We have now described almost all of the most important Thai curry pastes, but the yellow and green ones are still missing. Explaining everything again from the beginning is redundant and, above all, does not help understanding the art of…
Khao Soi
Khao Soi (ข้าวซอย) is a dish that is prepared in different ways in northern Thailand and Laos. Here we show the Thai version, specifically from the city of Chiang Mai, also known as the ‘Rose of the North’, which is…
Panang Curry
Lastly, we explained how you can easily make your own Panang curry paste. Now, of course, we want to use it to prepare a dish, namely a classic dish from Thai kaeng cuisine, which is flavoured with curry pastes called…
Panang curry paste
We have already explained two Thai curry pastes, namely Massaman and Red Curry. As is so often the case when the original letters are completely different, there are many spellings for this curry paste. Penang, Panang, Panaeng and many more.…
Pad Ka Prao
In our Asian supermarket, we were able to buy “holy basil”, which is usually difficult to find internationally. Italian basil and Thai basil are much easier to obtain. You have to cook pad ka prao with it. Without “holy basil”,…
Tom Kha Gai
Tom Kha Gai (“ต้มข่าไก่”) is a Thai dish with wonderful flavour complexity that is surprisingly easy to prepare. Tom (ต้ม) means “cooked”, Kha (ข่า) means “galangal” and Gai (ไก่) means “chicken”. We show here how to cook this most popular…
Red Curry Paste
We have already explained a few things about curry pastes, namely the Massaman paste, which you should definitely try. Today, we will focus on one of the central Thai curry pastes, which is even easier to make. Again, cut the…
Gaeng Massaman Gai
Gaeng Massaman Gai (แกงมัสมั่นไก่) is a Thai curry based on Massaman curry paste that you can buy or make yourself. Bought is perfectly fine and saves a lot of time, but homemade tastes much better. “Gai” means chicken, so today…
Massaman Curry Paste
Curry is not a fixed term and curry is not just curry. In Indian cuisine, spices are dry roasted or roasted in clarified butter, and their combinations lend fascinating complexities of flavours to dishes. In North African or Turkish cuisine,…
