30 Thai Vegetarian Recipes to Make at Home

In recent years, Thai vegetarian recipes are becoming a healthy eating trend both inside and outside the country. The post is a compilation of some of the finest Thai dishes that makes sure you won’t miss out on any methods of customizing your veggies.

Despite Thailand being in a tropical climate region, the country’s cuisine mainly relies on ingredients that are familiar to everyone around the world. So let’s get cooking and fill your kitchen with Thai flavored dishes.

Easy Thai Vegan Dishes To Make Up Your Healthy Diet

There’s a lot to love about tasty Thai cooking techniques, but my favorite is the heap use of peanut sauce and fresh ingredients. The excessive use of coconut milk in Thai cuisine makes many dishes have a creamy texture that will mesmerize anyone on their first try.

1. Vegan Pad Thai (Thai Stir-Fried Noodles)

Total time: 30 minutes.

Pad Thai has to be one of the staple Asian recipes for any newcomer. A traditional Pad Thai recipe calls for many ingredients like vegetables, eggs, and noodles. People will usually mix them well in the same frying pan with plentiful seasonings.

The dish made its way into the Thai cooking technique from China as a stir-fried noodle dish. Many people believe Pad Thai first appeared in the mid-20th century, with various ingredients often stir-fried in a big Wok (a Chinese deep round-bottomed pot).

To turn Pad Thai into a vegan-friendly dish, you need to swap out the egg for tofu instead. Don’t worry: you will barely notice the difference since the main flavor of Pad Thai comes from the sauce. However, it’s best to use firm tofu to mimic the egg texture.

The special Pad Thai sauce is a mixture of soy sauce with vinegar, lime juice, and peanut butter to create a sweet-savory sauce fusion. As for the noodles, locals usually use rehydrated rice noodles to stir fry with vegetables like carrot, bean sprouts, and bell pepper.

If you feel the need to adjust the flavor of Pad Thai, I suggest adding extra sauce or regular soy sauce. Vegan Pad Thai is versatile for any meal consumption; thanks to the absence of meat, the dish has a much lighter flavor.  

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2. Thai Mango Salad With Peanut Dressing

Total time: 10 minutes.

Let’s get even healthier with a Thai mango salad recipe. The dish is super refreshing as a side dish for a hot summer day. The mango salad is all about you assembling the ingredients without using any cooking techniques.

You want to use ripe mangoes for the salad recipe. Aside from that fruit, people often throw in some bell peppers, peanuts, and onions to diversify the flavor of the dish. Although it’s quite obvious, I still have to remind you to peel and dice your mangoes properly.

Every impeccable salad needs an amazing dressing to spice up more flavors. For that, I prefer making a creamy sesame dressing consisting of soy sauce, vinegar, and sesame oil for that extra nutty flavor.

Toss the ingredients well with the dressing, and you get yourself a refreshing salad ready to serve.

3. Tofu Satay With Peanut Sauce

Total time: 50 minutes (including the time to drain and marinate the tofu).

Traditionally, Satay is a dish of Southeast Asian cuisine, where people will skewer seasoned meat with wooden sticks to grill on an open flame. However, the most captivating allure of Satay lies in the creamy and rich peanut sauce.

To turn Satay into a vegan version, you will be using tofu to substitute for the meat. My advice is to use firm tofu as its texture is more suitable for grilling. As a little tip, you should freeze your tofu before marinating it with various condiments.

Freezing tofu will create a spongy texture and help the tofu absorb more of the sauce. I prefer marinating the tofu in a concoction of maple syrup, soy sauce, and coconut milk to improve the overall umami flavor.

To make the creamy peanut sauce, you should mix peanut butter with lime juice, rice vinegar, and soy sauce. After baking, your satay tofu will have a nice golden brown color and a crunchy texture. Sprinkling some crushed peanuts over the sauce will help enhance the nutty flavor.

4. Thai Pineapple Fried Rice

Total time: 35 minutes.

If you’re already familiar with regular fried rice recipes, then try spicing things up with an amazing rice dish from Thai cuisine. Better yet, the dish is perfect for cleaning up left-over rice in your kitchen.

Although many often think adding pineapple to fried rice doesn’t help with the flavor, it actually enhances the tropical sweetness and gives the dish a beautiful yellow color. Commonly, people will stir-fry rice until the grains become fluffy and a little dried.

Aside from the pineapple, locals also season rice with chili powder, cumin, and coriander to deepen the flavor and color. Furthermore, you can use diced carrots and bell peppers for some crunchy texture.

A little side note: You should stir fry the ingredients before adding the rice. For serving, I prefer carving out the inside of the pineapple to use the shell as a container for my fried rice.

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5. Thai Red Curry With Vegetables

Total time: 30 minutes.

When it comes to Thai dishes, curry is an unskippable meal on the menu. Try out the delicious Thai red curry to bring that Asian flavor into your kitchen. The dish is easy to make with the ubiquitous ingredients around you.

The dish gets its beautiful red color from Thai red curry paste, a popular condiment usually found in many Asian markets. People often resolve to coconut milk to create a creamy broth texture and give some extra sweetness to the dish.

Normally, you can combine red pepper, zucchini, and broccoli for a more visually striking curry. You can also adjust the flavor of the dish by adding soy sauce and coconut milk. Thai red curry is highly customizable with vegetables that suit your taste buds.

6. Thai Coconut Rice

Total time: 25 minutes.

Coconut commonly appears in tropical areas around the world, so it’s no surprise that people tend to incorporate this type of fruit into their cooking. In Thailand, coconut rice is a tweak that locals take on regular rice to make the dish more flavorful.

Most often, locals will serve coconut rice as a flavorful Thai side dish or sweet snack. People will cook regular Jasmine white rice in coconut water to enhance the sweetness of the rice. In some cases, locals will throw in toasted coconut for garnish.

I prefer pouring a splash of coconut oil to push the overall flavor to a whole new level. If you can’t get your hand on Jasmine rice, then any white rice will do the job. However, I prioritize the Jasmine variety since its nutty flavor is perfect to go with the subtle sweetness of the coconut.

7. Pad Kee Mao (Vegan Drunken Noodles)

Total time: 40 minutes.

In Thai, people often refer to stir fry dishes by using the word Pad. Originally, the recipe for Pad Kee Mao didn’t require noodles to be a part of the ingredients. However, people converted it into Pad Kee Mao by adding noodles.

Although the English name of Pad Kee Mao is “drunken noodle”, the dish has nothing to do with alcohol to intoxicate you. In Thailand, Pad Kee Mao is a popular street food delicacy that appears at every corner you turn.

To cut you some slack with choosing the right kind of Thai noodles, I suggest buying the rice flour variety from Asian supermarkets or stores. Ideally, you want to use tofu to substitute for the meat texture.

Also, you should spice up the tofu by marinating it in a mixture of Sriracha (Thai chili paste), soy sauce, and lime juice.

Don’t forget that the noodles of Pad Kee Mao will taste much better when you create your umami-flavored sauce blend. My advice is to utilize rice vinegar and vegetable broth as your sauce base. Then, you can add a variety of condiments like red chili, Sriracha, and sugar.

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8. Thai Peanut Cauliflower Wing

Total time: 40 minutes.

If you’re bored with bland cauliflower recipes, I got just the right dish for you. The dish stands out by having cauliflower coated with a creamy peanut butter sauce suggestive of Thai cuisine. To add to that, these sauce-coated cauliflowers resemble little appetizing chicken drumsticks.

The peanut butter sauce covers the cauliflower with a nice brown color. In addition, The sauce also brings a tangy and spicy flavor to the bland cauliflower. To make the sauce, you need a thick mixture of peanut butter with soy sauce, sesame oil, and lime juice.

As for the cauliflowers, you should coat them with a batter mixture to bake in the oven. The baking process helps improve the overall crunchiness of the dish. Finally, toss the cauliflowers with your peanut sauce mixture, and they’re ready to serve.

9. Thai Pumpkin Soup

Total time: 35 minutes.

Thai cuisine also offers a super simple pumpkin soup made with easy-to-find ingredients. This pumpkin soup is special, with an ocean of curry flavor to accompany the creamy broth texture.

You need to soften the vegetable mixture of carrots and onion by cooking them for around 8 minutes. Then, tomato and pumpkin puree will be used to create the soup’s base. Furthermore, the addition of coconut milk provides an extra sweetness to the soup.

Don’t forget you will also need to mix in the curry paste at this stage to set up the base flavor of the soup. Ideally, your Thai Pumpkin soup should have a mesmerizing bright orange color with a smooth texture.

The pumpkin soup is also great for storage when it can last up to 3 months in a freezer. So you can be sure that you’ll always have delicious Thai pumpkin soup ready to serve.

10. Thai Cucumber Salad

Total time: 15 minutes.

There’s always something special about Southeast Asian Salad that keeps me coming back for more. The cucumber salad is a real savor for anyone looking to satisfy their Asian craving for the night. Better yet, you only need a single ingredient with some condiments to make this dish.

I want you to thinly slice the cucumbers so that the condiments can coat them well. If you want extra flavors, then I suggest tossing in some peanuts. In addition, the carrots and onions should be enough to provide a crunchy texture to the salad.

Your dressing is the key to succeeding at preparing Thai cucumber salad. My best dressing blend is a mix of rice vinegar, sesame oil, and pepper flakes. Remember, you can always adjust the spiciness to fit your taste.

Your cucumber salad is a nice side dish addition to your main meal. The crunchy cucumber texture with savory flavor from the dressing make for a simple yet killer salad.

11. Thai Green Papaya Salad

Total time: 20 minutes.

Thai papaya salad is probably one of the most popular street foods that anyone will love. The salad dish is packed with tasty flavors of various ingredients. Furthermore, the sweet and sour taste of the dressing is super addicting.

Locals tend to utilize young papaya to make the salad recipe. Thanks to the crunchy factor and bland taste of these fruits, they are a solid choice to mix with various condiments. Most often, people will cut the papaya into thin slices so the dressing can work its magic easier.

In most cases, the dressing is a concoction of rice vinegar with lime juice, tamari sauce, and chili. However, the papaya alone is not enough to make a good salad. That’s why you should sprinkle various fragrant herbs into the dish to deepen the flavor.

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12. Chopped Thai Salad

Total time: 30 minutes.

The colorful vegetables will grab everyone’s attention when you whip out this chopped salad as a refreshing Thai entree before the main event. Thanks to the various types of vegetables, your salad will provide everyone with essential nutrients that your body needs.

Instead of just pure veggies and condiments, chopped Thai salad calls for brown rice for additional carbs. The vegetable mix is a nice crunchy combination of carrots, cucumber, and colorful cabbage. Using red chili is a great way to turn up the heat on your salad.

Furthermore, baked tofu will play an essential role in mimicking the meat texture of the dish. Locals usually toss the salad ingredients with a mixture of peanut butter sauce made of maple syrup, peanut butter, and Sriracha.

This version of Thai salad possesses a boldly sweet and sour flavor. It is an amazing twist to motivate yourself to eat more greens.

13. Pad Thai Spring Rolls

Total time: 55 minutes.

Spring rolls are a traditional Vietnamese dish that locals often refer to as “Gỏi cuốn”. The dish’s concept is to use rice paper to wrap a variety of fillings into a cylindrical shape. The Vietnamese commonly accompany the spring rolls with a flavorful peanut sauce.

Pad Thai spring roll is a mash-up between Thai and Vietnamese cuisine. Instead of wrapping the spring roll with meat and shrimp, you should use tasty Pad Thai. These little spring rolls are hearty and will satisfy anyone’s hunger for Asian foods.

If you’re worried about the appearance of meat in this recipe, then rest assured that I’ve tweaked the dish to be perfectly vegan-friendly. The Pad Thai filling is a combination of tofu with rice noodles, herbs, and carrot slices.

As for the sauce, I suggest personalizing your sauce by using Tamarind concentrate as the base. To make the concoction more flavorful, you can use sugar for sweetener and some lime juice for the sourness.

As a reminder: you may want to bake the tofu for some time to get a firmer texture for the filling. In addition, a little bit of practice is necessary to get the hang of the rolling techniques.

14. Thai Carrot Soup

Total time: 40 minutes.

It’s always lovely to sip a hot bowl of soup, especially when it is a carrot-based dish from Thai cuisine. In terms of flavor, the soup has a mild spiciness from the Thai curry paste. The creamy consistency and the natural sweetness of this carrot soup are perfect for healing your soul.

Thanks to the appearance of coconut milk, many soup recipes from Thailand have a velvety and smooth texture. Furthermore, the Thai carrot soup emits a slight aroma from a mixture of ginger, carrots, and lime juice.

Because of the light nature of the soup, it is easy to serve as an energizing lunch. Interestingly, your body tends to absorb nutrients from the liquid soup better than from solid foods. Additionally, lentils will help provide extra nutty flavor to your Thai carrot soup.

To get a smooth consistency, it’s best to use a high-power blender. The soup has a light orange color from the carrot.

15. Tod Man Khao Pod (Thai Corn Fritter)

Total time: 45 minutes.

Don’t you want to have a scrumptious fry dish for your meatless recipe list from Thailand? I got your back with this crunchy Tod Man Khao Pod. It is essentially similar to a standard fritter, but Thai locals tend to incorporate some corn kernels for some extra texture and flavor.

The batter is made from rice flour with baking powder, red curry paste, and some lime leaves to infuse additional refreshing flavor. Don’t forget the corn kernels because they are the central piece of this dish.

One thing you need to be careful with this recipe is the red curry paste. Make sure you pick the vegan version of this curry paste since the standard ones tend to have fish sauce in them.

Tod Man Khao Pod is often characterized by a beautiful golden brown color with a distinct curry flavor. The corn kernels are like little explosions that give a surprising sweetness to the dish. The dish tastes amazing as a snack with chili sauce for dipping.

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16. Kanom Babin (Thai Coconut Cake)

Total time: Around 45 minutes.

Kanom Babin or Khanom Babin is a popular dessert from Thai cuisine that features young coconut as the main ingredient. Many people believe that Kanom Babin made its appearance in Ayutthaya, a country that existed from 1351 to 1767 and is the precursor of today’s Thailand.

Despite being a popular dessert in Thai culture, the dish doesn’t seem to catch on with the younger generation in the country. A standard Kanom Babin usually has eggs as part of the recipe. Therefore, you will need to omit the ingredient to fit the vegan category.

Commonly, the batter is a combination of glutinous rice flour, sugar, and young coconut meat. You will need to stir the mixture well on a pan until it gets thickened and sticky. This mixture will play as a base for your Kanom Babin.

Next, the top layer is often toasted coconut to get that bit of crunchy texture to the Kanom Babin. You want to caramelize the sugar first before throwing in the shredded coconut. Your coconut cake should come out of the oven with an appealing brown color and a slight scent of coconut aroma.

17. Kluai Buat Chi (Thai Banana In Coconut Milk)

Total time: 15 minutes.

The concept of Kluai Buat Chi is so simple, yet the flavor is out of this world. The dessert is a stupendous combination of creamy coconut milk with soft and sweet bananas. In Thailand, you often come across Kluai Buat Chi as a refreshing street food dish.

To make Kluai Buat Chi, people will bring the coconut milk to a simmer before adding some sugar for sweetener. Note that coconut milk is already sweet by itself, so you should take it easy on the amount of sugar.

You can pick whatever types of bananas fit your taste, but make sure that they are ripe. You need to cook the banana in the coconut milk for around 5 minutes or until the banana becomes tender. Kluai Buat Chi is so easy to make that anyone can do it.

18. Khao Niaow Ma Muang (Thai Mango Sticky Rice)

Total time: 1 hour 45 minutes (including 1 hour of soaking the sticky rice).

Khao Niaow Ma Muang, commonly known as mango sticky rice, is a staple dessert of Thai cuisine. The dish often appears during the mango season, which runs from April to May.

Instead of using regular white rice, Khao Niaow Ma Muang calls for glutinous rice. Normally, this type of rice is much stickier than conventional varieties. Plus, the grains are also bigger and tend to absorb more water from the cooking process.

Sticky rice requires you to soak the grain for some time before cooking. While at it, you should prepare the coconut cream sauce by mixing coconut milk and sugar to your taste. Most often, the rice is steamed to complete the cooking process.

Finally, start assembling your Khao Niaow by drizzling the coconut sauce over the sticky rice. Then, place some sweet mango slices beside the rice to accompany the dish. Khao Niaow Ma Muang has a thick cream and sour flavor with a certain chewiness from the sticky rice.

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19. Thai Yellow Curry

Total time: 40 minutes.

Much similar to any nice Thai curry instruction above, this yellow variety has a beautiful color with a delicious mix of vegetables. Thai yellow curry is suitable for your hearty and vegan dinner. By using easy-to-find ingredients, you can whip up this recipe on any occasion.

Most Thai curry has a creamy broth base, thanks to the addition of coconut milk. The signature yellow of the dish comes from the special blend of yellow curry spices. I recommend purchasing it from Asian supermarkets to save your time.

The central piece of Thai yellow curry will have to be the vegetables, consisting of broccoli, peas, and some grated ginger. For garnish, I suggest putting extra coconut flakes on top or a splash of coconut oil to bring out more flavors from the soup.

20. Pad Prik Pao Ma Ku (Stir-Fried Eggplant)

Total time: 30 minutes.

Maybe you already know eggplants, but have you ever tried them as a stir-fried dish with a little bit of Thai twist in it? I promise stir-fried eggplants will make you forget about all the meat recipes and commit yourself to a vegan lifestyle.

The dish has a distinct smoky aroma with a deep, rich, and spicy flavor to satisfy your taste bud. My advice is to use Japanese eggplants for the stir-fry recipe due to their mild taste and naturally sweet flavor.

Don’t forget to season your eggplants with soy sauce, apple cider vinegar, and Miso (Japanese fermented soybean condiment). I prefer using some sesame oil during the stir-frying process for that nuttiness flavor at the end.

The result you get is a delicious Pad Prik Pao Ma Ku with a soft eggplant texture that will instantly melt in your mouth. A little tip to get the eggplant even softer is to press on the eggplant pieces while stir-frying so the meat is exposed to the high heat.

21. Vegan Tom Yum Soup

Total time: 30 minutes.

It’s a fact that everyone loves the spicy and bold flavor of Tom Yum soup. However, vegetarians may be deterred from enjoying it because this iconic Thai soup utilizes shrimp as the main flavor.

Not to worry, because I’m here to fix that with a complete plant-based Tom Yum recipe for you. The vegan variation of Tom Yum retains its intense aroma with a nice balance of sweet and sour flavors. Since the recipe is based on vegetables, the soup is lighter than the original Tom Yum.

To get that distinct base aroma of Tom Yum, you will need to combine lemongrass, lime leaves, and garlic. If you want some heat to your soup, then bird eyes chilies are an excellent choice. In addition, you will need some fresh corn to give the broth some sweetness.

Although it’s obvious that you need to use vegetable stock for the Tom Yum soup, I need to remind you of that as well. Now comes the fun part: If possible, I highly recommend adding vegan fish sauce to the broth. The vegan fish sauce will greatly enhance the overall taste.

Vegan Tom Yum is exactly what you need for an Asian meal.

22. Tom Kha Kai (Coconut Soup)

Total time: Around 30 minutes.

Tom Kha Kai or Tom Kha Gai is a traditional coconut soup that people often relate to Thai and Lao cuisine. In Thailand, locals utilize coconut milk as the main base for the soup. A conventional Tom Kha Kai often has a white broth and is served with chicken.

However, the vegan variety will omit the chicken from the recipe. Instead, you get to play around with more seasonings like Thai curry paste and turmeric powder to create a bright orange color for your Tom Kha Kai.

Of course, you cannot skip the broth. I suggest a concoction between coconut milk and vegetable stock to form a balanced flavor for the base. Soy sauce will be your best companion in case you need to adjust the flavor.

People usually serve Tom Kha Kai hot with some rice noodles as a side dish. The soup is a hearty meal for your entire family.

23. Thai Coconut Brown Rice

Total time: 1 hour 5 minutes.

Brown rice is packed with valuable nutrients like calories and carbs to energize your body through the day. To make the brown rice more appetizing, why don’t you try cooking it Thai-style with coconut liquid?

Different from traditional Thai coconut rice where regular white rice is used, this recipe is a healthier version since people use brown rice. The change in rice variety helps the dish gain a nutty and earthy flavor.

The fragrant coconut aroma makes a great combo with brown rice for a healthy side dish option. You will need to combine the brown rice along with coconut milk, shredded coconut, and salt. Bring the mixture to a boil and let the rice absorb as much of the coconut flavor as possible.

Before serving, you should puff up the rice by stirring it well with a chopstick or a fork. That way the coconut meat will distribute more evenly among the brown rice.

24. Vegan Massaman Curry

Total time: 40 minutes.

Contrary to other Thai curry dishes in terms of spiciness, the Massaman curry is depicted as having a mild heat. While the dish originates in the South of Thailand, many people say that Massaman curry is a fusion of Indian, Thai, and Malaysian spices in one pot.

A traditional Massaman curry recipe will have coconut, lemongrass, and a lot of spices. Locals tend to divide Massaman into 2 stages: the paste and the curry.

The paste is made by combining lemongrass stalks with spices like Galangal (Southern Asia spices), cumin, and nutmeg. To wake up the aroma of the spices, I suggest toasting the spices on a pan for the best result. Finally, you can combine all the ingredients by using a blender.

As for the curry, coconut milk is always a solid choice to accompany vegetable stock to create a creamy and sweet broth. Most often, people will mix in a bit of tamarind sauce to get that slight sourness. To get more creaminess and nutty flavor, I prefer adding peanut butter.

Once you have all the ingredients, make sure to put some potato chunks in the curry mixture as well. Massaman curry should be served hot, especially alongside rice.

Your vegan menu will never be boring again with this guide to making Massaman curry.

25. Thai Steamed Dumpling

Total time: 45 minutes.

These little Thai dumplings are a healthy meal thanks to their veggie filling. In terms of shape, the dish has a similar look to the Chinese dim sum. Although having a Chinese origin, it’s entirely possible to customize these dumplings to have Thai flavored fillings.

Commonly, people will stuff these dumplings with shiitake mushrooms to copy that meat-like texture of minced pork. You will also need firm tofu to complement the shiitake mushroom. For the wrappers, my advice is to buy them from Asian markets to save your time in the kitchen.

Just for this recipe, you will need to steam the dumplings. In general, the steamed dumplings tend to have a soft texture and retain more liquid from other ingredients. These steamed dumplings are wonderful to go with a simple soy sauce dipping sauce.

26. Coconut Ice Cream

Total time: 1 day 1 hour (including 1 day of chilling for the ice cream to set).

Who doesn’t love ice cream? Since I have mentioned a lot of dishes that have coconut in them, let’s go with the flow and make some delicious coconut ice cream, Thai locals would serve coconut ice cream in scoops on a bread bun in the past.

Although this form of ice cream serving is slowly deteriorating in modern-day Thailand, coconut ice cream is still a favorite dessert in Asian countries. It’s always refreshing to enjoy a cold dessert to beat that tropical heat.

The ice cream concoction is depicted mostly white coconut milk and water. For sweeteners, people tend to use palm sugar with some pandan for extra fragrance.

When it comes to serving, you can have coconut ice cream on a bun, sweet corn, coconut sticky rice, or just a simple sprinkle of roasted peanuts. Better yet, I think you should use the coconut sticky rice recipe I mentioned earlier to accompany the ice cream.

27. Yum Som-o (Thai Pomelo Salad)

Total time: 15 minutes.

Pomelo may be the last thing to come to your mind as the main ingredient for a salad dish. However, Yum Som-o, better known as pomelo salad, is a delicacy in Thai cuisine. I promise the taste of this dish is out of this world.

Normally, Yum Som-o has prawns in the recipe, so you will need to exclude them from your vegan version. Each bite of the pomelo is a burst of sourness and sweetness. Aside from the pomelo, you will want to use vegan prawns, lemongrass stalks, and coriander for the salad.

If this is the first time you’ve heard about vegan prawns, then you’re not alone. It is essentially a combination of konjac and fenugreek (a type of herb) with an array of spices to mimic the original prawn flavor.

As for the dressing, I prefer using a vegan fish sauce with a little bit of lemon juice, lime leaves, and coconut flakes to spice up the flavor. As a helpful tip: you need to mix the salad gently to avoid accidentally popping the pomelo pulps.

Tired of regular salad recipes? Give this Thai Pomelo salad a try to spark your love for salad dishes once again.

28. Seitan Satay

Total time: 3 hours 20 minutes (with 3 hours of marinating).

Although the dish may look like a tofu satay variation, it’s completely different. Seitan is often used as a plant-based substitution for meat in many vegan recipes. People mainly use wheat gluten to make it.

Seitan satay is often served on wooden skewers. The dish is filling and full of Thai flavors to satisfy your Asian craving. Conventionally, I prefer mixing Thai curry powder with coconut milk, sugar, and oil. After grilling, the dish usually has a striking yellow color from the curry powder.

Of course, you will also need a creamy peanut sauce to accompany the seitan satay. To get the best result, your sauce should consist of peanut butter, soy sauce, and coconut milk as the base ingredients. The dish is perfect for any grilling activity that you have in store.

A small reminder: The seitan needs some time to get infused with the condiment mixture. You will need at least 3 hours before starting to grill your seitan skewer.

29. Portobello Panang Curry

Total time: 25 minutes.

In Thailand, Panang goes by many names like Phanang or Phanaeng. The dish belongs to the Thai curry category, with a thick soup texture. It was first mentioned in a late 19th-century cookbook.

However, the Panang that I have here is a little bit different because of the appearance of Portobello mushroom. If you don’t know, this type of mushroom has a rich and savory flavor with a dense texture. A helpful tip is to saute the mushrooms to get a more intense taste.

Although the original recipe of Panang curry is relatively spicy, I yearn for a thick and creamy broth instead. That’s why you should use coconut milk, Panang curry paste, and peanut butter. The curry is amazing to serve with an aromatic bowl of jasmine rice.

30. Pad Prik Khing (Stir-Fried Green Beans)

Total time: 35 minutes.

The finale for this compilation is a simple side dish of stir-fried green beans with Phrik Khing sauce. In case you’re unfamiliar with this sauce, it is a common condiment in Thai cooking that accommodates a gingery flavor with a subtle lemongrass note.

Before stir-frying the green beans, make sure you blanch them first to preserve the texture and green color. For seasoning, I like the balanced combination of lime juice, cayenne pepper, and garlic.

To recreate the Phrik Khing flavor right in your kitchen, my recommendation is a blend of red curry powder with a dash of veggie stock and soy sauce. Since the green beans are partially cooked, you will need to toss them around quickly for the sauce to coat evenly.

The result you get is crunchy green beans coated in a homemade savory Phrik Khing sauce. For garnish, some crushed peanuts or almonds will work wonders for the dish.

Which Is Your Preferred Choice For An Asian Vegetarian Meal?

As you can see, the fresh and flavorful tastes are the trademarks of Thai cuisine. In addition, these recipes are healthy and hearty at the same time. So the next time you want something like a healthy veggie meal, consider making Thai recipes as your first option.

Vegan Thai is also an interesting take you can have on regular vegetables. I would love to hear more about your lovely opinions in the comment section. Remember to share this post with anyone that may need a new spark for their veggie diet.