Online Siamese Culinary Masterclasses for Professional Chefs and Thai food enthusiasts

In my masterclasses, for the first time in the English language, I reveal the culinary secrets hidden in old and hard-to-find Siamese cookbooks and recipes dating from the late 19th century to modern days. 

Get unlimited access to Thaifoodmaster’s constantly growing library of prime professional masterclasses, articles, recipes and videos on Siamese culinary topics, available nowhere else in English.

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Professional Guides: Siamese Chili Relishes (น้ำพริก และ เครื่องจิ้ม), Thai Curries (แกงไทย), Thai Salads (เรื่องยำๆ) and The art of Siamese old-school menu design (สํารับอาหารไทย).

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Practical and kitchen-tested recipes with a mix of theory, history, psychology, and Siamese culture tidbits.

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Articles and Recipes

Stuffed Long Eggplant (มะเขือเขียวทรงเครื่อง; ma kheuu khiaao song khreuuang)
Stuffed Long Eggplant (มะเขือเขียวทรงเครื่อง; ma kheuu khiaao song khreuuang)
Stuffed Long Eggplant filled with aromatic spiced meat and deep-fried in butter or ghee. From Ibrahim Haji Roshidin Tuan's Thai Muslim cookbook, 1938.
Stir-fried Chicken with Baby Corn (ผัดไก่กับข้าวโพดอ่อน; phat gai gap khaao pho:ht aawn)
Stir-fried Chicken with Baby Corn (ผัดไก่กับข้าวโพดอ่อน; phat gai gap khaao pho:ht aawn)
Phat gai gap khaao phoht aawn, chicken and baby corn stir-fried with garlic, sauce thickened by pounded corn kernels. Jeeb Bunnag, 1933.
Miang on Golden Trays (เมี่ยงถาดทอง; miang thaat thaawng)
Miang on Golden Trays (เมี่ยงถาดทอง; miang thaat thaawng) (กระทงทอง)
Miang thaat thaawng, palm-pressed fried pastry cups filled with crab, pork, pickled garlic, and bitter orange zest. Jeeb Bunnag, 1933.
Shrimp-Topped Canapes (ขนมปังหน้ากุ้ง; khanohm bpang naa goong)
Shrimp-Topped Canapes (ขนมปังหน้ากุ้ง; khanohm bpang naa goong)
Khanohm bpang naa goong: fried bread squares topped with coconut-cream shrimp, garnished with semi-matured coconut in a cross. Jeeb Bunnag, 1933.
Grilled Seasoned Rice Crust (ข้าวตังปิ้งปรุง; khaao dtang bping bproong)
Grilled Seasoned Rice Crust (ข้าวตังปิ้งปรุง; khaao dtang bping bproong)
Khaao dtang bping bproong, rice crust grilled with garlic-lard and fish sauce, brushed on with a banana leaf. Jeeb Bunnag, 1933.
Layered Savory Rice Cake (ข้าวแขกสลับสี; khaao khaaek sa lap see)
Layered Savory Rice Cake (ข้าวแขกสลับสี; khaao khaaek sa lap see)
Layered Savory Rice Cake features steamed rice, seasoned prawn filling, and golden turmeric-coconut custard. From Mrs. Samakkhanatthon's 1945 Thai cookbook.
Miiang Kha Nohm Laeh Lai (เมี่ยงขนมเลไลย; miiang kha nohm laeh lai)
Miiang Kha Nohm Laeh Lai (เมี่ยงขนมเลไลย; miiang kha nohm laeh lai)
Miiang kha nohm laeh lai, split sweets topped with boiled prawn and pork fat, with a sour tomalley dressing. From Mrs. Paan Nanthaaphiwat, 1953.
Stir-Fried Gao Lao Buut (ผัดเกาเหลาบูด; phat gao lao buut)
Stir-Fried Gao Lao Buut (ผัดเกาเหลาบูด; phat gao lao buut)
Phat gao lao buut, chicken offal and pork belly stir-fried in rendered pork fat, sweet-sour seasoned. From Maawm Ying Soophaa, 1951.
Decorated Corn (ข้าวโพดประดับ; khaao pho:ht bpra dap)
Decorated Corn (ข้าวโพดประดับ; khaao pho:ht bpra dap)
Decorated Corn, a palace-style appetizer featuring spiced chicken molded around baby corn and adorned with kernels. From Jeeb Bunnak's 1945 Thai cookbook.
ผัดขี้เมาปลาหมึกยัดไส้กุ้งเนื้อหมูและแห้ว
This dish can be found both in Thailand's streets food stalls and in the menus of the high stars restaurants. The spicy stir fried is a perfect choice to the drunken man’s plate, it, with it's kick, helps the whiskey run down the glass and offers a wicked sauce to accompany the sophisticated squid's filling made of airy pork married with sweet shrimp. The mixture of pork and shrimp filling maintains moist and tender texture which is further enhanced by the surprise crunch from water chestnuts.
Salad of grilled pork and coconut-cooked pumpkin by Maawm Ying Soophaa
c1949 Salad of grilled pork and coconut-cooked pumpkin by Maawm Ying Soophaa (ยำฟักทองกะทิ ตำราการปรุงอาหารยำ หม่อมหญิงสุภา พ.ศ. 2492; yam fak thaawng Gathi)
Deep-Sea Shrimp and Cabbage Simmered in Coconut Milk (ต้มกะทิกุ้งตะเข็บกับกะหล่ำปลี; dtohm ga thi goong dta khep gap ga lam bplee)
Deep-Sea Shrimp and Cabbage Simmered in Coconut Milk (ต้มกะทิกุ้งตะเข็บกับกะหล่ำปลี; dtohm ga thi goong dta khep gap ga lam bplee)
Dtohm ga thi goong dta khep, shredded cabbage simmered in thin coconut milk with tail-tucked soft-shell shrimp and sour fruit. From Jeeb Bunnag, 1933.
Satay Chili Sauce (น้ำพริกสะเต๊ะ; naam phrik sa dte)
Satay Chili Sauce (น้ำพริกสะเต๊ะ; naam phrik sa dte)
Naam phrik sa dte, a rich satay sauce thickened with bread soaked in coconut cream. From Ibrahim Haji Roshidin Tuan's 'The Muslim Cook,' 1938.
Date Palm in Coconut Milk (อินทผาลัมน้ำกะทิ; in tpha lam naam ga thi)
Date Palm in Coconut Milk (อินทผาลัมน้ำกะทิ; in tpha lam naam ga thi)
In tpha lam naam ga thi, date palm hand-torn and served in freshly pressed coconut milk, lightly salted. From Jeeb Bunnag, 1933.
ยำดอกขจร
The first Thai restaurant in London was opened during the 1960's by HRH Princess Jurairat Nasiriman (1910-2000) (พระเจ้าวรวงศ์เธอ พระองค์เจ้าจุไรรัตนศิริมาน), the granddaughter of HRH King Mongkut (Rama IV). Princess Jurairat chose to offer this salad on the menu and named it "Salad of Thai Milkweed Flower". (Other names: Cowslip creeper, Telosma Cordata). This fresh and tasty salad is so vibrant and easy for us to enjoy, it takes in the very basic flavors, sweet, salty, hot and sour and wrap them in a creamy coat of reduced coconut cream. The milkweed flower buds retain their crunchiness and their pleasant fragrance with only a gentle and very quick blanching in sweet boiling water.
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Siamese Culinary Legends of the Rattanakosin period

Siamese cuisine is the accumulated wisdom of cooks at every level of the society – from housewives cooking at home and caring for their families, to cooks in the temple, to the culinary masters who created elaborate dishes behind the palace walls.

In this series of short articles highlighting their lives and work, we salute and pay homage to the most prominent individuals who influenced and shaped the Siamese culinary arts bpaa ga sin (ปากะศิลป์) of the Rattanakosin Era.

These background descriptions will put into perspective the dishes we present and cook here on Thaifoodmaster and will also help you to cook Thai dishes that taste like they have a solid bond to the culture, the land and its people.

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The Spice Vault

Here you will find recipes for popular spice mixes that you can make yourself! Homemade spice blends not only taste better and cost less, but you’ll also be able to create unique spice blends based on your personal preferences. As a bonus, you’ll use spices with no preservatives or artificial colors!

For example, members can explore recipes for Chinese five-spice mix, masalas for khao soi and hang lay curries, homemade Thai curry powder, and a variety of the spice blends used in Northern and Muslim Thai cuisines.

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