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Thai food

cheeky300
cheeky300 Posts: 22 Member
edited December 2024 in Introduce Yourself
Can anyone suggest the healthiest option when getting a Thai takeaway. Thanks

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  • iheartmyyorkie
    iheartmyyorkie Posts: 163 Member
    Thai ice water?
  • MoxyLeigh
    MoxyLeigh Posts: 433 Member
    Any steamed fish or curry probably, go easy on the rice?
  • cheeky300
    cheeky300 Posts: 22 Member
    iheartmyyorkie wrote: »
    Thai ice water?
    MoxyLeigh wrote: »
    Any steamed fish or curry probably, go easy on the rice?

  • cheeky300
    cheeky300 Posts: 22 Member
    Thanks love fish think I'll pass on the Thai water .
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    What is unhealthy about Thai food?
    Personally I wouldn't order anything from a restaurant that sold unhealthy food in case of cross contaminaton......

    Do you mean low calorie choices rather than healthy/unhealthy choices?

  • cheeky300
    cheeky300 Posts: 22 Member
    Yep healthy low cal choices?
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    edited October 2019
    Low calorie choices unfortunately rules out my favouriate dishes of Pad Thai and Massaman Curry....

    Avoidance of high fat ingredients (such as peanuts and coconut) and deep fried dishes probably a good start point. Lean towards the mainly veg and lean meat options.

    This might give you a guide....
    https://thaisq.com/keeping-a-check-on-calorie-count-while-having-your-favorite-thai-food/
  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 8,116 Member
    Larb, som tam, grilled chicken or fish. There are a lot of lean choices with thai food. Avoid deep fried stuff, dishes that come with a lot peanut sauce or coconut cream. Northern and NE Thai are the leanest regions because they don't use coconut cream.
  • cheeky300
    cheeky300 Posts: 22 Member
    Thanks for your suggestions just checking out the menu.
  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 8,116 Member
    cheeky300 wrote: »
    Thanks for your suggestions just checking out the menu.

    Post the menu.
  • cheeky300
    cheeky300 Posts: 22 Member
    acpgee wrote: »
    cheeky300 wrote: »
    Thanks for your suggestions just checking out the menu.

    Post the menu.
    acpgee wrote: »
    cheeky300 wrote: »
    Thanks for your suggestions just checking out the menu.

    Post the menu.

  • cheeky300
    cheeky300 Posts: 22 Member
    https://g.co/kgs/nAaued
  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 8,116 Member
    cheeky300 wrote: »
    https://g.co/kgs/nAaued

    Of the starters only 4 and 9 look like lean options.

    On that menu I would avoid the curries as they all contain coconut milk, the fish because it is all battered and deep fried. Only the Junge Curries contains no coconut milk, but be warned that is an extremely hot dish. There are several stir fried dishes (not battered) in the squid, prawn, chicken, beef and pork sections. I would avoid fried noodles and fried rice because those dishes can be greasy. Go for plain rice, a stir fried protein and maybe share a veggie side.

    If the table is eating Thai style (someone orders for the entire table and everyone shares) just ask whoever is ordering to ensure there are some the lighter stir fries (not battered, no coconut milk), veggie sides and plain steamed rice on the table.

    Surprised that there are none of the light Thai salads on the menu, such as larb or som tam.
  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 8,116 Member
    I usually avoid satay because that normally comes smothered in peanut sauce.
  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 8,116 Member
    Also a little surprised that there are no typical grilled meat dishes such as Gai Yang and Weeping Tiger.
  • cheeky300
    cheeky300 Posts: 22 Member
    acpgee wrote: »
    cheeky300 wrote: »
    https://g.co/kgs/nAaued

    Of the starters only 4 and 9 look like lean options.

    On that menu I would avoid the curries as they all contain coconut milk, the fish because it is all battered and deep fried. Only the Junge Curries contains no coconut milk, but be warned that is an extremely hot dish. There are several stir fried dishes (not battered) in the squid, prawn, chicken, beef and pork sections. I would avoid fried noodles and fried rice because those dishes can be greasy. Go for plain rice, a stir fried protein and maybe share a veggie side.

    If the table is eating Thai style (someone orders for the entire table and everyone shares) just ask whoever is ordering to ensure there are some the lighter stir fries (not battered, no coconut milk), veggie sides and plain steamed rice on the table.

    Surprised that there are none of the light Thai salads on the menu, such as larb or som tam.
    acpgee wrote: »
    cheeky300 wrote: »
    https://g.co/kgs/nAaued

    Of the starters only 4 and 9 look like lean options.

    On that menu I would avoid the curries as they all contain coconut milk, the fish because it is all battered and deep fried. Only the Junge Curries contains no coconut milk, but be warned that is an extremely hot dish. There are several stir fried dishes (not battered) in the squid, prawn, chicken, beef and pork sections. I would avoid fried noodles and fried rice because those dishes can be greasy. Go for plain rice, a stir fried protein and maybe share a veggie side.

    If the table is eating Thai style (someone orders for the entire table and everyone shares) just ask whoever is ordering to ensure there are some the lighter stir fries (not battered, no coconut milk), veggie sides and plain steamed rice on the table.

    Surprised that there are none of the light Thai salads on the menu, such as larb or som tam.

  • cheeky300
    cheeky300 Posts: 22 Member
    Thanks for all your help going for the king prawns with ginger and the steamed rice think this must be one of the best options.
  • LyndaBSS
    LyndaBSS Posts: 6,964 Member
    Eat your favorite Thai food, log it into your food diary and enjoy.
  • cheeky300
    cheeky300 Posts: 22 Member
    Yep your right but only eleven weeks till Christmas trying to be good 😊
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