Ferment

ground pork (400 grams) • boiled pork skin, shredded (100 grams) • cooked sticky rice, pounded (about 30 grams) • garlic, finely minced • granulated sugar • chicken bouillon powder • fine salt • Thai bird’s eye chilies (for wrapping) • Garlic cloves (for wrapping) • Banana leaves, plastic bags, and rubber bands for wrapping

ground pork (1 kg) • pork skin (1/2 kg) • garlic (1/2 kg) • rice ladle cooked jasmine rice (about 1/2 cup or 100 grams) • fine salt (about 30 grams) • seasoning powder (about 10 grams) • MSG (about 10 grams) • Chili peppers, to taste

cucumber (about 200 grams) • small cherry tomatoes • chili peppers • garlic • dried shrimp • almonds • keto-friendly fish sauce • stevia • lime juice • cooked shrimp (use as desired)

green papaya, shredded • dried chilies, toasted • garlic • tomatoes • ladle palm sugar syrup • ladles fermented fish sauce (pla ra) • ladles tamarind juice • lime wedges • Seasoning powder (optional, such as MSG or mushroom seasoning)

Bulgarian yogurt (about 240 ml) • Salt • ground pork (about 400 grams) • garlic • boiled pork skin (about 100 grams; optional)

finely ground pork (1 kg) • pork skin (1/2 kg) • small cup sticky rice (about 1/2 cup or 100 grams) • ladle finely pounded garlic (about 1/4 cup or 30 grams) • salt (about 37 grams) • MSG (optional, about 7 grams)

ground pork (800 grams) • cooked white rice or sticky rice (about 200 grams) • (If using sticky rice, rinse it with water first) • finely chopped garlic (about 120 grams) • boiled pork skin, thinly sliced (about 100 grams) • granulated sugar (about 12 grams) • sea salt (about 15 grams) • seasoning powder (such as chicken bouillon) (about 10 grams) • Thai bird’s eye chilies, to taste

ground pork (500 grams) • boiled pork skin (300 grams) • garlic • sea salt • Greek yogurt (about 240 ml) • red Thai chili peppers

instant ramen noodles (shrimp tom yum flavor) • fermented pork sausage (naem moo), sliced • red onion • tomatoes, sliced • green onions and cilantro, roughly chopped • lime juice (about 30 ml) • fish sauce (about 45 ml) • granulated sugar (about 30 grams) • Thai bird's eye chilies, to taste • seasoning packets from the noodle packs

MSG • brown sugar • ladles cooked fermented fish sauce (pla ra) • fish sauce • Green papaya, red chili peppers, lime, tomato, long beans, Thai eggplant, garlic, pickled field crab

green papaya, shredded • Thai chilies • salted preserved crab • cooked fermented fish sauce (about 30 ml) • garlic • small Roma or plum tomatoes • fish sauce (about 15 ml) • palm sugar (about 7 grams) • lime juice (about 15 ml) • Cabbage, for serving on the side

ground pork (1 kilogram) • pork skin (1/2 kilogram) • fine salt • MSG (optional) • cooked sticky rice • garlic cloves

pork loin (1 kg) • pork skin (300 grams) • coarsely crushed Thai garlic (100 grams) • steamed sticky rice (100 grams) • fine salt (20 grams) • seasoning powder (10 grams)

ground pork (chilled in the freezer until very cold but not frozen) • boiled pork skin • cooked sticky rice, soaked in water until soft (about 160 grams) • minced garlic (about 65 grams) • seasoning powder • salt • Thai bird’s eye chilies, stems removed, washed and dried, as desired

ground pork with fat (2 kilograms) • pork skin (1/2 kilogram) • garlic (1/2 kilogram) • salt • cooked sticky rice (about 200 grams)

thin rice noodles (about 200 grams) • blanched water spinach (about 30 grams)

ground pork (200 grams) • minced garlic • rice paddlefuls cooked sticky rice (about 1 cup/150 grams) • MSG • salt • rice paddlefuls cooked pork skin, thinly sliced (about 1 1/3 cups/200 grams)

small plate shredded green papaya • cooked salted pickled crabs • small head Thai garlic • fresh and dried chilies (very spicy!) • lime • Thai eggplants • pea eggplants • cherry tomatoes • tamarind juice (about 30 ml) • fish sauce (about 30 ml) • rich fermented fish sauce (about 30 ml) • MSG (optional) •

shredded green papaya (about 200 grams) • tomatoes • lime • fresh chili peppers • garlic (omit for vegan/strict vegetarian version) • vegetarian fermented soybean sauce • vegetarian MSG (optional) • granulated sugar

santol fruit • fermented crab paste (nam pu) • seasoning powder • Culantro, to taste • Fish sauce • Palm sugar • Field crab (steamed until cooked) • Chili flakes (or dried chilies) • Garlic • Dried shrimp

green papaya • lime juice or fish sauce • palm sugar (you can substitute granulated sugar) • tomatoes • –2 long green beans • carrot (optional) • –2 pickled crabs • –2 tablespoons fermented fish sauce (pla ra) (optional; omit if you prefer)

fresh shrimp, peeled with tails left on • Shredded green papaya • Thai chili peppers • garlic • lime juice (about 30 ml) • granulated sugar (about 25 grams) • fish sauce (about 30 ml) • fermented fish sauce (pla ra) (about 30 ml) • small tomatoes • Leucaena seeds (optional)

santol fruit • Fresh chili peppers, chili flakes, garlic • Shrimp paste • Pea eggplants • MSG (optional) • Sugar • Tamarind juice • Fermented fish sauce

all-purpose flour (80 grams) • water (50 grams) • all-purpose flour (450 grams) • water (300 grams) • sourdough starter (120 grams) • whole wheat flour (50 grams) • salt (8 grams)

Wide rice noodles (use as much as you like) • Carrot, cut into • Napa cabbage, cut into • Fresh shrimp (heads removed) • Chopped garlic • red chili powder (about 2 grams) • Sweet dark soy sauce • Soy sauce • sugar (about 4 grams) • Oil for frying

potatoes • –3 tablespoons olive oil • dried parsley • paprika or chili powder • –2 teaspoons salt • –2 teaspoons ground black pepper • sour cream (store-bought or homemade) • Dijon mustard • garlic powder • onion powder • Salt • Black pepper

fresh chili peppers • garlic • shallots • whole peppercorns • lemongrass • fingerroots • pork belly (about 300 grams) • boiled bamboo shoots (about 500 grams) • coconut milk (250 ml) • large chili peppers • kaffir lime leaves • palm sugar •

boiled forest bamboo shoots • fresh chilies • roasted or grilled garlic • roasted or grilled shallots • sliced ginger leaves • fermented crab paste • salt • fish sauce • Chopped cilantro and green onions

pork ribs or baby back ribs, choose ones with more meat • cooked rice, cooled • Thai garlic • salt (I use Epsom salt, if using regular table salt, reduce to 1/2 tablespoon)

eggplants or Thai eggplants, as needed • red chili peppers • garlic • shallots • fish sauce • MSG, • shrimp paste (optional) • Cilantro,