Thai Sweet Basil Stir-Fry (Pad Horapa)

Thai Sweet Basil Stir-Fry (Pad Horapa) : ผัดโหระพา

Thai sweet basil or Horapa (โหระพา) is one of many types of basil. The taste of horapa is stronger than holy basil which is called Kra Pao in Thai. Holy basil has a sweet fragrance, and Horapa has spicier aroma. Both types of basil can be cooked or served raw in similar styles. Thai basil is used in Eastern style cooking much more often. Today we will show you how we cook easy Thai sweet basil stir-fry.

Pad Kra Pao Tua Fak Yaw (Holy Basil Stir-Fry with Yardlong beans)

Pad Kra Pao Tua Fak Yaw (Holy Basil Stir-Fry with Yardlong beans): ผัดกระเพราใส่ถั่วฝักยาว

Pad Kra Pao is a very popular dish for local Thais. When people don’t know what to order, they just order Kra Pao! This dish is quick and delicious. Pad means fried and Kra Pao is the Thai name of Holy basil that is one of the main ingredients. Some vendors like adding Yardlong beans to this dish too so we will teach you how to cook this dish like they do on the street.

Pad Kra Pao (Holy Basil Stir-Fry)

Pad Kra Pao - Holy Basil Stir-Fry: ผัดกระเพรา

Pad Kra Pao is a very popular Thai food dish between local people in Thailand. When people don’t know what to order, they just order Pad Kra Pao! This dish is quick and delicious. "Pad" means "fried" and "Kra Pao" is the Thai name of Holy basil that is one of the main ingredients. Pad Kra Pao can be cooked with chicken, pork, beef, seafood, tofu, or whatever you want. It is served with rice. You can order a fried egg (Khai Dao) on top too.

Banana Chips

Banana Chips : กล้วยฉาบ

Banana chips are made from raw banana. You can use any kind of banana but the different banana will give a slightly different taste. You can make not only banana chips but taro chips or potatoes chips by using this recipe as well.

Steamed Mussels with Herbs (Hoi Malaeng Phu Awb): หอยแมลงภู่อบ

Steamed Mussels with Herbs (Hoi Malaeng Phu Awb): หอยแมลงภู่อบ

Steamed Mussels with Herbs is an easy to cook and delicious dish. If you go to the seaside in Thailand, you will see that they are sold at almost every restaurant. Fresh mussels are well matched with Thai spices - basil leaves, lemon grass and garlic. Steamed Mussels with Herbs is very tasty to eat with Seafood Sauce.

Banana Roll Toast: ขนมปังชุบไข่ไส้กล้วย

Banana Roll Toast: ขนมปังชุบไข่ไส้กล้วย

Banana roll toast is a delicious snack for everyone to enjoy. You can make a wide variety of stuffed roll toasts. It's an easy recipe and most probably you will find all the ingredients at your home.

Seafood Dipping Sauce (Nam Jim Seafood): น้ำจิ้มซีฟู้ด

Seafood Dipping Sauce (Nam Jim Seafood): น้ำจิ้มซีฟู้ด

In Thailand, seafood always comes with Seafood dipping sauce - Nam Jim Seafood. It is a perfect sauce for your favorite seafood dishes including fish, shrimps, prawn, crabs, oysters and others. The flavor of seafood sauce is a little sour, salty, sweet and very spicy. Learn how to make seafood sauce by yourself.

Tom Yum - Creamy Thai Sour and Spicy Soup

Tom Yum - Creamy Thai Sour and Spicy Soup : ต้มยำ

Tom Yum is the most popular of Thai soups, both inside and outside of Thailand. It's one of Thai Food Dishes You Must Try while traveling in Thailand. It is a clear, hot and sour soup flavored with fragrant lemon grass, galangal root, kaffir lime leaf, bird’s eye chilies, etc. There are hundreds of variations of Tom Yum depending on the main ingredient of the dish.

Chicken Soup: ต้มซุปไก่มันฝรั่ง

Thai Chicken Soup: ต้มซุปไก่มันฝรั่ง

Soup is one of the easiest meals to prepare and cook at home. You can adapt it to whatever ingredients you have on hand. Try this easy chicken soup recipe which is our most favorite. It's made with only 4 ingredients.

Homemade Chicken Kiev : เคียฟ ไก่ทอดยูเครนง่ายๆ

Homemade Chicken Kiev : เคียฟ ไก่ทอดยูเครนง่ายๆ

Chicken Kiev is delicious! It is a dish of chicken fillet pounded and rolls stuffed with butter, then coated with eggs and breadcrumbs and baked. The recipe is a simple homemade chicken kiev that is good for the starter.

Homemade Fresh Thai Wide Noodles (Sen Yai)

Homemade Fresh Thai Wide Noodles (Sen Yai): ก๋วยเตี๋ยวเส้นใหญ่สด

When ordering noodles in Thailand, you will be asked what kind of noodles do you want – this one is called “Sen Yai” (th: ก๋วยเตี๋ยวเส้นใหญ่) – Thai wide rice noodles. Give this recipe a try using only your microwave today!

Thai Fried Bananas (Kuay Tod) : กล้วยทอด

Kluay Tod - Thai Fried Banana Recipe

Thai Fried Bananas or Kluay Tod is a traditional Thai dessert and popular snack in Thailand that is essentially made from ripe bananas dipped in flour, then deep fried to make it crispy. These fried bananas are slightly sweet, but crunchy and delicious.

Vegan Pancakes: แพนเค้กเจ

Vegan Pancakes: แพนเค้กเจ

Vegan pancakes are easy to cook and all needed ingredients are not difficult to find at local supermarket.

Fried Pork Belly with Salt (Moo Sam Chan Tod Kluea) : หมูสามชั้นทอดเกลือ

Fried Pork Belly with Salt (Moo Sam Chan Tod Kluea) : หมูสามชั้นทอดเกลือ

Fried pork belly with salt is a popular Thai dish to cook at home. Salty pork belly is fried to a crunchy golden brown that makes it flavorful and addictive.

Thai-Style Pork Omelet (Khai Jeaw Moo Sab) : ไข่เจียวหมูสับ

Thai-Style Pork Omelet (Khai Jeaw Moo Sab) : ไข่เจียวหมูสับ

Khai Jeaw is a simple and popular Thai dish. It is super easy egg recipe that everybody can cook. This omelet includes Thai-style scrambled eggs, flavored with seasoned minced pork and fish sauce.

Stir-Fried Pumpkin with Egg (Fak Thong Pad Khai) : ฟักทองผัดไข่

Stir-Fried Pumpkin with Egg (Fak Thong Pad Khai) : ฟักทองผัดไข่

Fak Thong Pad Khai – delicious stir-fried recipe with pumpkin and the meat of your choice. This amazing dish is super easy to cook at home. It is very good when eaten with jasmine rice.

Pumpkin in Syrup

Pumpkin in Syrup (Fak Thong Chuem) : ฟักทองเชื่อม

Pumpkin in Syrup is typical Thai Dessert that can easily be cooked. Pumpkin and sugar are the main ingredients. That’s make this dessert really sweet. You can adjust the amount of sugar according to your preference.

Thai Sour Curry Soup (Kaeng Som)

Thai Sour Curry Soup (Kaeng Som) : แกงส้ม

Kaeng Som (th:แกงส้ม) is one of the most famous Thai food dishes for locals for eating at home. It is a traditional hot and sour curry soup of a bright orange color. “Kaeng” means curry and “Som” means sour or orange. Sometimes it’s called “Kaeng Lueang” (th:แกงเหลือง) meaning "Yellow Curry". The flavor comes from the saltiness of the shrimp paste and fish sauce, the predominantly sourness of tamarind or lemon juice, a little sweetness of sugar and the heat of curry.  Southern style Kaeng Som has a much stronger taste than one of the Central region.