Home cooking
Thailand
72 dishes, kept by 3 cooks who put their own weeknights on the shelf.
The Thailand shelf
What Thailand cooks when it is cooking for itself.
One catalog, seen from one kitchen. The shelf opens on what households here cooked this week and closes on what gets made in twenty minutes, because that is what a weeknight actually looks like.
Cooked most this week
Kai Palo (Thai Five-Spice Braised Eggs and Pork)
Mali
65 min
Kai Yang (Isaan Grilled Chicken)
Khao Man Gai (Thai Poached Chicken and Rice)
Mali
50 min
Khao Niao Mamuang (Mango with Sticky Rice)
Mama Pad Khai (Fried Instant Noodles)
Nam Jim Jaew (Thai Chili Dipping Sauce)
Mali
10 min
Nam Phrik Num (Roasted Green Chili Relish)
Pad Kalamplee Nam Pla (Cabbage with Fish Sauce)
Pad See Ew with Chicken
Mali
30 min
Pad Woon Sen Kai (Stir-Fried Glass Noodles with Chicken)
Som Tam (Thai Green Papaya Salad)
Mali
20 min
Thai Basil Chicken
Mali
25 min
Isaan food is what I grew up eating, so my mortar sees more work than my stove does.
Lunch, without deciding twice
Ajat (Cucumber Relish)
Drunken Noodles with Chicken
Mali
30 min
Gaeng Som Pla (Thai Sour Curry with Fish and Vegetables)
Mali
35 min
Kaeng Jued Woon Sen (Clear Soup with Glass Noodles and Pork Balls)
Kaeng Khua Sapparot Kung (Southern Pineapple and Shrimp Curry)
Kaeng Phet Fak Thong (Pumpkin Red Curry)
Kai Dao (Thai Fried Egg)
Kai Jeow (Thai Omelette)
Mali
10 min
Kai Look Koei (Son-in-Law Eggs)
Kai Tod Krathiem (Garlic Fried Chicken)
Kai Toon (Steamed Egg with Pork)
Kai Yang (Isaan Grilled Chicken)
Tonight's dinners
Ajat (Cucumber Relish)
Drunken Noodles with Chicken
Mali
30 min
Gaeng Som Pla (Thai Sour Curry with Fish and Vegetables)
Mali
35 min
Kaeng Hung Lay (Northern Pork Belly Curry)
Kaeng Jued Woon Sen (Clear Soup with Glass Noodles and Pork Balls)
Kaeng Khua Sapparot Kung (Southern Pineapple and Shrimp Curry)
Kaeng Om Kai (Isaan Herbal Chicken and Vegetable Soup)
Kaeng Phet Fak Thong (Pumpkin Red Curry)
Kai Dao (Thai Fried Egg)
Kai Jeow (Thai Omelette)
Mali
10 min
Kai Look Koei (Son-in-Law Eggs)
Kai Palo (Thai Five-Spice Braised Eggs and Pork)
Mali
65 min
Thailand, dish of the day
Kai Yang (Isaan Grilled Chicken)
Thai home cooking, and on the plate it is the dish at the centre.
Under thirty minutes
Ajat (Cucumber Relish)
Drunken Noodles with Chicken
Mali
30 min
Kaeng Jued Woon Sen (Clear Soup with Glass Noodles and Pork Balls)
Kaeng Phet Fak Thong (Pumpkin Red Curry)
Kai Dao (Thai Fried Egg)
Kai Jeow (Thai Omelette)
Mali
10 min
Kai Look Koei (Son-in-Law Eggs)
Kai Tod Krathiem (Garlic Fried Chicken)
Kai Toon (Steamed Egg with Pork)
Khao Pad Moo (Thai Pork Fried Rice)
Mali
25 min
Khao Suay (Thai Steamed Jasmine Rice)
Mali
25 min
Khao Tom Moo (Rice Soup with Pork)
Or start from the recipes
Plan a week from Thailand
Dinejot builds the week around this kitchen: the same spice tolerance, the same effort on a Wednesday, and the things nobody at your table will eat, left out by construction.