5 Thai dishes you must try at least once

Thai food is known for fresh ingredients, bold flavours and vibrant spices. From comforting noodles and spicy curries to mango sticky rice, the cuisine has it all. Lets see 5 best Thai dishes according to Taste Atlas that you must definitely try.

Pad Thai is the national dish of the country, a stir fry of noodles, tofu, choice of meat, peanuts giving a unique contrast of textures along with a combination of sweet, sour and salty flavours.

It is a traditional Thai dessert, and one of the best ways to end the meal. Consisting of glutinous rice which is drenched in sweetened coconut milk and served with mango slices.

Tracing back its origins to India, but mainly associated with Malaysia, the dish is a flatbread which is made with flour, water, eggs and fat, mostly ghee. The dough is repeatedly folded during preparations for textured layers.

It is a type of thai curry, where the sweet-salty peanut flavour dominates the dish. It can be characterized by its thick flavour and can be made with any meat of your choice and does not include any vegetables.

Coming from the central part of the country, its a soup. Consisting of coconut milk, chicken chunks and an unique ingredient galangal (reddish-brown or pink woody plant related to ginger) making it highly nutritious and rich in medicinal properties.