Mostly Asian inspired & Vegan Thai Recipes + travel notes from a klutz
Kanom is a Thai word referencing snacks, although if you tell someone you love kanom Thai they will understand you to mean Thai sweets. Kluay or gluay, depending on your transliteration, means banana. Hence kanom kluay is a sweet made with banana and, furthermore, one that is fast and easy…
Tua tod samun prai, or herbal Thai fried peanuts (tua = peanut, tod = deep fried, samun prai = medicinal herbs), are an easy to make snack that pairs consummately with cold, boozy fizz. These knock the socks off your every day roasted peanuts!
Pandan, also called screwpine and bai toey in Thai, is used throughout Southeast Asia in food preparations. There are many pandanus plant species but pandanus amaryllifolius is the screwpine used in Thai cuisine as it is the only variety with such fragrant leaves. Pandan imparts a nutty and grassy element…
In Thailand cha yen always refers to sweet, milky Thai iced tea and is probably one of the country’s top drinkable exports. Thai tea is found on Thai menus around the globe, and Thai tea powder is equally not difficult to find outside of the kingdom. My recipe for vegan Thai iced tea is based on the style we know and love, but with a twist: the optional addition of CBD oil.
While there are some commercial vegan condensed milk products available, like the Nature’s Charm sweetened condensed coconut milk, it’s very easy to make dairy-free condensed milk yourself. All you need is a slow cooker and a few simple ingredients. Use this condensed milk with Thai iced tea and coffee, Vietnamese…
At this one-of-a-kind vegan Thai supper club I will show you a glimmer of just how great the Thai noodle repertoire is, with street food including noodle soups, curry noodles, and dessert noodles.
