Paste

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)

purple sweet potato • coconut milk • whole milk • –1 1/2 tablespoons (15–20 grams) granulated sugar • peanuts • –2 1/2 tablespoons (20–30 grams) white sesame seeds • whole milk • coconut milk + 3 teaspoons matcha powder • granulated sugar • glutinous rice flour (sweet rice flour) • cornstarch • granulated sugar •

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

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)

boneless, skinless chicken thighs (about 400 grams) • Massaman curry paste mix (such as Lobo brand) • canned coconut milk (250 ml) • water (250 ml) • fish sauce • sugar • potato

glass noodles (80 grams) • thinly sliced pork (100 grams) • medium onion, cut into bite-sized pieces • medium tomato, cut into bite-sized pieces • fresh Thai basil leaves • kaffir lime leaves • green curry paste • whole milk (50 ml) • water • Vegetable oil, • fish sauce • little palm sugar

dried red chilies • shallots • garlic • galangal • lemongrass • kaffir lime peel • 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

palm sugar (500 grams) • granulated sugar (250 grams) • tamarind juice (400 grams) • water (100 grams) • salt (50 grams) • dried red chili peppers (100 grams) • vegetable oil (500 grams) • shallots (120 grams) • white soybean paste (optional) (100 grams) • garlic chives, chopped, to taste (5-10 grams) or • bean sprouts, to taste (5-10 grams) or • firm tofu, diced (20 grams) •

Pasta or your favorite noodles, enough for 1-2 servings • firm tofu • shiitake mushrooms • broth (about 240 ml) • onion, thinly sliced • ladles masman curry paste satay sauce (leftover from a previous dish) • cooked beans • Chopped green onions and celery leaves for garnish • wedge lime • hard-boiled egg

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

khanom jeen noodles (fermented rice noodles) • ready-made Nam Ngiao curry paste (80 grams) • ground or minced pork (300 grams) • pork or chicken blood cake (150 grams) • pork bones (such as neck bones or spare ribs) (300 grams) • dried cotton tree flowers (dok ngio) (10 grams) • cherry tomatoes, cut into wedges (200 grams) • water (about 1500 grams)

large Thai shallots • small piece of mature ginger • small dried red chilies • garlic • coriander seeds (about 12 grams) • turmeric root • curry powder (about 7 grams) • cha-ko fruits (grass jelly fruit) • salt (about 18 grams)

(about 1.75 oz) red curry paste • whole cloves, toasted and ground • coriander seeds • cardamom pods • black peppercorns • large cloves garlic • shallots • cumin seeds • shrimp paste • whole cloves • cinnamon • bay leaves (for the curry sauce)

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 •

ready-to-use green curry paste (such as Roi Thai) • Boneless chicken thighs, cut into • Thai eggplant • Pea eggplant • Sliced red chili pepper • Fresh Thai basil • Fish sauce • Coconut sugar

–2 tablespoons green bird’s eye chilies • galangal • lemongrass • coriander seeds • cumin seeds • kaffir lime peel • –2 tablespoons shallots • black peppercorns • garlic • cilantro roots • cilantro stems • salt •

pork spare ribs • water (500 ml) • minced garlic • Southern yellow curry paste • red curry paste • granulated sugar • fish sauce • black pepper • red Thai chilies, chopped • kaffir lime leaves, sliced

pork leg meat • Parkia seeds (stink beans), as desired • Southern Thai curry paste • shrimp paste • kaffir lime leaves

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 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

heaping tablespoon shrimp paste • bird's eye chilies • garlic • warm water • lime juice • stevia • boiled okra • boiled cauliflower • boiled broccoli • cucumber • fried salted fish or mackerel • spinach omelet (recipe available)

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

pork ribs • young jackfruit • small sour eggplants • cha-om and betel leaves • large dried chilies • garlic • shallots • prickly ash • small stalk lemongrass • galangal • peanuts • salt