Vegan Recipes

Mango with Sticky Rice

Sweet mango with sticky rice, or Khao Niao Mamuang, is a traditional summer dessert because mangos are in season during the Thai summer months of April and May.

This is a deliciously sweet and filling dessert from Thailand and is very simple to make. The salt balances the sweetness of the sauce and ripe mango. The sticky (glutinous) rice is like a solid rice pudding base to the dish.

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Mushroom with Chilli and Thai Basil Leaves

Phad kraprao hed is another of the exceedingly popular Thai stir-fried dishes. It's main ingredients are mushrooms, Thai holy basil leaves ... and, of course, chillies. If you try this dish in Thailand, do take care - it can sometimes be exceptionally spicy.

Feel free to experiment with this dish. It can just as easily be made with soy mince or firm tofu as well as, or instead of, muchrooms.

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Pad Thai

This is one of the most popular Thai dishes, particularly amongst first time visitors to the kingdom since it is one of the few dishes that does not contain any chillies. You'll find many street vendors selling this noodle dish, and it is for this reason that Thais tend to eat this as a snack at any time of day (or night).

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Panang Curry

Gaeng Panaeng takes it name from the city island of Panang off the Malaysian west coast, which is also known as Georgetown. Panang curry is sweeter, richer and creamier then the more herbal Thai red or green curries, and this makes it popular with foreigners. It is a drier type of curry, more like its Indian cousins, with just enough sauce to cover the vegetables.

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Som Tam Thai (Green Papaya Salad)

Som Tam is a very popular and healthy salad snack in Thailand, made from green papaya, peanuts and chillies. It is eaten at any and all times of the day and is available from street vendors throughout the country. However, the standard edition comes with fish sauce and shrimps so you'd need to ask for Som Tam Thai without fish sauce.

Khaek nuan is a papaya variety consumed only when it is green, as it has crisp and thick flesh with a small amount of seeds. It contains high amounts of vitamins A, C, and E, and folic acid. The papaya is also rich in dietary fibre and has antioxidant properties.

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Spicy Stir-fried Noodles

Pad Kee Mao quite literally means "fried drunkard" and it infers that the cooking style is quite hot and wild. This means that you can throw any vegetables such as broccoli, carrots and cauliflower into the dish since the list of ingredients is never the same from one restaurant to another; the only fixed items being the noodles, chillies, garlic and seasoning. Of course, you can adjust the number of chillies to suit your own taste.

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Stir-Fried Eggplant in Thai Basil Sauce

Pad Makheua is stir fried eggplant, also known as brinjal or aubergine. Many different types of eggplant are freely available around Thailand, the most common being Makheua yao, a long green eggplant. Most varieties are not available in South Africa so we'll just have to make do with our own version.

Aubergines are high in dietary fibre, potassium, vitamin C, vitamin B6, magnesium, phosphorus, copper, manganese, and protein, amongst others.

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Thai Green Curry

Gaeng Kiaw Waan derives its name from its colour and is one of the spiciest curries of central Thailand. This dish can be made with or without tofu, or by using your favourite types of vegetable such as pumpkin or potato instead. Milder versions of the dish can easily be made be reducing the amount of chilli added. Thai green curry is usually served with boiled jasmine rice.

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