Background Whenever we think about the favorite dish that both Thai and Chinese usually cook, this dish becomes a winner as the ingredients can be adapted to many styles. For Chinese, they prefer sourer to top over fried fish while Thai people prefer to stir fry with shrimp and pork. Both recipes gain the sour taste from vinegar and sweetness from sugar only.   Nutrition facts A combination of sweet and sour bring this recipe classic and high nutritious source. Pork and shrimp are rich in high protein, fresh onion has the high content of antioxidant compounds that can lower cholesterols, resists fat absorbtion in our blood circulation, prevents blood clotting and improves the dissolution of a blood clot.   Ingredients 120 grams sliced pork and minced shrimp 5 grams Thai garlic, smashed 1 cup chicken stock 80 grams cucumber, Batonnet cut 80 grams onion, diced 50 grams bell pepper or sweet chili, diced 20 grams spring onion, cut into 1 inch sized 3 tablespoons vinegar 2 tablespoons sugar 2 tablespoons fish sauce Tapioca flour mixed with a little water

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Background Thai people in provinces keep chickens as a source of food, consuming both their meat and their eggs. The chickens, domestic fowl, can be cooked in different way and they are delicious than farming chickens.   Nutrition facts Chicken is high in protein and it is the best muscle building food. Turmeric has long been used as a powerful anti-inflammatory in both the Chinese and Indian systems of medicine. Turmeric was traditionally called “Indian saffron” because of its deep yellow-orange color and has been used throughout history as a condiment, healing remedy. Turmeric also helps heal ulcers, intestinal absorption. Ingredients from the curry paste are good for the excretory system, relieve coughing, help passing gas in the intestines.   Ingredients 1 chicken, cut into bite-size pieces 2-inch long turmeric 40 grams lemongrass stalks, rough crushed 40 grams shallots 10 grams garlic cloves 5 grams bird’s eye chilies, rough crushed 2 salt

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Background Kanom Cheen Num Ya originates with Mon people. In the past, Mon Kingdom is powerful and influence toward neighbor countries. Burma and Thai adapted the dish called Kanom Cheen Num Ya from Mon but they were preferred in different taste. Burma prefer thick sauce (Nam Ya) so they add some soft banana stalk to the sauce while Thai like to eat fish then they add shredded fish meat to the sauce.   Nutrition facts Kanom Cheen Num Ya is a nutrient food. The dish provides carbohydrate from rice noodles, protein from fish, and verities of vitamins from vegetables which are good for excretory system. The fingerroot is not only help reduce fish smell but it also provides anti-aging and anti-bacteria.   Ingredients 1 kg. Fresh Thai rice noodles ½ cup chili paste, without herbs ½ cup fingerroot, sliced 2 cups fish meat, boiled ½ cup salted fish, grilled and bone removed 4 cups coconut milk 1 cup fish stock Serve with hairy basil leaves, fresh bean sprouts and sliced bitter melon

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