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Fresh cilantro or Chinese parsley is widely available in any supermarket now. The difference between the fresh and the dried is so great, that for all recipes, I highly recommend using the fresh. It comes in a bunch, priced from 50 cents to $1.50. If you get it from an oriental grocery, you will frequently find that it comes with roots.

Many Thai recipes call for its roots. The roots are crushed for soup. The leaves and stems are cut up for garnish in noodles and 'yum' (salad).

However, at most U.S. supermarkets, the roots are cut off. I find that the stems are a good substitute for roots.

The seeds are called coriander and used in many Thai curry pastes.

I sow the seeds directly on the soil in Spring and by the time the air is warm, I have my fresh cilantro.

Author: Natty Netsuwan

Recipes made with cilantro

Baked Shrimp in Clear Noodles

Goong Ob Woonsen

Shrimp baked in garlic, pepper, cilantro and clear noodles
Tom Kha Gai

Gai Tom Kha

Chicken in galangal flavored coconut broth. Sour and hot.
Chicken on Rice with Hot Yellow Bean Sauce

Kow Mun Gai

Chicken on rice cooked in chicken broth served with spicy soy bean sauce
Chinese Olive Fried Rice

Kow Pad Nam Leab

Exotic Chinese olive fried rice
Curried Noodles

Goew Tiew Kak

Rice noodles in beef curry sauce
Fried Fish with Tamarind Sauce

Pla Rad Prig

Whole fish pan fried and served with spicy tamarind sauce
Fried Rice

Kow Pad

Thai style fried rice
Fried Wontons

Geow Grob

Spiced ground pork in crispy wonton wrap
Giant Noodle Rolls

Goi Tiew Lohd

Tofu, bean sprouts and shrimp wrapped in fresh noodles and served with a spicy sauce
Chicken on Rice with Hot Yellow Bean Sauce

Kow Mun Gai

Chicken on rice cooked in chicken broth served with spicy soy bean sauce
Hot Yellow Bean Sauce

Nam Jim Kow Mun Gai

It's this spicy sauce that makes the dish!
Laab

Larb

Spicy ground pork or chicken salad cooked in lime juice, chili pepper and fish sauce
Mushroom Tom Yum

Tom Yum Hed

Spicy and sour oyster mushroom soup with lemon grass broth
Mussel Pancakes

Hoy Tod

Crispy mussel pancakes with bean sprouts
Peanut Dipping Sauce for Fried Tofu

Nam Jim Tou Hu Tod

This peanut sauce truely dresses bland tofu up for the party.
Fried Tofu

Tau Hu Tod

Fried tofu served with spicy peanut dipping sauce
Fried Tofu with Peanut Dipping Sauce

Tou Hu Tod

Fried tofu served with hot cilantro and peanut sauce
Beef Stew

Neur Toon

A slow cooked dish with an extremely complex taste.
Steak Salad

Yum Nua

Spicy beef salad in lime juice, hot pepper and fish sauce
Steamed Curried Fish

Haw Moak

Steamed, marinated fish in curry paste and coconut milk on vegetables.
Tom Yum Goong

Shrimp in clear spicy soup made from lemon grass, kaffir lime, hot pepper, lime juice and fish sauce
Yum Sausage

Yum Moo Yaw

Pork sausage salad served hot or cold
Grilled Pork

Moo Ping

Grilled pork on skewers
Sauce for Grilled Pork

Nam Jim Moo Ping

Sweet and sour (by tamrind) hot sauce with chopped cilantro.
Tom Yum Gai

Hot and sour, lean chicken soup with lemongrass and galangal.
Northern Thai Eggplant Salad

Yum Makua Praw

Spicy northern Thai raw eggplant salad with minced pork.
Yum Woon Sen

Spicy glass noodle salad with crunchy peanuts and dried shrimp.
Royal Mee Grob

Mee Grob Chow Wung

Sweet and sour crispy fried rice vermicelli served with beansprouts and Chinese chives.
Tapioca Dumplings

Saku Sai Moo

Steamed dumplings with pork and peanut filling wrapped in tapioca pearls
Tom Yum Pork Ribs

Tom Yum Gradoog Moo

Sour and spicy pork rib soup loaded with lemongrass, galangal, shallots and kaffir lime leaves
Vegetarian Tom Yum Hed

Tom Yum Hed

Spicy and sour vegetarian mushroom soup cooked with Thai herbs
Son-in-law Eggs

Kai Loog Keuy

Fried boiled eggs served with sweet and sour tamarind sauce