Thai condimets are very popular to serve with a Thai meal, especially with bowls of noodle soups or Pad Thai. This allows each dinner to adjust the heat and sourness of a dish to their taste. This is an easy and fresh Thai pickle recipe that can easily be made and kept in the refrigerator for a few days.

Thai Cucumber Pickles

Ingredients:
3 cups Asian cucumbers, thinly sliced
2 shallots thinly sliced

Garnish:
1 Tablespoon cilantro leaves, chopped
1/2 cup unsalted dry roasted peanuts, crushed

MIXTURE 1
2-6 Thai red chile peppers, seeded to your taste
2 teaspoons garlic, minced
2 teaspoons cilantro root, pounded
2 teaspoons peppercorns, crushed
Optional: smoked Thai chile powder to taste*

MIXTURE 2
1/2 cup white vinegar
2 Tablespoons Thai soy sauce
1 1/2 teaspoons date palm sugar
Place cucumber & shallot in a bowl & toss.

Place mixture 1 in a blender & blend to make a rough paste.

Blend mixture 2 by hand, then mix together mixtures 1 & 2. Pour this combined misture over the cucumbers & sliced shallots. Toss to evenly coat the cucumbers and shallots.

Chill to develop flavours.

Place in a small dish.

Garnish with chopped fresh cilantro leaves and crushed peanuts.

*Smoked Thai Chile powder can be purchased in Thai markets, or make your own by roasting dry chiles in a non-stick skillet over the heat. Toss continually to prevent burning. Be sure and open the window first as the chile fumes can be strong.

Condiments and Dipping Sauces are the backbone of Thai cuisine.
Chile Anchovies Relish (Nam Phrik Haeng Pla)
Dried anchovy chile relish condiment

Thai Pickled Cucumber (Ajad)
This refreshing Thai condiment adds zest to any meal and is often served along side satays and barbecued meats.

Basic Thai Sweet Chili Sauce
We use this "magic" sauce for many things including barbecued chicken, with sliced cucumbers as an instant salad, for dipping egg rolls, over deep fried whole fish, or the perfect sauce for grilled quail, etc.

Black Bean Sauce (Nam Jeem See-eu Dam)
Flavourful dipping sauce often used with

Chile Soy Sauce Condiment (Prik siyu wan)
Chile Soy Sauce Condiment

Chile Vinegar Condiment (Prik dong)
Chile Vinegar Condiment

Chile-Ginger-Garlic Sauce (Nam Phrik Jaew)
Nam Phrik Jaew is a popular dipping sauce or Thai table condiment

Cilantro Fish Sauce (Nam Pla Pak Chee)
Spicy and flavourful dipping sauce suitable for fish, eggrolls, salad rolls, and chicken.

Cucumber Pickle (Aa Jaad )
This pickle is from Isan, IE Northeast Thailand

Fish Sauce and Chile Sauce (Nam pla phrik)
Nam Pla Phrik or Chile Fish Sauce dipping sauce is a must on every Thai meal table.

Flavourful Fish Sauce Condiment (Pak nam pla)
This dipping sauce or condiment is made flavourful with the addition of shallots, celery and radish in fish sauce (nam Pla)

Ginger Condiment (Khing ki mao)
Ginger-whiskey-fish sauce Condiment perfect with any Thai meal

Green Mean Sauce
All Thai´d up Sauce, Green Zebra tomatoes, spicy dipping sauce, Thai style tomato sauce,

Hot-Sweet Spicy Dipping Sauce (Nam Jeem Kai Yang)
This hot, sweet and spicy dipping sauce is excellent with barbecued chicken and deep fried snacks such as egg rolls or fried calamari.

Satey Sauce
A tasty peanut dipping sauce for Sateys.

Sweet Soy with Ginger Condiment (Prik nam siyu wan)
This flavourful Thai dipping sauce is perfect with any Thai meal.

Sweet-Sour-Salty-Spicy Dipping Sauce
Sweet-sour-spicy-salty dipping sauce is perfect for Spring Rolls of all types

Thai Condiments recipes
In Thai Cuisine there are several popular condiments. All can be made at home preferably at least one week before serving so as to allow maturing of flavours.

Thai Cucumber Relish (Nam Thaeng Kwa)
This colourful cucumber relish is served with many Thai dishes such as egg rolls and barbecued chicken.

Thai Fruit Dip Recipe
Popular zippy fruit dip makes fruit snakes extra appealing.