Recipe Blog featuring Thai mains, starters and desserts

Lamb Massaman Curry

by Nitsa Takhiansok

Lamb massaman curry is a truly luxurious dish. Lamb Shanks cooked in a Thai massaman sauce become meltingly tender and the spices blend so harmoniously with the lamb it truly is a perfect match. This is an oven cooked dish requiring around 2 ½ hours cooking time. If you are thinking of using a slow cooker, then please check out this link as the recipe would need to be adapted. This is not an everyday curry so personally, I would stick with the oven for best results.

Chiang Mai Pork Curry

by Nitsa Takhiansok

This curry is also known as Kaeng Hung Leh or Burmese style pork curry Thai curry = coconut milk, right? Not so actually. The definition of a curry in Thailand is far looser than it is in the West and there are many Thai curries where coconut milk is totally absent. Some of these curries are most definitely not to the Western taste, this is certainly not the case with this curry, and in fact, I would go so far as to say it is one of the most palatable Thai curries for a Westerner. Therefore, ...