Recipes from our orchard
Every fruit from our orchard shines in its own way. Pick a fruit and come into the kitchen with us: Thai sweets, cool drinks, snacks and easy savoury dishes.
Nam Hom coconut
Coconut's here with cool, refreshing treats that taste of fresh coconut water.
- Dessert
Young coconut jelly
Clear, wobbly jelly that tastes like ice-cold coconut water, with soft young coconut hiding in every bite.
2 hr 30 minEasy
- Drink
Young coconut shake
Coconut water, soft coconut flesh and ice. Three things, one whirl, one very happy glass.
10 minEasy
- Drink
Papaya coconut-water smoothie
Sunset-orange ripe papaya blended with Nam Hom coconut water and a squeeze of lime. Smooth, sunny and very pretty.
10 minEasy
Namwa banana
Just ripe or very ripe, Namwa bananas turn into cosy Thai sweets.
- Dessert
Bananas in coconut milk (Kluai buat chi)
Soft, chewy Namwa bananas in sweet, slightly salty coconut milk with a hint of pandan. A hug in a bowl.
25 minEasy
- Dessert
Steamed banana cake (Khanom kluai)
Very ripe Namwa bananas become little steamed cakes: soft, bouncy, full of banana and snowy with coconut on top.
50 minMedium
- Snack
Sun-dried bananas (Kluai tak)
Let the sun do the cooking. Very ripe Namwa bananas slowly dry into chewy, honey-sweet treats with no sugar added.
5 daysEasy
Hak Muk banana
Firm Hak Muk bananas grill up chewy and fry up crunchy.
- Snack
Grilled pressed bananas (Kluai thap)
Hak Muk bananas grilled until toasty, pressed flat and drenched in sticky coconut-palm-sugar sauce. Street-cart joy, made at home.
35 minEasy
- Snack
Crispy banana chips (Kluai chap)
Thin slices of green Hak Muk banana fried until crisp, then salted or glazed sweet. Very hard to stop at one.
55 minMedium
Papaya
Green papaya for zingy savoury dishes, ripe papaya for sweet, silky drinks.
- Savoury
Thai green papaya salad (Som tam Thai)
Crunchy green papaya pounded with dried shrimp and peanuts. Sour, sweet, salty and spicy, all on one bright plate.
20 minEasy
- Savoury
Sour curry with green papaya (Kaeng som)
A tangy, chilli-hot tamarind curry with no coconut milk, tender green papaya and sweet shrimp. Best slurped hot with rice.
45 minMedium
- Drink
Papaya coconut-water smoothie
Sunset-orange ripe papaya blended with Nam Hom coconut water and a squeeze of lime. Smooth, sunny and very pretty.
10 minEasy
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