The cooking traditions of Thailand, balancing sweet, sour, salty and spicy elements within a single dish, built on jasmine rice, fresh herbs such as lemongrass and galangal, fish sauce, and chile heat introduced from the Americas after the 16th century. Traditional dishes fall into four broad categories: tom (boiled dishes), yam (spicy salads), tam (pounded foods) and kaeng (curries), with deep frying, stir frying and steaming introduced from Chinese cooking. A 2011 CNN Travel poll of 35,000 people worldwide ranking the World's 50 Best Foods placed seven Thai dishes on the list, more than any other country, including tom yum kung, pad thai, som tam and massaman curry.
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Signature TechniquePounding fresh herbs and chiles into curry pastes with a mortar and pestle, and balancing the four fundamental flavors within one dish, are hallmark techniques. 1 Origin RegionMainland Southeast Asia, centered on Thailand. 2 Connections
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Coconut, Ingredients Coconut milk is a base of Thai curries.
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Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject originated.
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1. On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen
Harold McGee, Scribner, 2004technique discussion: curry paste pounding
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The Oxford Companion to Food
Alan Davidson, Oxford University Press, 2014- entry: Thailand
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Thai cuisine (Wikipedia)
Wikipedialead section, World's 50 Best Foods paragraphQuote, lead section, World's 50 Best Foods paragraph
Thailand had more dishes on the list than any other country: tom yum kung (4th), pad thai (5th), som tam (6th), massaman curry (10th), green curry (19th), Thai fried rice (24th) and nam tok mu (36th).
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- Uses Ingredient: Ginger, entry: Ginger
Coconut (Wikipedia)
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Hainanese chicken rice, Wikipedia
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Rat-on-a-stick (Wikipedia)
Massaman Curry (Wikipedia)
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Massaman curry (Thai: แกงมัสมั่น, RTGS: kaeng matsaman, pronounced [kɛ̄ːŋ mát.sā.màn] ) is a rich, flavourful, and mildly spicy Thai curry.
View the Source Khao soi, Wikipedia
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Khao soi or khao soy (Thai: ข้าวซอย, pronounced [kʰâ(ː)w sɔ̄ːj]; Northern Thai: ᩮᨡᩢ᩶ᩣᨪᩬ᩠ᨿ, pronounced [kʰa᷇(ː)w sɔ̄ːj]; Lao: ເຂົ້າຊອຍ, pronounced [kʰȁ(ː)w sɔ́ːj]; Shan: ၶဝ်ႈသွႆး, pronounced [kʰaw˧˧˨.sʰɔj˥]; Burmese: အုန်းနို့ခေါက်ဆွဲ, pronounced [ʔóʊɴ no̰ kʰaʊʔ sʰwɛ́]) is a dish served in Northern Thailand.
View the Source Khanom chin (Wikipedia)
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Khanom chin or khanom jeen are fresh, thin white rice noodles in Thai cuisine which are made from rice fermented for three days, boiled, and extruded through into boiling water through a sieve.
View the Source American fried rice (Wikipedia)
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American fried rice (Thai: ข้าวผัดอเมริกัน, RTGS: khao phat amerikan, pronounced [kʰâ(ː)w pʰàt ʔāmēːrīkān]) is a Thai fried rice dish with "American" side ingredients like fried chicken, ham, sausages, raisins, and ketchup.
View the Source Khanom thuai (Wikipedia)
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Khanom thuai talai (Thai: ขนมถ้วยตะไล, Thai pronunciation: [kʰā.nǒm tʰûaj tā.lāj]), usually shortened to khanom thuai (ขนมถ้วย), is a Thai dessert made from rice flour, coconut milk and sugar.
View the Source Khao mu daeng (Wikipedia)
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Khao mu daeng (Thai: ข้าวหมูแดง, pronounced [kʰâːw mǔː dɛ̄ːŋ], lit.: 'red-pork rice') is a Thai dish, the local variant of char siew with rice (Chinese: 叉烧饭, pinyin: chā shāo fàn) of Chinese cuisine.
View the Source Roti sai mai (Wikipedia)
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Roti sai mai (Thai: โรตีสายไหม, pronounced [rōː.tīː.sǎːj.mǎj]; sai mai meaning 'silk thread') is a Southeast Asian dessert from Thailand.
View the Source Bua loi (Wikipedia)
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Bua loi or bua loy (Thai: บัวลอย, pronounced [būa lɔ̄ːj], lit. 'floating lotus') is a Thai dessert.
View the Source Drunken noodles (Wikipedia)
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Drunken noodles or drunkard noodles is a Thai stir-fried noodle dish similar to phat si-io but spicier.
View the Source Red curry (Wikipedia)
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Red curry (Thai: แกงเผ็ด, RTGS: kaeng phet, pron. [kɛːŋ pʰèt], lit. 'spicy curry') is a Thai dish consisting of red curry paste cooked in coconut milk with meat such as chicken, beef, pork, duck or shrimp added, or else a vegetarian protein source such as tofu.
View the Source Khao kha mu (Wikipedia)
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Khao kha mu or khao kha moo (Thai: ข้าวขาหมู, pronounced [kʰâːw kʰǎː mǔː], lit. 'rice leg-pork'; Chinese: 猪脚饭, pinyin: zhū jiǎo fàn), or sometimes simply called kha mu (ขาหมู), is a popular Thai food.
View the Source Mi krop (Wikipedia)
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Mi krop (Thai: หมี่กรอบ, pronounced [mìː krɔ̀ːp]), also spelled mee krob, is a Thai dish consisting of deep-fried rice vermicelli noodles with a sweet and sour sauce.
View the Source Kai yang (Wikipedia)
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Kai yang or gai yang (Thai: ไก่ย่าง, pronounced [kàj jâːŋ], lit. 'grilled chicken'), also known as kai ping or gai ping (Thai: ไก่ปิ้ง), or pīng kai (Lao: ປີ້ງໄກ່, [pîːŋ kāj]), is a dish of shared origin from Lao and Thai peoples commonly eaten throughout the regions of both Laos and Thailand.
View the Source Suea rong hai (Wikipedia)
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Suea rong hai (Thai: เสือร้องไห้, pronounced [sɯ̌a rɔ́ːŋ hâːj]; Lao: ເສືອຮ້ອງໄຫ້, pronounced [sɯ̌a hɔ̂ːŋ hȁːj]; Northeastern Thai: เสือฮ้องไห้, pronounced [sɯ̌a hɔ̏ːŋ hàːj]) is a Lao and Northeastern Thai local food cooked from brisket of beef, flavored with spices, grilled rare, sliced into small pieces, and served with sticky rice and other dishes.
View the Source Coriander, Wikipedia
Uses Ingredient: Coriander, RootsQuote, Uses Ingredient: Coriander, Roots
used in a variety of Asian cuisines, particularly in Thai dishes such as soups or curry pastes.
View the Source Fish Sauce (Wikipedia)
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It is used as a staple seasoning in East Asian cuisine and Southeast Asian cuisine, particularly Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam.
View the Source Rice Noodles (Wikipedia)
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Rice noodles are noodles made with rice flour and water as the principal ingredients.
View the Source Wikipedia, Steamed curry
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Cambodian cuisine, Cambodian, Lao cuisine, Lao, Thai cuisine, Thai
View the Source Mango Sticky Rice (Wikipedia)
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Bangladeshi, Cambodian, Filipino, Lao, Malaysian, Northeast Indian, Thai.
View the Source Phat kaphrao (Wikipedia)
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Pad kaphrao (Thai: ผัดกะเพรา, pronounced [pʰàt kà.pʰrāw]; transl. stir-fried holy basil), also spelled pad kaprow, pad kaprao, or pad gaprao, is one of the most popular Thai dishes in Thailand.
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