Recipes from Thailand
Thai cooking chases four flavors at once — hot, sour, sweet, salty. Pad thai negotiates them in a wok; tom yum sharpens them in clear broth; tom kha softens them with coconut milk.
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Pad Thai
Rice noodles with shrimp, eggs and peanut sauce — a Thai street-food classic.
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Tom Yum
Tom yum is Thailand's most internationally recognized soup, built on a distinct combination of hot, sour, salty, and lightly sweet flavors in a single broth.
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Coconut Rice
Coconut rice is a staple across Southeast Asian, South Asian, and Caribbean cuisines — a simple technique with a surprisingly aromatic result.
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Tom Kha Gai
Tom Kha Gai is the jewel of Thai cuisine — a creamy and aromatic coconut milk soup with chicken, galangal (Thai ginger), lemongrass, kaffir lime leaves, and…
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Green Curry
Thai green curry of chicken, eggplant and kaffir lime leaves — paste bloomed in cracked coconut cream.
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Massaman Curry
Thai curry with Persian inflection: beef braised long with cinnamon, cardamom, cloves and peanuts.
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Som Tam
Isaan salad of shredded green papaya, pounded in a mortar with garlic, chilli, lime, tamarind and fish sauce.
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Khao Soi
Northern Thai noodle soup: chicken in coconut curry, crowned with deep-fried crispy noodles.
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Mango Sticky Rice
Steamed Thai glutinous rice drenched in sweet coconut milk, beside ripe mango slices and a salty coconut drizzle.
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Pad Kra Pao
Pad kra pao is Thailand's everyday lunch plate, sold from street carts and office-block canteens across Bangkok long before it became an international…
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Larb
Larb (also spelled laab) is the signature dish of Isan, Thailand's northeastern region, where it is eaten as often as rice itself and shows up at every family…
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Panang Curry
Panang curry (also written phanaeng) takes its name from Penang in neighbouring Malaysia, though the dish as it is cooked today is thoroughly Thai, built on a…
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Khao Pad
Khao pad, literally fried rice, is one of the most ordinary and most ordered dishes in Thailand, cooked in home kitchens and street-side woks with equal speed…
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Moo Ping
Moo ping is Thailand's answer to the breakfast grab-and-go, sold from smoky charcoal grills on nearly every street corner from early morning until late at…
Flavours of Thailand
The cuisine of Thailand is built on lemongrass, chilli, coconut milk, fish sauce and fresh herbs. The 14 recipes gathered on this page lean on those everyday building blocks, so you can bring an authentic taste of Thailand to your own kitchen without hunting down hard-to-find ingredients or specialist equipment. Each one keeps the techniques approachable while staying true to the way the dish is traditionally made.
What you can cook here
Browse dishes such as Pad Thai, Tom Yum, Coconut Rice, Tom Kha Gai. Each recipe opens with a complete, measured ingredient list, then walks you through the method one clear step at a time, with cooking times and per-serving nutrition so you always know exactly what is on the plate. Whether you want a quick midweek dinner or a dish to linger over at the weekend, there is something here worth cooking next.
Add Thailand to your week
Every recipe here is portioned for a household and slots neatly into a balanced week — light enough for a busy weeknight, generous enough for a relaxed weekend cook-up. Pick a few favourites from Thailand, add them to your free weekly meal plan, and we will fold every ingredient into one organised shopping list so the cooking is the only part left to do.