How to make a main course Thai dish?

Question

Vegetarian or just with chicken would do.No other meat please.

Thanks a lot

Answer 1

"yam hed fang" - sour & spicy mushroom salad thai style

ingredients:
300 g rice-straw mushrooms
1/2 cup thinly sliced boiled chicken
1/2 cup thinly sliced boiled prawn
1 onion sliced
1 thinly sliced red spur chilli
2 tbsp. fried shallot

ingredients for the dressing:
2 hot chillis
1 tbsp. finely sliced garlic
2 tbsp. salt
1/4 cup lime juice

pound the chillies, garlic, and salt together until finely ground, add the lime juice, and mix thoroughly.

preparation:
1) wash the mushrooms thoroughly and remove any foreign matter from the bases of the stems. steam over boiling water for about 10 minutes; then, place in a colander and allow to drain.
2) put the mushrooms in a mixing bowl, add the chicken, prawn, onion, add the dressing, and toss gently to mix thoroughly. adjust the seasoning.
3) transfer the salad to a bed of lettuce prepared on a serving platter, sprinkle with the fried shallot and spur chilli, and serve.

enjoy!

Answer 2

Curries are easy. You can buy a tub of green, yellow or red Thai curry pastes. The directions should be on the tub.

If not, warm up a couple of tbs of the paste in a bit of oil over low heat.

Add 1 cup of coconut milk, heat again until fragrant.

Add another cup of coconut milk mixed with 1 cup of water. Heat. Then add sliced chicken (1/2 lb or so), thai eggplant or cubed regular eggplant and 2 tsps of fish sauce.

You could get more elaborate and add different veggies or flavorings such as kaffir lime leaves, Thai eggplant, straw mushrooms or chillis but the above is a basic recipe that'll tide you over.

Serve over hot rice.

Answer 3

"Pad Thai" is the easiest very common dish eaten in Thailand, it's basically flat rice noodles with 'stuff'.

Here's a couple recipes:

http://www.thaitable.com/Thai/recipes/Pad_Thai.htm

http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD_9936_33205,00.html

The secret to great Thai food is great Thai pastes and sauces. You can buy red, green & yellow paste in little cans anywhere that has "Asian groceries", boil them with coconut milk and meat or veg of your choice and it'll be great.

Answer 4

There's 100's of recipes available on line, use Google to search for recipes with specific ingredients, or try this www.cooks.com.