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Cucumber or 'tangua' is called for most fresh vegetable side dish accompanying hot dishes.

In the U.S., there are 3 types of cucumber, English cucumber, regular cucumber, and pickling cucumber. English cucumbers are dark green and has soft seeds while regular cucumbers are dark green with yellow stripes and may have hard, white seeds. Pickling cucumbers are light green with white or yellow stripes and used for pickling but available fresh.

In Thailand, only pickling cucumbers are available. They are smaller and very crunchy.

For all Thai cooking, I find that there are no difference with any of the available U.S. cucumbers.

Author: Natty Netsuwan

Recipes made with cucumber

Barbeque Pork on Rice

Kow Moo Dang

Five spiced barbeque pork on rice
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
Satay

Marinated and grilled pork served on skewers with peanut sauce. A simpler recipe.
Satay - Modern Thai Version

Satay

Marinaded and grilled pork served on skewers with peanut sauce
Masaman Curry

Masaman

Stewed beef and potato in spicy curry.
Cucumber in Vinegar

Ahjaad

Sliced cucumber in vinegar
Cucumber Salad

Yum Tang Gua

Sliced cucumber, tomato, onion dressed in Thai sauce
Fried Rice

Kow Pad

Thai style fried rice
Tod Mun Sauce

Nam Jim Tod Mun

The cucumber is pickled in sweet sour hot sauce topped with crushed peanuts.
Tod Mun

Fried fish cake, spiced with Thai curry and kaffir lime leaves.
Pork Basil

Pad Gaproa Moosub Kaidow

Spicy ground pork stir-fried with fragrant holy basil. Served over jasmine rice, a fried egg and garlic chili fish sauce.