Are you looking for the most mouth-watering Thai dishes that are one click away? Junjira offers takeaway foods in Aberdare that you can order at their website at a very affordable cost. From palatable salads and stir-fried foods to flavourful curries, Junjijra has a handful of choices that will leave your cravings gratified.
But what are the must-try dishes in Junjira? And if you’re fond of spicy foods, what are the spiciest Thai dishes you can find and the secrets behind every Thai food’s satisfying taste? We’ll spill the answer to these questions in this post and not only that. If you’re looking to try cooking Thai dishes in the comfort of your home, we’ll also share with you some Thai recipes that are easy to cook and doable at home.
If you’re up for more Thai cuisine learnings and trying to search for new culinary delights to try, let’s get right to the list of best Thai foods you should try.
Best Thai Foods You Should Try
Thai cuisine is among the most diverse and delectable globally, and every dish has distinct, palatable taste. Although choosing the best foods is difficult and highly subjective, we listed some of the must-try menus that are popular among Thai people and Thai cuisine lovers.
1. Tom Yum Goong (Shrimp Soup)
This hot and sour soup is a bowl of steaming goodness with quintessential aroma and a perfect blend of lime leaf, lemon juice, fish sauce, fragrant lemongrass, galangal spring onion and coriander. The fresh prawns are the main highlight in this creamy dish added with mushroom and a fairly strong spicy kick.
2. Pad Thai (Stir-Fried Noodles)
This crowd favourite Thai food is composed of stir-fried noodles with either shrimp or chicken meat blended with seasonings like chilli, fish sauce, sugar and finely grounded roasted peanuts with a hint of lime juice at the top. This gastrointestinal delight is milder than tom yum goong but tasty as it is.
3. Gaeng Keow Wan Gai (Green Chicken Curry)
This flavourful chicken curry blended with green curry paste, creamy coconut milk and a combination of green beans, carrots, chilli and Basil is a very delicious dish you never knew you needed.
4. Gaeng Paa (Jungle Curry)
This country curry is different from other curry dishes because it does not contain coconut milk. It was originally prepared with wild boar or any alike, but today, it mostly comes with chicken, pork or fish. This highly spicy curry with jungle curry paste added with vegetables and chillies has a distinctive taste you will love.
5. Khao Pad (Fried Rice)
This flavourful dish that packs a tasty mix of ingredients like small meat slices, egg, onion, garlic, various seasonings, soy sauce, and oyster sauce in a bowl of fried rice is a bowl of goodness you must also try. This popular dish may look simple at first, but it won’t disappoint.
6. Tom Kha Gai (Chicken in Coconut Soup)
This chicken soup dish infused with fiery chilli, aromatic lemongrass, and thin slices of galangal with mushrooms and fish sauce is an iconic soup filled with cuisine wonders. The creamy coconut milk added to it softens its spicy taste, fresh lime leaves, and lemon juice, making it a sweet-smelling and compelling dish.
7. Som Tom Pla Ra (Green Papaya Salad)
This popular green papaya is prepared with a dramatic mix of dried shrimp, tomatoes, carrots, peanuts and beans. The addition of fish sauce, lime juice, chillies, and palm sugar makes it a moreish dish you should taste because of its sweet, spicy and sour flavour.
8. Pad Mama (Stir-fried Noodles)
It’s not your typical instant noodles because it was stir-fried and added with dark soy sauce, eggs, and vegetables. And it comes with your own choice of meat – chicken or Tofu.
9. Pad Siew Noodles
This Chinese-influenced dish is another stir-fried noodle dish made from flat rice noodles combined with soy sauce, chicken meat or Tofu, eggs and vegetables. It’s utterly satisfying and as delicious as it looks.
10. Yom Won Sien (Bean Thread Noodles)
This dish is also called bean thread noodles and is a popular one inside and outside Thailand for its bland-looking yet delicious noodles that absorb the hot, spicy and sour dressing. There are several variations of this foodie, but this version in Junjira which comes with minced pork and sausage offers different intense flavours in one plate.
11. Kao Pad Khung (Prawn Fried Rice)
This tasty fried rice got even better thanks to the prawn meat and a mix of flavours created by the combination of soy sauce, oyster sauce, spring onions, carrots, peas, onions and eggs. This dish is popular among seafood lovers, and the taste of it will make you crave for more.
But if you want some spicy kick with an intense flavour, you may also try the spicy Thai dishes that will set your mouth on fire.
What Are The Spiciest Thai Dishes?
If you love spicy foods that’ll get your adrenaline rushing, there’s so much Thai cuisine can offer from crazy spicy to least spicy. Some of them can make you sweat while others are so intense that might make you cry, but since most of them are super savoury and meaty, you might still want to ask for more. But if your mouth can’t handle intensely spicy foods well, it may be best to avoid it or ask to tone down the spice to prevent hurting your mouth and stomach badly.
But just in case you want to explore the spiciest foods Thai cuisine has to offer, here’s a list of them:
1. Gaeng Tai Pla
This super spicy brown curry made of fermented fish innards is one of the spiciest Thai foods that’s why it’s served with either raw long beans, cucumber and eggplants. It may be fish-based and dull-coloured, but it’s quite thick and flavourful, and the intensity of its spice builds up the more you eat. If you love spicy dishes or want to test your spice tolerance, this is a must-have on your table, but don’t forget to eat vegetables in between your rice-curry meal to avoid getting your tongue and stomach too severely.
2. Gaeng Prik Si Krong Moo
If you can’t handle spice well, this dish isn’t so ideal for you. It’s also not advisable to eat this on breakfast no matter how tempting the pork ribs are because it might cause you stomach ache right away. This food is as spicy as chilli curry even if there’s no visible chilli on the menu.
But if you’re up for that kind of spice, then you’ll love every bit of this dish. If you want extra heat and crunch, you’d love to eat it with green peppercorns and a hot bowl of steamed rice. This fiery combo will surely spice up your day.
3. Gaeng Khua Kling
This dish may not look spicy at first due to its yellow colour, but it’s a white peppercorn and chilli-filled food that tastes like fire on your tongue. This dry curry is made of small pieces of meat added with kaffir lime leaves that makes it so fragrant and tempt you to gobble up your dish.
4. Gaeng Som
This spicy and sour soup also called as Gaeng Leung in other parts of Thailand, energising food made of fish, lime juice and tamarind paste responsible for the sourness of the dish. Its yellow colour is due to the turmeric added to it. It is a refreshing and nutritious menu suitable for lunch and dinner that is worth a try.
5. Gaeng Pa
As we mentioned above, this curry is a spicy dish with no coconut milk. It is more peppery than chillies and filled with herbs and spices, and it contains a lot of vegetables and meat, so it’s wholesome goodness all in one plate.
6. Pad Prik Kaeng Moo
If you prefer medium-level spicy food, this savoury stir-fried pork with a red curry paste that adds a sweet taste to the dish is the one for your tastebuds. The crunchiness of the long beans and spice of chilli makes it an even more addictive food that will make you ask for more.
7. Laab
Unlike Western’s salad style of bland and non-spicy, this dish is popular in Laos and Isan region of Thailand, thanks to its spicy and flavourful taste.
8. Tom Yum Kung
This fiery-reddish soup is also not for the faint-hearted. The fried chilli blended with chilli paste will send heat throughout your body, and its galangal and lemongrass add aroma to the dish. If you’re feeling like having a cold, this will surely get you moving.
9. Pad Ka Prao
It is one of the most popular and best-loved dishes in Thai cuisine that gives off an overwhelming taste of Holy Basil and the spice of chillies added into the fish, chicken and pork. While some variations don’t seem spicy for foreigners, it can be pretty spicy when appropriately prepared.
10. Khao Pad Nam Prik Narok
This sinister name translates as “fried rice with chilli paste from hell”. The sun-dried chillies pounded in a mortar and pestle along with garlic, palm sugar, shrimp paste and fish pieces are responsible for its intense spicy flavour. The paste is then fried with rice and served. If your mouth and stomach can take it, then you’d enjoy this dish, but if not, you might be left struggling because even the rice which is supposed to give respite for the devilish spice will not provide an escape because it’s coated with the paste from hell.
There are three meat choices for this dish – pork, chicken and fish, and they’re cooked with peppers, onions, garlic basil and the bird’s eye chillies for a fiery result that will leave you perspiring and asking for extra to dilute the spice. If you can’t handle spice well, you may ask for less chilli or replace them with peppers, and you’ll be fine.
Now that you’ve got an idea of the best and spiciest Thai dishes, do you wonder what the secret is behind their flavourful taste and spice? This time, we’ll uncover that to you and introduce you to the authentic Thai herbs and spices essential in every Thai food.
Authentic Thai Spices
Herbs and spices are a necessity in Thai cooking, and they help achieve the quartet of basic Thai tastes – salty, sour, spicy and sweet. These are some of Thailand’s authentic spices that make every dish satisfying to your taste buds.
Basil – One of the essential herbs in Thai cuisine is the famous Basil. Its leaves range from green to reddish to purple, depending on its variety. There are around 60 different varieties of this herb, and each has distinct flavours. It often provides a balance between sweet and savoury and adds a hint of mint, anise and pepper to the dish.
Galangal – This spice is a relative of ginger and turmeric that has sharper, more peppery and spicier than ginger. It also adds a depth of flavour and valuable nutrients to any dish.
Lemongrass – It is usually used in soup and dishes with meat, seafood and vegetables or curry pastes, sauces and salads. It adds a spicy lemony, herbaceous and sweet floral flavour that suits sweet and savoury foods.
Turmeric– This popular spice commonly used in Thai curries and other Thai dishes adds a golden hue to every food and provides warm, bitter taste with peppery aroma.
Dried or fresh coriander– This is another common ingredient in soups, curries, marinades and sauces with refreshing, tart, and citrusy leaves. But, its dried fruit has an earthy, tart and sweet flavour with a floral aroma.
Green and red chillies – These spices are almost always present in every Thai curry, soup, and sauces and chilli powder as it provides flavour and heat to every dish mostly when it’s diced before use to release the oils and seed’s spice fully.
Shallots – This spice is a type of onion characterised by small, elongated shape and milder, delicate and sweet flavour with a hint of garlic. It can be an alternative for onions in any recipe that requires it.
Makrut lime leaves – These bitter but aromatic leaves that originate in Thailand are also used in Thai curries, soups and stir-fries and removed before eating the dish to add aroma and distinct citrusy flavour.
Green peppercorns – This ripe, fresh and not fully-developed peppercorn are milder, and its flavour and spice are less concentrated than the pungent black peppercorns.
Paste – The last but not the least is the paste because almost every Thai recipe begins with it. There are many ready-made Thai pastes in the market like red, yellow, and green curry, but these spice mixes do not provide the same nutrients, flavour and aroma as a paste made from scratch. Most of them are made traditionally using whole spices, and herbs pounded together with a mortar and pestle, and most Thai chefs prefer this method over food processors.
Easiest Thai Dishes to Cook at Home
If you prefer homemade foods over takeouts and you love exploring Thai cooking, many easy-to-cook dishes are doable at home, just like the following:
Thai Chicken Satay
The succulent taste of this special Satay recipe made of chicken or beef marinated in a special Thai paste will surely give off a memorable taste. And its complementary peanut sauce will even take the flavour of the dish to a higher level.
Thai Mini Shrimp Lettuce Wraps
If you’re looking for a unique shrimp dish wrapped in lettuce, this is the right one for you. Every bite provides a burst of flavours, and it can pass as a party appetiser served with beer, wine or cocktails.
Tom Yum Soup With Coconut Milk
This version of Tom Yum Goong has an added coconut milk for a thick and flavourful soup, and it’s delicious and fulfilling for the stomach.
Larb Gai Thai Chicken Salad
This popular classic made with either pork or chicken is best served hot over cold greens or rice.
Som Tam (Green Papaya Salad)
It’s a low-calorie salad filled with flavours and crunch, and addition of cooked shrimp, crab meat or cashews plus a bowl of sticky rice can make it even more enjoyable.
So, if you have plenty of time to spend during this quarantine and a love for cooking, trying out those dishes would be surely challenging but at the same time, satisfying. But if you’re the type of person who prefers takeaway foods but is fresh from the pot, we recommend trying out Junjira’s tasty Thai dishes.
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