When it comes to Thai Cuisine, we literally can not emphasize enough when we say that it is one of the most healthy and tasty cuisines in the world! Some of the best Thai dishes make the healthiest meal! Thai cooking places emphasis on lightly prepared dishes with strong aromatic components and a spicy edge.

A great Australian chef David Thompson, an expert on Thai food, observes that, unlike many other cuisines, Thai cooking is "about the juggling of elements to create a harmonious finish. Like a complex musical chord it's got to have a smooth surface but it doesn't matter what's happening underneath. Simplicity isn't the dictum here, at all." 

On that note, here we have a compilation of the popular Thai dishes that we could find!

1- Veg Pad Thai - one of the most popular Thai dish!

Ingredients

• 3 to 4 cups cooked rice, cold
• 3 tablespoons oil, divided
• 3 tablespoons soy sauce
• 2 teaspoons curry powder
• 2 shallots, finely chopped
• 3 cloves garlic, finely chopped
• 1 red or green chile, thinly sliced; or 1/4 to 3/4 teaspoon crushed dried chile flakes
• 1/4 to 1/2 cup vegetable stock, or mock chicken stock
• 1 large egg
• 1/4 cup grated carrot, optional
• 1/2 cup frozen peas
• 1 to 1 1/2 cups pineapple chunks, fresh or canned and drained
• 1/4 cup currants, or raisins
• 1/2 cup unsalted roasted whole cashews
• Lime juice, to taste
• 1/3 cup fresh cilantro leaves
• 3 scallions, finely chopped

Method

• Using your fingers to separate any chunks into grains, mix 1 tablespoon of oil with the rice. Set aside.
• In a cup, stir the soy sauce together with the curry powder. Set aside.
• Drizzle the remaining oil in a wok or large frying pan over medium-high heat. Add shallots, garlic, and chile, stir-frying until fragrant, about 1 minute.
• Once the pan becomes dry, add 1/4 cup of stock to keep all veggies sizzling.
• Crack the egg into the wok and stir quickly to cook as though you are scrambling eggs.
• Add the carrot and peas. Stir-fry 1 to 2 minutes, adding more stock if needed.
• Add the rice, pineapple chunks, currants, and cashews. Mix well to incorporate all ingredients.
• Drizzle the soy sauce mixture over and gently stir-fry to combine over medium-high to high heat until the rice makes popping sounds, about 5 to 8 minutes, or until your preferred texture is achieved.
• Mix well until the rice is of an even colour. If desired, you can push ingredients aside and add a little more oil to the pan to give the rice that special "shine" you see in restaurant fried rice.
• Remove from heat. Do a taste test, adding more soy sauce if needed. Add lime juice and taste again. If too salty for your taste, add more lime juice.
• Scoop rice onto a serving platter or into a carved-out pineapple to serve. Top with the cilantro and chopped scallions.

Now moving on to another very popular Thai dish!

2- Corn Cakes with Sweet Chilli sauce

Ingredients for the Corn Cakes: 

Cup Sweet Corn (crushed), boiled

1 tsp Thai Coriander Root

1 tsp Garlic

1 tsp White Pepper Corn

1 Tbsp sugar

Salt to taste

1 tsp Thai Seasoning Sauce

1 tsp Soya Sauce

3 Tbsp Rice Flour 

To deep-fry Oil

For the Sweet Chilli Sauce:1/2 Cup Sugar, 1/2 Cup Vinegar, 1 Tbsp Red Chillies, chopped and Salt

How to Make Corn Cakes with Sweet Chilli sauce

1. Take a bowl and mix whole corn and crushed corn properly.
2. Make a paste of Thai coriander root, garlic and white pepper corn.
3.  Add 1 tbsp of the paste to the corn mixture followed by the sugar and add salt.
4. Add the seasoning sauce and soya sauce. Add the rice flour for binding.
5.  Mix all the ingredients thoroughly. Heat the oil in a deep pan.
6.  Make small balls of the corn mixture and deep fry till golden brown.
7.  To prepare the sweet chilli sauce, grind all the ingredients well.

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