Thailand

• Yum woon sen - Thai glass noodle salad with squid and prawns

  Cooking time: 15 min. / 5 min.Difficulty: easy

  The last meal I had in Thailand before I left. I nearly dropped a tear. This time surprisingly not because of the spiciness, the late afternoon simply felt so good. The sun was setting slowly and its rays were getting through the window of a small street restaurant. A very peaceful place. Thailand knows how to say good bye. And this amazing refreshing salad was another proof of it too :)

  

• Som Tum - Green papaya salad

  Cooking time: 10 min. / 0 min.Difficulty: easyvideo

  This Thai salad is a perfection itself. Firstly it was prepared by a really nice couple by the road, who were passing by with their mobile kitchen on a sidecar. You just wave on them, they stop and prepare straight in front of you what you choose from their offer. The combination of flavours of lime, palm sugar, peanuts, shrimps, chilies ..... do I really need to add more?

  

• Water spinach stalks in a coconut sauce

  Cooking time: 5 min. / 5 min.Difficulty: easy

  Fast, easy, with minimum of ingredients. Simply ideal recipe. Dish, I tried on a Thai local market. Pleasantly light for the hot days and not spicy either. Back home I tried it with young green beens and it was pretty good too.

  

• Gai sabb - Fried chicken salad

  Cooking time: 20 min. / 5 min.Difficulty: easy

  If you get a salad with meat in the "west", it is usually loads of vegetables just topped with a few bits of meat. In Thai salads it is the other way. Meat is the main ingredient and vegetable plays a supporting role. In spite of the loads of meat, this salad is very refreshing and suitable for summer heats too.

  

• Keow Wan Gai - Chicken green curry

  Cooking time: 10 min. / 15 min.Difficulty: easy

  Thai green curry definitely belongs to my favourites. It is actually not green only because of the green curry paste, but because of the ingredients used as well. The cherry on top are the fresh Thai basil leaves. They bring this delicacy even to a higher level.

  

• Gai phat met mamuang himmaphan - Chicken with cashew nuts

  Cooking time: 10 min. / 5 min.Difficulty: easyvideo

  Irresistible combination of various flavors and consistencies. Another delicacy from range of not spicy Thai dishes.

  

• Tom yum gai - Sour and spicy soup with chicken

  Cooking time: 10 min. / 10 min.Difficulty: easyvideo

  Tom yum means sour and spicy. So if you do not know this soup, you probably already got the hint what to expect. The soup is not just a little bit sour and spicy. At least not if you get it in Thailand. Where they definitely are not moderate when using chilies and all various ingredients bringing sourness into the soup. This traditional Thai soup is amazing and very refreshing.

  

• Larb moo - Minced pork meat salad

  Cooking time: 10 min. / 5 min.Difficulty: easy

  When one says refreshing salad, the last thing to imagine would be a salad made of pork minced meat. But with a lime juice, fresh herbs, spring onions ...... I was able to get it even in the biggest heats.

  

• Deepfried oyster mushrooms in a tender batter

  Cooking time: 10 min. / 5 min.Difficulty: easy

  Before I left Thailand, Ooy, an amazing chef from a small street restaurant, who was teaching me cooking many of local dishes, made a farewell party for me with her friend. They prepared loads of amazing food and this one was one of them and it definitely belonged to my favorites. Reminded me home instantly as well, as mushroom season was fully on that time of the year.