Pad Thai
The real thing is sour, salty and only lightly sweet — a world away from the ketchup-orange version. Tamarind, palm…
Sour, salty, sweet and hot, balanced in every bowl. 22 tested Thai recipes, from the everyday to the ambitious.
The real thing is sour, salty and only lightly sweet — a world away from the ketchup-orange version. Tamarind, palm…
Cracking the coconut cream until the oil separates, then frying the paste in it, is the step that turns a flat curry…
Warm coconut-soaked glutinous rice with cold ripe mango and a salty coconut sauce poured over. Naturally vegan, and…
Chicken and vegetables in a coconut curry built by cracking the cream, frying the paste in the separated oil, and…
Thailand's most-eaten dish: minced pork fried hard with garlic and chillies, tossed with holy basil, and served over…
The hot-and-sour prawn soup that defines Thai cooking: lemongrass, galangal and lime leaf simmered into a broth…
Wide rice noodles charred in a screaming wok with dark soy, egg and Chinese broccoli. The dish is defined by wok…
Northern Thailand's coconut curry noodle soup, with soft egg noodles beneath and a nest of crisp fried ones on top…
The gentler sibling of tom yum: coconut milk smooths the sourness into something creamy and fragrant, with chicken…
The mildest and most aromatic Thai curry, carrying Persian and Indian influence in its cinnamon, cardamom and…
Strongly brewed spiced black tea, sweetened with condensed milk and poured over ice with a float of evaporated milk…
Fried rice with pineapple, cashews and a curry-scented edge, served in the hollowed shell if you are feeling…
Minced chicken tossed with toasted rice powder, lime, fish sauce and a great deal of mint and shallot. Isaan…
Green papaya pounded with garlic, chilli, lime, palm sugar and fish sauce in a clay mortar. Bruising rather than…
A thick, sweet red curry finished with kaffir lime and crushed peanuts. Drier than the other Thai curries, and richer.
The mildest of the Thai curries, yellow with turmeric and thick with potato. The one to cook for people who say they…
Pork shoulder marinated in coconut milk and white pepper, threaded on bamboo and grilled over charcoal. Bangkok…
Glass noodles tossed with egg, prawns and vegetables in a light soy dressing. Twenty-seven minutes and lighter than…
Grilled beef sliced across the grain and served with nam jim jaew, a roasted rice and chilli dipping sauce. The…
A Thai omelette dropped into deep hot oil so it puffs and crisps at the edges. Thirteen minutes, and it goes on rice.
Green beans and pork stir-fried in red curry paste with no coconut milk at all. A dry curry, and thirty minutes.
Coconut pancakes cooked in a dimpled pan, crisp underneath and molten in the middle, served two stuck together.