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Thai Cuisine

Cuisine-wise, Thai food is somewhere between Indian and Chinese food. It has delicious curries similar to Indian food, and it has stir-fries like Chinese food. In India, Thai cuisine is one of the most popular in International categories. Thai delicacies are usually spicy and probably that is why it satisfies the Indian palates.

Thai cuisine has many vegetarian options. Commercially available Thai sauces and/or curry pastes may have meat ingredients, so watch out when you shop for Thai grocery.

Thai stir fries are not only delicious but also healthy. Also stir fried food takes very little time to prepare. Some tips to follow while you are making stir fries...

1. Keep all your vegetables ready for frying. All cutting, chopping, and measurement of the ingredients needs to be completed beforehand.
2. Fry more dense vegetables such as carrots and broccoli before frying the softer and leafy vegetables such as cabbage.
3. Since frying is done on a high heat, stir continuously or else vegetables may burn!

Many of the spices we use in Thai cuisine are usually we have in our Indian homes, like- tamarind, ginger, red chili, peanuts etc. While some specific Thai ingredients I am mentioning here ...

Lemongrass– is a perennial herb used in Thai and some other Asian cuisine. It has very nice smell. Now-a-days, when Thai food is so popular around the world, fresh lemongrass is easily available at regular supermarkets. You can also grow lemongrass in the kitchen garden

Thai Basil– is a perennial herb used in Thai cuisine. Thai basil is closer to Tulsi/Indian basil in looks and apperance but it is different in taste. You can also grow Thai basil in the kitchen garden

Soya sprouts- are made out of soybeans and are longer than moong sprouts. These are crispier than moong sprouts and an important ingredient in Thai cuisine.

Jasmine Rice - Rice is a staple in Thailand. Jasmine rice is an aromatic variety of Thai rice. Jasmine rice is a bit sticky after cooking. Jasmine rice is served with almost all the Thai curries. The name Jasmine refers the white shiny color and the nice aroma of rice as the flower Jasmine. To cook 1 cup jasmine rice, you need 1 ½ cup water.

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• Lettuce Salad

  Lettuce Salad With Sweet Onion Dressing is a Chinese style salad, which is very refreshing and takes just a few minutes to make. I like the crunchy leaves of iceberg lettuce for making this salad, but you can use the variety of lettuce as per your taste and availability. In case if you do not have lettuce or if you do not find...

  

• Cucumber salad with sweet chili dressing and roasted peanuts

  Cucumbers are a good source of vitamins and minerals. Super coolant cucumber can be easily found in the farmers market and supermarkets, and can also be easily grown in home garden, in containers in the balcony, sun room etc. This cucumber salad is not only very easy and quick..

  

• Veggies in Thai Red Curry

  Thai red curry is made with shallots, garlic, galangal, lemon grass, coriander seeds, cumin seeds, and lots of red chilies, etc. This is a basic curry paste for many of the Thai preparations. In this curry paste coconut milk is added and cooked with meat or with veggies. I have added a bunch of veggies in this curry.....

  

• Red curry paste

  Red curry paste is one of the most popular pastes used for many Thai delicacies. This is a real hot stuff, but you can always cut the spice level when making this paste at home. Red curry paste can also be bought readymade from Asian stores....

  

• Pad Thai

  Pad Thai is a stir fried rice noodles dish. While this dish is generally made with a combination of meat, vegetables, and eggs, here we are making vegan Pad Thai with rice noodles, vegetables, homemade Pad Thai sauce, and herbs (coriander). Pad Thai is a delicious preparation and you can make it healthier by.....

  

• Green Curry Paste

  Green curry paste is one of the most popular pastes used for many Thai delicacies. This is real hot stuff, but you can always cut the spices when making this paste at home......

  

• Vegetables in Green Curry

  This is a very delicious and healthy Thai green curry delicacy, with broccoli, red, green and yellow bell peppers, and carrots. There are a lot of other vegetables that can be used for this recipe......

  

• Make Your Own Stir Fry

  Many of you must be familiar with the term stir fry. Stir fries are not only delicious but also healthy. Stir fried food takes very little time to cook although preparation takes a while. In America, there are some joints where you can pick your food from a wide range of rice, pasta, and noodles (carbohydrates) , tofu, soy nuggets.....

  

• Thai fried rice recipe

  Thai fried rice recipe simply came by chance! One beautiful evening I was all set to make Pad Thai on my daughter’s request. I started gathering the ingredients, then only I realized that I did not have any rice noodles. Since Pad Thai sauce was already made so I looked around for the other options and noticed ...

  

• Spring Rolls with Sweet Chili Sauce

  Spring rolls are very delicious and all time favorite Chinese appetizers. This is a deep fried recipe and should be served hot when it is crispy, though spring rolls can be prepared ahead of time and can be deep fried when needed. Spring rolls....

  

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