| Thai food offers many delicious dishes | | | | containing vegetables and chicken or fish. |
| flavored with spices, lemon-grass or coconut | | | | |
| - although different regions of Thailand, | | | | - Red curry - A very hot curry made with |
| each tend to have their own preferred | | | | plenty of red chillies. |
| ingredients - for example, coconut milk and | | | | |
| tumeric in the South, and lime juice in the | | | | - Yellow curry - A curry that is colored |
| Northeast. No matter what part of the country | | | | using fresh tumeric (hence its yellow color), |
| a dish is from, all Thai dishes or meals aim | | | | and also containing black mustard seeds, |
| to achieve a balance between fundamental | | | | cumin, nutmeg, brown sugar, kaffir lime |
| flavors common to the cuisine: spicy hot, | | | | leaves, lime juice, coconut milk and fish |
| sour, sweet and salty, as well as optionally | | | | sauce. |
| bitter. | | | | |
| | | | - Gai pad khing - Fried chicken with |
| Rice forms an important and fundamental part | | | | vegetables and sliced ginger. |
| of Thai food, and jasmine rice (which is | | | | |
| native to Thailand) is used in many dishes as | | | | - Tom yam - A hot and sour soup made with |
| well as being served plain. Some other | | | | seafood (often shrimp) or chicken. |
| popular Thai dishes include: | | | | |
| | | | - Som tam - Grated papaya salad. There are |
| - Pad Thai - Fried rice noodles with fish | | | | several variations: the salad can be served |
| sauce, sugar, lime or tamarind, peanuts and | | | | with salted black crab, with peanuts, shrimps |
| egg, mixed with chicken, tofu or seafood. | | | | and palm sugar, or with salted fish, |
| | | | eggplant, and long beans. |
| - Pad see ew - noodles stir-fried with thinly | | | | |
| sliced pork or chicken, and flavored with | | | | - Satay - Originally from Indonesia, Satay |
| fish sauce. | | | | has also become a popular dish in Thailand. |
| | | | Satay is grilled meat (usually chicken or |
| - Green curry - A curry flavored with | | | | pork), usually on skewers, served with |
| coconut, green chillies, and Thai basil, | | | | cucumber salad and a peanut sauce. |