Tonight I prepared a Thai “Salad Kaek” (
). The recipe for this unusual salad with many different ingredients, dressed with a
peanut dressing, comes from the book “The Best of Regional Thai Cuisine” by Chat Mingkwan.
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Gaeng Plaa Ra Normai
Jens2025-03-28
Tonight I cooked a Thai “Gaeng Plaa Ra Normai” (
). This unusual coconut milk curry is based on a paste made
from lemongrass, garlic, shallots, galangal, kraichai and shrimp paste, and is seasoned with fermented fish sauce and dried fish. It includes pork and bamboo
shoots as ingredients. The recipe comes once again from “Thailand: The Cookbook”.
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Nam Prik Thua Fak Yao
Jens2025-03-27
Tonight, I had another simple Northern Thai dish with yardlong beans: “Nam Prik Thua Fak Yao” (
). I served
this spicy dip with grilled pork and pork cracklings.
Nuea Pad Normai
Jens2025-03-26
I made a quick Thai “Nuea Pad Normai” (
) for lunch today. The recipe for this stir-fried beef with bamboo shoots
comes from the book “Classic Thai Stir Fry Dishes” by Hanuman Aspler.
Yam Woon Sen Hed Hom
Jens2025-03-23
Tonight I had a Thai “Yam Woon Sen Hed Hom” (
), a glass noodle salad with fried shiitake mushrooms and minced
meat.
Beef and Salad
Jens2025-03-22
After a long hike, tonight I had Thai “Nuea Pad Phed Krachai” (
) with beef, red curry paste, and
fingerroot. Along with rice, I also had a “Yam Woon Sen Khaep Moo” (
) with glass noodles, minced meat, and pork
cracklings.
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Wings and salad
Jens2025-03-21
Tonight I made Thai “Pik Gai Thod” (
) again, following Ben Kindler’s recipe. I also had a “Yam Khai Tom Moo Sap”
(
) with hard-boiled eggs and minced pork, and a “Yam Plaa Muek” (
) with octopus.
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Gaeng Som with Omelet
Jens2025-03-20
During my lunch break today, I had a sour and spicy “Gaeng Som Gung” (
) with shrimp and a wild garlic omelet. As a side
dish, I had a mix of brown and white rice. I prepared the curry using Gaeng Som curry paste from Yak Thai.
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Salad & Fried Chicken
Jens2025-03-18
For dinner tonight, I prepared “Yam Naem Khao Thod” (
) for the first time. This is a Thai dish with rice, fermented
sausage, peanuts, and various herbs. I also had two chicken drumsticks from the air fryer on the side.
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Khao Khlong Pad Goong
Jens2025-03-17
For lunch today, I made fried rice with shrimp and vegetables. For this dish, I used brown whole grain rice for a Thai recipe for the first time. The idea for
this “Khao Khlong Pad Goong” (
) comes from the book “Thailand: The Cookbook”, even though the dish is called
“Khao Khlong Pad Samun Phrai” there. The brown rice gives this wok dish a whole new dimension and depth of flavor.
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Curry and Sausage
Jens2025-03-16
Tonight I had another dish with crab. This time the crab was an ingredient in a Southern Thai curry called “Gaeng Kati Poo Ma”
(
). I also had my unsuccessful “Sai Krok” (ไส้กรอก), but that’s a story for another time.
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Two Seafood Dishes
Jens2025-03-15
Tonight we had two Thai seafood dishes. First, steamed fish in soy sauce, and then a wok dish with crab and egg. For the “Plaa Nueng See Ew”
(
), I used cod. The recipe for the “Poo Pad Pong Gari” (
) came from the
book “Pok Pok” by Andy Ricker.
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Yam and Lon
Jens2025-03-15
For lunch today, I used poultry sausage twice as a substitute for Thai “Moo Yor”. With it, I prepared a “Yam Moo Yor” (
) salad
and a “Lon Moo Yor” (
) dip. The recipe for the dip comes from the Thai book “น้ำพริก เครื่องจิ้ม ยอดนิยม” (Popular Thai Dips)
by Pimphitchaya Kokasivisut.
Lon and Laap
Jens2025-03-13
Tonight I had a Northern Thai “Laap Moo Khua” (
) with minced pork and “Prik Laap” spice mix. I also had a “Lon Naem”
(
) with coconut milk and the fermented sausage “Naem”. The recipe for this unusual dip came from the Thai book “น้ำพริก
เครื่องจิ้ม ยอดนิยม” (Popular Thai Dips) by Pimphitchaya Kokasivisut.
Or Lam Nuea
Jens2025-03-07
For dinner tonight, I prepared an Or Lam Nuea (
) from Isaan. The recipe for this Thai beef stew with Laotian origins
comes from the book ‘Hawker Fare’ by James Syhabout.
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Pad Horapa Gai
Jens2025-03-07
For lunch today, I used the leftover Thai basil from last night along with chicken to make a Thai “Pad Horapa Gai” (
).
I followed a recipe from
Rachel Cooks Thai.
Gaeng Phed Gai
Jens2025-03-06
I spent the evening visiting our dear friend Sascha in Weil am Rhein. We decided to cook a red Thai curry with chicken together. It struck me how much I’ve been
missing the experience of cooking with friends. For our “Gaeng Phed Gai” (
), we opted for the curry paste from Yak Thai.
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Gaeng Moo Chamuang
Jens2025-03-04
For lunch today, I prepared a Thai “Gaeng Moo Chamuang” (
), a dish featuring pork and Chamuang leaves – which I was
finally able to find at the Asian supermarket. Those leaves have a unique nutty-sour flavor. The recipe was once again from “Thailand: The Cookbook”.
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Ba Mee Rad Na Moo
Jens2025-03-04
During my lunch break today, I made a Thai “Ba Mee Rad Na Moo” (
) with pork and chestnut mushrooms served over
Chinese egg noodles
