Fingerroot

beetroot • small carrot • dragon fruit • small guava • sunflower sprouts • bitter melons (optional, but vegetable lovers will enjoy it) • wedges of lime, or to taste • fingerroots • bitter melons • kaffir lime peel • kaffir lime juice • Lime juice to taste •

Eel, cut into • Seasonings, to taste • Southern Thai red curry paste (dried chilies, garlic, shallots, lemongrass, fingerroot, black pepper), to taste • Shrimp paste, to taste • Coconut cream, to taste • Kaffir lime leaves, thinly sliced

chicken drumsticks (1 kg) • fresh egg noodles for Khao Soi (1/2 kg) • vegetable oil (240 ml) • coconut milk (720 ml) • Curry Paste: • dried red chilies • garlic • small shallots • Peel from 1 kaffir lime • fingerroot • fresh turmeric • sliced lemongrass •

dried bird’s eye chilies, soaked until soft • shallots • garlic • sliced fingerroot • shrimp paste or vegetarian shrimp paste • fish sauce (60 ml) • tamarind juice (120 ml) • palm sugar (about 25 grams) • water (1 liter) • dried fish powder (optional) • eggs, made into an omelet with pak wan leaves • green papaya, sliced •

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 •

instant ramen noodles • meat of your choice • shredded cabbage • crushed fresh chili peppers • red curry paste • carrot • sliced onion • garlic • kaffir lime • Thai basil leaves (or holy basil, if available) • baby corn • oyster sauce •

small shallots • fresh fingerroot (about 1/4 cup or 20 grams) • dried red chilies • galangal • lemongrass (about 1/4 cup or 20 grams) • black peppercorns • garlic • kaffir limes (use both zest and leaves) • Coriander seeds (optional) • tempeh (about 200 grams; or substitute with your choice of protein) • unsweetened almond milk • Thai eggplant (about 200 grams) •

rice bran oil (or vegetable oil) • minced garlic • chopped Thai bird’s eye chilies (or other hot chili peppers) • Sausage (any cooked sausage, sliced) • Fish balls (about 1 cup/150 grams) • Cooked spaghetti noodles • Oyster sauce • Soy sauce or seasoning sauce • Granulated sugar • Julienned fingerroot (or ginger if unavailable) • Kaffir lime • Thai basil •

catfish (800 grams) • red curry paste • sliced fingerroot (or ginger if unavailable) • thinly sliced red chili peppers • fresh Thai basil leaves • pea eggplants • sugar • coconut milk (about 600 ml) • salt • fish sauce • water (about 120 ml) • vegetable oil

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)

Spaghetti noodles • chicken breast • vegetable oil • Salt • Water • Thai red chilies • garlic • soy sauce • oyster sauce • sugar • spur chilies • Fresh green peppercorns •

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

king mackerel fish balls • coconut milk (250 grams) • green curry paste • winter melon • little pea eggplant • Thai basil leaves • sliced fingerroot • torn kaffir lime leaves • palm sugar • fish sauce

spaghetti noodles (150 grams) • vegetable oil • salt • large fresh shrimp • squid (200 grams) • baby corn, sliced • shredded carrot • kaffir lime leaves, torn • fingerroot, sliced • red bell pepper, sliced • fresh Thai basil leaves • Chili peppers and garlic, pounded together •

instant noodles (Mama brand or similar) • pork (about 200 grams), sliced • straw mushrooms (about 100 grams), sliced • baby corn (about 100 grams), sliced • fingerroot (sliced, about 2 tablespoons or to taste) • red chili peppers (sliced, to taste) • kaffir lime leaves (torn, about 3 leaves) • fresh Thai basil leaves (about 1/2 cup or 10 grams) • chili and garlic (crushed, about 2 tablespoons) • fresh green peppercorns (about 1 tablespoon, optional) • oyster sauce (15 ml) • fish sauce (7 ml) •

instant ramen noodles (Mama brand or similar) • egg • Shrimp, as desired • Squid, as desired • Baby corn • Thai chili peppers • Fresh holy basil • Fingerroot (or ginger, if unavailable) • Fresh green peppercorns • Garlic • Oyster sauce • Sugar •

(about 1.1 lbs) scraped fish meat (such as snakehead or similar white fish) • (about 9 oz) Southern Thai spicy curry paste • coconut milk • Thai eggplants • small bunch fingerroot (about 10 baht worth, or substitute with 1/2 cup sliced fingerroot (about 50 grams)) • shrimp paste • Thai basil leaves • Kaffir lime • Red chili peppers

chicken breast (300 grams) • chicken blood (optional, about 3.5 oz/100 grams) • green curry paste • small can coconut milk (about 1 cup/240 ml) • Thai eggplants, quartered • small bunches pea eggplants • julienned fingerroot (kra chai) • Thai basil leaves • ladles fish sauce (about 3 tablespoons/45 ml) • red spur chili pepper • kaffir lime leaves • palm sugar •

fish balls (about 1.1 lbs) • coconut cream (about 240 ml) • coconut milk (about 720 ml) • kaffir lime leaves, torn • Thai eggplant, quartered (about 1 large eggplant) • red chili peppers, sliced diagonally • Thai basil leaves • palm sugar (about 7 grams) • fish sauce (about 15 ml) • chicken or pork bouillon • julienned fingerroot (about 30 grams) • Green Curry Paste Ingredients •

coconut milk (both thick and thin parts) (about 500 grams) • green curry paste (about 200 grams) • pork shoulder (about 300 grams) • Thai eggplants • pea eggplants • red spur chilies • fingerroot rhizomes • Fresh Thai basil leaves, to taste • fish sauce • sugar • little pork-flavored seasoning powder • small cooked bamboo shoots

chicken breasts (cut into pieces) • glass noodles • small bunch fresh Thai basil • Water • coconut milk (1 cup or 250 ml) • red curry paste • garlic cloves • small bunch fresh fingerroot (or substitute with ginger if unavailable) • salt • Fish sauce • sugar • Fresh red and green chili peppers (to taste)

whole chicken, cut into pieces • pork blood curd • Thai eggplants • green curry paste • coconut milk • water • Thai basil leaves • kaffir lime leaves • julienned fingerroot (kra chai) • fresh chili peppers • ladle fish sauce • palm sugar •

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 •

pork ribs • red curry paste • fingerroot • fresh green peppercorns • pea eggplants • bird's eye chilies • Kaffir lime • Basil • oyster sauce • fish sauce • sugar • soy sauce

bamboo shoots in brine • pork belly • green chili, 1 red chili, 1 yellow chili • kaffir lime leaves, torn • fermented fish sauce • fish sauce • palm sugar • coconut milk • sliced lemongrass • roughly chopped shallots • roughly chopped garlic • sliced fingerroot •

Dried chili peppers, garlic • Fingerroot • Tilapia (steamed) • Galangal, lemongrass, kaffir lime • Fermented fish sauce (essential for flavor) • Green onions • Side vegetables of your choice, though no one feels at ease right now