Vegetarian Thai food: preliminary thoughts + spicy carrot salad sans pestle and mortar (carrot som tam; ส้มตำแครอท)

I shall begin this by saying that I am certainly not the first Thai person ever to be thinking of vegetarian Thai food in a manner that is a little different to the established Chinese Buddhist vegetarian cuisine. For example, Leela has cooked a range of vegan and vegetarian Thai dishes in her ‘My Thai’ series … Continue reading →