Chili paste

fresh watermeal (about 100 grams) • fresh shiitake mushrooms, straw mushrooms, or any fresh mushrooms (about 100 grams) • ground dried chili (about 80 grams) • fried shallots (about 60 grams) • fried garlic (about 30 grams) • fish sauce (about 30 grams) • palm sugar or coconut sugar (about 220 grams) • tamarind paste (about 80 grams) • sweet shrimp paste (about 25 grams) • salt (about 5 grams) • dried shrimp, soaked in water (about 25 grams) • oil (about 300 grams)

soft tofu, cut into pieces • Oil for frying • ground pork • green onions, cut into pieces • minced garlic • Thai chili paste (nam prik pao) • oyster sauce • soy sauce • sesame oil • seasoning powder • granulated sugar • ground black pepper •

Sweet potato • Thai chili paste • Cooking oil • Minced garlic • Oyster sauce • Drinking water • Fish sauce • White sugar • Salt (for blanching vegetables)

catfish • pre-packaged pad cha stir-fry mix • cooking oil • chili paste • MSG (optional) • sugar • fish sauce • oyster sauce • water

ground pork (500 grams) • pork soup bones (500 grams) • tomato • Nam Ngiao chili paste • pork blood curd • Cilantro, fried garlic, pickled mustard greens, bean sprouts, shredded cabbage (for garnish) • cotton tree flowers (dok ngio) • shrimp paste

Omelet: 4 eggs and about 4 oz (115 grams) ground pork, seasoned with soy sauce • Vegetables for the curry: Use your favorites. Today I chose water spinach, green papaya, young watermelon, cabbage, and okra • shallots + 1 head garlic • large dried chilies + 15 small dried chilies • fermented soybean (or substitute with miso) + 1 small grilled dried fish • lemongrass + peel from 1/2 small kaffir lime • (if you have fingerroot, add a bit for extra flavor) + salt • ladles tamarind water (about 1 to 1 1/2 cups or 240-360 ml) • palm sugar + 2 tablespoons granulated sugar • large lime • salt + 2 tablespoons soy sauce • Water

Chicken breast or thigh, cut into • coconut milk (about 355 ml) • Thai chili paste (nam prik pao) • chicken stock (about 355 ml) • Mushrooms of your choice • galangal • lemongrass, thinly sliced • kaffir lime leaves, torn into pieces • fish sauce (about 80 ml) • sugar • lime juice (about 80 ml) • Thai bird’s eye chilies, lightly crushed and halved •

pork bones • chicken feet • ground pork • pork blood • Dried cotton flowers • Tomatoes • Curry paste • Water (use as much or as little as you like) • Rice noodles

egg • plate of chilled cooked rice • Fried pork, cut into smaller pieces if large • heaping tablespoon of spicy chili paste • sugar • seasoning powder (such as Aromat) • red chili peppers, sliced diagonally • Basil leaves, long beans (if available)

grilled eggplants • grilled shallots • grilled bird's eye chilies • palm sugar • limes, juiced • fish sauce • ground dried shrimp

ground pork (about 7 ounces) • shallots • garlic • cilantro roots • palm sugar • chili powder (medium spicy, adjust to taste) • fish sauce • oil for frying

clam meat (about 5.3 oz) • chili paste (about 0.9 oz) • chili peppers • garlic • sugar • fish sauce • basil • vegetable oil • water

steamed mackerel (can substitute with other fish) • sliced garlic • sliced shallots • dried bird's eye chilies • kaffir lime leaves • tamarind juice • fish sauce • granulated sugar • palm sugar • Oil for frying

eggplant • garlic • shallots • Anaheim peppers • fresh chili peppers • lime juice • fermented fish sauce • palm sugar • salt • fish sauce

small tilapia (about 300 grams) • bird's eye chilies (reduce if you prefer less spicy) • shallots • garlic (about 5 cloves) • ladles of fermented fish sauce • MSG to taste • Vegetables of your choice • chopped cilantro

ground pork • sliced shallots • Thai garlic • chili powder • sliced cilantro roots • palm sugar • fish sauce • vegetable oil • water • Fresh vegetables of choice, such as cucumber, Thai eggplant, long beans, etc

fresh chili peppers • garlic • shallots • cooked fermented fish sauce • fish sauce • wedge lime • MSG

mature tamarind (since young tamarind is unavailable, remove seeds by pounding) • grilled fish • fermented soybean • large dried chilies + 4 small dried chilies • makwaen • garlic • shallots • palm sugar or to taste • Vegetable broth, • salt • Boiled or fresh vegetables and sides like boiled eggs, grilled or fried fish

chicken wings • straw mushrooms • shimeji mushrooms • coconut cream (250 ml) • coconut milk or water (250 ml) • galangal • lemongrass, cut into pieces • onion, chopped • Roma tomato, chopped • crushed garlic • kaffir lime leaves, torn • cilantro •

river prawns • squid (about 500 grams) • straw mushrooms (about 300 grams) • lemongrass • galangal root • kaffir lime leaves • Thai chili peppers • Thai chili paste (nam prik pao) • evaporated milk (240 ml) • water (720 ml) • limes • soup ladle fish sauce (about 3 tablespoons / 45 ml) •

sea bass (about 600 grams), cut into pieces • Mushrooms of your choice • lemongrass • shallots • Roma or plum tomatoes • Thai bird’s eye chilies, roughly crushed • Lime • Culantro (or substitute with cilantro) • galangal • Thai chili paste (nam prik pao) • Evaporated milk or whole milk • About 2 cups water (480 ml)

Cooked brown rice • Protein of your choice (such as beef, chicken, or tofu) • Mushrooms • Daikon radish • Asparagus • Carrot • Prepared kimchi • Soft-boiled egg (onsen egg) • Seaweed • Salt • Sugar • Gochujang (Korean chili paste) •

sourdough bread • butter (about 10 grams) • mayonnaise (about 15 grams) • chili paste (about 10 grams) • shredded cooked chicken (about 15 grams)

whole sea bass • diced mature ginger • shallots, diced • lime, diced • lemongrass, thinly sliced • kaffir lime leaves, thinly sliced • Fresh chilies, to taste • Fried dried chilies, to taste • Sour green mango, to taste • Peanuts or cashew nuts, to taste • Culantro (or sawtooth herb), to taste • coconut sugar (about 60 grams) •

large can of Spam or canned ham • large sausages • firm tofu • ground pork, beef, or chicken • baked beans • Korean instant noodles (if unavailable, use any instant ramen noodles) • cheese • green onions (or Japanese scallions) • kimchi • large onion • enoki mushrooms • water or chicken stock (about 650 grams), enough to cover the ingredients in your pot; adjust based on your pot size •

chicken breast (about 200 grams) • chili paste • oyster sauce • fish sauce • granulated sugar • chicken broth (1/8 cup or about 30 ml) • Chinese cooking wine • cashew nuts • bell pepper • yellow onion • green onion • garlic •

chicken breast, cut into bite-sized pieces • cornstarch • salt • black pepper • tamarind paste • fish sauce • sugar • soy sauce • oyster sauce • Thai chili paste • yellow onion • bell peppers •

pork bone • Dried red cotton tree flowers, soaked for about 1 hour • Nam Ngiao chili paste (store-bought) • cherry tomatoes • chicken feet • pork blood

chicken breast, diced (about 200 grams) • salt • ground black pepper • crispy frying flour • Vegetable oil • Salt (for rinsing chicken) • chili paste (nam prik pao) • oyster sauce • light soy sauce • granulated sugar • sesame oil (optional) • coarsely chopped garlic •

chicken breast (cut into thick pieces) (about 100 grams) • crispy frying flour • roasted cashew nuts • garlic (roughly chopped) • large dried chili (sliced) • green onion (cut into 2-inch pieces) • medium onion (cut into squares) • carrot (cut into sticks) (about 50 grams) • seasoning powder (such as chicken bouillon) • soy sauce • oyster sauce • chili paste •