tamarind juice • fish sauce • salt • Tom Yum ingredients: galangal, lemongrass, kaffir lime leaves, sawtooth coriander, roasted shallots, roasted garlic, roasted dried chilies

chicken thighs • set of Tom Yum herbs (galangal, lemongrass, kaffir lime leaves) • cilantro • chili • limes • chicken broth • sugar • fish sauce • soy sauce • holy basil leaves • MSG • straw mushrooms

pork leg, sliced, boneless • galangal, sliced • lemongrass, crushed and sliced • kaffir lime leaves, torn • salt • soy sauce • Bird's eye chilies, lime, fish sauce, roasted dried chilies • Green onions, cilantro, culantro, sliced

red snapper fillet (about 300 grams) • set tom yum herbs (galangal, lemongrass, kaffir lime leaves) • culantro stalks • holy basil stalks • Shimeji and king oyster mushrooms, as much as you like • bird's eye chilies • shallots • limes • tomato • dried bird's eye chilies

chicken breast, sliced • oyster mushrooms • tomato, sliced • Tom Yum ingredients: lemongrass, galangal, shallots • Chopped cilantro to taste • Chopped green onions to taste • kaffir lime leaves, torn • red chilies, or to taste • limes • fish sauce

chicken thigh meat with bone • chicken-flavored soup powder • fish sauce • sugar • lime • bird's eye chili • red chili • cilantro • sawtooth coriander • tom yum ingredients (galangal, lemongrass, kaffir lime leaves) • garlic • shallots •

chili peppers • Tom Yum herbs (galangal, lemongrass, kaffir lime leaves) • tilapia • cilantro / culantro / celery • lime • tomato • shallots • seasonings (salt, MSG)

large river prawns • water (300 ml) • Tom Yum herbs (4 slices galangal/1 stalk lemongrass/3 kaffir lime leaves) • good quality fish sauce • straw mushrooms • chili paste • fresh milk or evaporated milk • cilantro • culantro • bird's eye chilies • lime juice

cumin seeds • coriander seeds • coconut milk (about 500 ml) • large dried red chilies • -inch piece cinnamon stick • shrimp paste • fried shallots • fried garlic • kaffir lime zest • sliced galangal • lemongrass, sliced • pork ribs, cut into pieces as desired (about 500 grams) •

lemongrass • dried chilies • sliced galangal • toasted coriander seeds • toasted cumin seeds • curry powder • shrimp paste • salt • beef (about 500 grams) • coconut (about 400 grams) • small boiled potatoes • fried shallots

chicken thighs • Coca-Cola • galangal • lemongrass • garlic • cilantro root • black pepper • oyster sauce • soy sauce • sugar • chicken bouillon powder (Knorr or similar)

Shrimp, as desired • Squid, as desired • water (1 liter) • large piece galangal • preserved salted radish • light soy sauce, or to taste • seasoning sauce, or to taste • fish sauce, or to taste • water (1 liter) • Minced garlic, as desired • Chinese celery • Ground white pepper, as desired

pumpkin (about 1/2 pound or 225 grams) • small bunch pak wan (Melientha suavis) • small bunch neem leaves (optional, skip if you don’t like bitterness) • oyster mushrooms (about 100 grams) • Pork, as desired • Lemon basil • Kaffir lime leaves, julienned fingerroot • leftover curry paste, plus half the amount more • lemongrass • garlic • small shallots • Some galangal, fingerroot, and cilantro roots •