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rice flour (about 240 grams) • arrowroot flour (about 8 grams) • tapioca flour (about 16 grams) • water (about 240 ml) • butterfly pea flower water (or 1/2 teaspoon purple food coloring) • sweet preserved radish, finely chopped (about 120 grams) • minced garlic (about 8 grams) • roasted peanuts, coarsely ground (about 140 grams) • salt • palm sugar (about 36 grams) • cilantro roots, cut into pieces • garlic •

green apple, diced (if you have water chestnuts, you can use those instead) • butterfly pea flower tea (150 ml) • tapioca starch • dried butterfly pea flowers • hot water (450 ml) • ice cubes • half & half (180 ml) • sweetened condensed milk • vanilla extract

cowslip creeper flowers (about 250 grams) • raw shrimp, peeled and deveined (about 100 grams) • kaeng som curry paste • tamarind paste • fish sauce • palm sugar • water (300 ml)

chicken feet (about 150 grams) • chicken blood (about 100 grams) • ground pork (about 100 grams) • a rack pork ribs • Salt and soy sauce, to taste • dried red cotton flowers (dok ngio) (about 10 grams) • Thai tomatoes (makhuea som) (about 100 grams) • little lemongrass and kaffir lime leaves • Fried garlic • lemongrass • galangal (about 10 grams) • fresh turmeric (about 10 grams) •

grated cassava • butterfly pea flower water (boil to extract color) • granulated sugar • grated coconut (white part only) • salt • Small steaming

glutinous (sticky) rice (about 300 grams) • coconut cream (about 200 grams) • salt • granulated sugar (about 40 grams)

cooked jasmine rice (about 320 grams) • ham, diced (about 100 grams) • cashew nuts (about 60 grams) • raisins (about 40 grams) • diced carrots and green peas (about 50 grams) • scallions, sliced • shrimp, peeled and deveined • large eggs • diced pineapple (about 180 grams) • finely minced garlic • diced onion (about 50 grams) • curry powder •

ground pork (200 grams) • garlic (about 1 tablespoon, 15 grams) • Bird's eye chili, to taste • Holy basil leaves, as desired • oyster sauce (30 ml) • fish sauce (10 ml) • Steamed jasmine rice, for serving • Fried egg, for serving

khanom jeen noodles (fermented rice noodles) • coarsely ground pork • pork spare ribs • boiled chicken blood • small tomatoes • dried red cotton tree flowers (soaked until soft) • fermented soybean paste (or use miso if unavailable) • vegetable oil • small dried red chilies • cilantro roots • garlic • small shallots •

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

ladle (about 2 tablespoons) sour curry paste (gaeng som paste) • steamed mackerel (pla tu) • red chili peppers • granulated sugar • Chinese flowering cabbage (choy sum) • small head napa cabbage • lotus stems • long beans • sesbania flowers (dok khae) • ladles (about 1/2 to 2/3 cup; 120-160 ml) boiled fermented fish sauce (pla ra) • ladle (about 2 tablespoons) fish sauce • ladles (about 1/2 cup; 120 ml) tamarind juice •

bamboo shoots with yanang leaf extract (ready-to-cook) • toasted rice powder • ladle (about 1/4 cup or 60 ml) fermented fish sauce (pla ra) • fish sauce • Fresh chili peppers • Shallots • Lemongrass • Thai basil • Acacia leaves (cha-om) • Roselle flowers (okra can be substituted)

lbs. (1 kilogram) khanom jeen noodles (fermented rice noodles) • Nam Ngiao curry paste (available at Asian markets) • Ngiao flowers (optional, can omit if unavailable) • chicken blood (about 7 oz. or 200 grams) • ground pork • medium tomatoes • lbs. (500 grams) chicken feet • cilantro and green onions • Fried garlic • Seasonings: fish sauce, MSG (optional) • Assorted fresh vegetables for serving (such as shredded cabbage, bean sprouts, cilantro, green onions) • Vegetable oil •

sago pearls (about 1 cup) • granulated sugar (about 1 1/4 cups) • water (about 3/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon) • coconut milk (about 1 cup) • Food coloring as desired (I used natural colors from butterfly pea flowers, pandan juice, pumpkin juice, and red syrup) • pandan leaves • salt • Young coconut meat to taste (steam for 5 minutes)

chicken breast (for frying) (about 100 grams) • sausage link • unsalted butter (about 20 grams) • garlic (diced) • chicken ham (diced) • diced onion (about 30 grams) • diced tomato (about 30 grams) • little green peas • jasmine rice • ketchup • soy sauce • seasoning sauce •

whole tilapia • sour curry paste • young melons • baby bok choy • cabbage • winter melon • sesbania flowers • carrot • fish sauce (about 60 ml) • fermented fish sauce (about 120 ml) • tamarind juice (about 80 ml) • sugar •

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)

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

Nam Ngiao curry paste (packet) • pork spare ribs (about 300 grams) • pork bones (about 300 grams) • ground pork (about 200 grams) • chicken feet • water (1000 ml) • Dried red cotton tree flowers (dok ngio), to taste (add more if you like, less if you don't) • Tomatoes, to taste • Green onions and cilantro • soy sauce (about 30-45 ml) • granulated sugar (about 12 grams) • seasoning powder (RosDee or similar) •

cooked jasmine rice (about 300 grams) • soy sauce • ground black pepper • Thai garlic • green onions and cilantro • salted mackerel • seasoning powder • large eggs

(500 grams) Thai glutinous (sticky) rice • Large piece of alum for scrubbing rice • Shelled mung beans, as desired • coconut cream (220 grams) • plus 2 tablespoons granulated sugar (225 grams) • salt • pandan leaf juice • butterfly pea flower juice • coconut cream (250 grams) • plus 2 tablespoons water (130 grams) • salt • rice flour

tubes egg tofu • large egg • Gogi brand tempura flour (or all-purpose flour) • panko breadcrumbs • red curry paste • evaporated milk (such as Carnation) • palm sugar • fish sauce • seasoning powder (such as RosDee or chicken bouillon) • water • vegetable oil • kaffir lime •

Nam Ngiao curry paste • pork cartilage bones • ground pork • ground pork, shaped into meatballs • shrimp paste • dried red cotton tree flowers (about one small bag) • small tomatoes • large block pork blood or 4 tubes pork blood • cilantro roots • Khanom Jeen noodles (fermented rice noodles) • Pickled mustard greens, sliced into • Chopped cilantro and green onions •

crab meat (200 grams) • cooked jasmine rice (about 320 grams) • large eggs • medium yellow onion • green onion • garlic • soy sauce • Salt, to taste • sugar • oyster sauce • Ground black pepper, to taste

mature winter melon (about 4 kg) • granulated sugar (about 2 kg) • coconut milk (about 2 liters, infused with candle smoke if available) • Flesh from 10 young coconuts, sliced into strips (add jackfruit if you have it) • fine salt • Natural food coloring, such as pandan leaves, butterfly pea flowers, mulberries, or gardenia seeds

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

dried rice noodles (small or Pad Thai style), soaked in water until soft. If you're short on time, just rinse the noodles and stir-fry directly—add 2–3 tablespoons of water before adding the noodles to help them cook through • Pad Thai sauce (recipe will be shared in the next post) • large eggs • fresh shrimp, peeled and deveined (add more or less to taste) • firm yellow tofu, diced • chopped pickled radish • raw bean sprouts • garlic chives, cut into 2-inch pieces • Roasted peanuts, crushed, to taste • Fresh vegetables such as garlic chives, cucumber, and banana blossom, for serving • vegetable oil for stir-frying

(about 4 cups) Thai glutinous rice, divided into 3 portions (soak each portion in 1 cup (250 grams) pandan water, 1 cup (250 grams) butterfly pea flower water, and 1 cup (250 grams) plain water) • fresh coconut cream • granulated sugar • salt • pandan leaves • fresh coconut cream • rice flour • salt • butterfly pea flowers • pandan leaves

pork spare ribs (500 grams) • ground pork (30 grams) • pork or chicken blood curd, as preferred • fresh rice noodles (khanom jeen) (1 kilogram) • large onion, finely chopped • tomatoes (500 grams) • lemongrass, cut into 1-inch pieces • dried red cotton tree flowers (dok ngio) • shallots • dried red chilies, soaked (add more for extra heat) • shrimp paste • garlic •

basket khanom jeen noodles (about 14 oz or 400 grams) • Nam Ngiao chili paste • fish sauce (15 ml) • seasoning powder (such as chicken bouillon, 8 grams) • dried red cotton tree flowers (dok ngio) • tomatoes • cilantro roots • pork with bone (about 300 grams) • chicken blood (about 3.5 oz or 100 grams) • vinegar (15 ml)