Water spinach

Small fresh bamboo shoot (enough for 1 serving) • Water spinach (optional) • Pork (substitute with fresh fish if preferred) • Water (enough to cover the vegetables) • fish sauce, 1/2 teaspoon salt • lime • ladles (about 1/2 cup or 120 ml) tamarind juice • palm sugar • shallots • garlic • small dried chilies plus 3 large dried chilies • lemongrass •

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

Chinese broccoli (gai lan) • water spinach (morning glory) • napa cabbage • Thai sour curry seasoning mix • water (1.5 liters) • tamarind paste • palm sugar • fish sauce • Ground black pepper and chili flakes, to taste

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

whole fried tilapia • Southern Thai curry paste • small green papaya • Thai water spinach (morning glory) • small cup tamarind paste

small steamed mackerels • Water, enough to cover the fish • Knorr bouillon cube for extra flavor • salt • shallots • large cloves of garlic • fresh red chilies, to taste • Green onions and cilantro, chopped to your liking • fermented fish sauce • lime juice • fish sauce • broth, approximately •

snake gourds • Bamboo shoots, to taste • Yardlong beans, to taste • Pea eggplants, to taste • Water • Water spinach, to taste • salt

rice noodles • lotus stems, cut into sections • water spinach • fish balls or Vietnamese pork sausage • dried chilies • red bird's eye chilies • garlic • ladle fermented fish sauce • fish sauce • coconut sugar • lime • cilantro •