Fruit

Lime - manow

Limes are one of the cornerstones of Thai cooking. You will find lime juice in nearly as many recipes as you find fish sauce. In fact, one of the most common and versatile sauces (nam pla prik) is just lime juice, fish sauce and sliced hot pepper. In Thailand, nam pla prik is as common a complement to a meal as salt and pepper is in the US.

If you only have lemons available, you can substitute the lemon for lime, but limes are what are used in Thailand and give a much richer flavor.

Recipes

Bamboo Shoot Yum

Soop Naw Mai		Easy
Shredded bamboo shoots boiled in wild Thai leaves with hot lime sauce.

Chicken in Coconut Soup

Gai Tom Kha		Easy
Galangal flavored coconut soup. Sour and hot broth.

Chinese Olive Fried Rice

Kow Pad Nam Leab		Easy
Exotic Chinese olive fried rice

Chinese Water Spinach Curry

Gang Tay Po		Medium
Chinese water spinach stewed in curry sauce with pork

Crispy Catfish Green Mango Salad

Yum Pla Dook Foo		Medium
Sour unripe mango, biting lime, salty fish sauce and crisped catfish.

Fried Rice

Kow Pad		Easy
Thai style fried rice

Green Papaya Salad

Som Tum		Easy
Shreded green papaya, cherry tomatoes, green beans with lime dressing

Laab

Larb		Easy
Spicy ground pork or chicken salad cooked in lime juice, chili pepper and fish sauce

Mackerel with Chili Sauce

Nam Prig Pla Tuu		Medium
Mackerel and fresh vegetables with a shrimp paste sauce.

Mushroom Tom Yum

Tom Yum Hed		Easy
Spicy and sour oyster mushroom soup with lemon grass broth

Pad Thai

Pad Thai		Medium
Stir fried rice noodles with chives, bean sprouts and shrimp.

Pickled Fish Chili Sauce

Pla Rah Lohn		Easy
Pickled fish cooked in coconut milk, spiced with shallot and chili peppers.

Spicy Budoo

Nam Budoo Song Kreung		Easy
Traditional southern Thai sauce served with rice and many veggies.

Steak Salad

Yum Nua		Easy
Spicy beef salad in lime juice, hot pepper and fish sauce

Tom Yum Goong

Tom Yum Goong		Medium
Shrimp in clear soup made from lemon grass, kaffir lime, hot pepper, lime juice and fish sauce

Yum Sausage

Yum Moo Yaw		Easy
Pork sausage salad served hot or cold

Chicken Basil

Gai Pad Gra Pow		Easy
Ground chicken stir fried with Thai basil

Crispy Fried Okra

Grajiab Tod		Easy
Okra fried in a light batter served with chili sauce.

Crispy Pomfret

Pla Jalamed Tod		Easy
Crispy fried whole fish. Served with shallot, pepper, fish sauce

Crunchy Squash Blossoms

Dok Fugtong Tod		Easy
Squash blossoms, lightly dusted in flour and pan fried.

Fried King Mackerel

Pla Insee Tod		Easy
Pan fried king mackerel steak

Grilled Steak with Spicy Shallot Sauce

Nua Yang		Easy
Medium rare grilled steak, served with spicy shallot and lime sauce.