List of Thai desserts and snacks explained

This is a list of Thai khanom, comprising snacks and desserts that are a part of Thai cuisine. Some of these dishes are also a part of other cuisines. The word "khanom" (Thai: ขนม), refers to snack or dessert, presumably being a compound between two words, "khao" (ข้าว), "rice" and "khnom" (หนม), "sweet". The word "khanom" in the Thai sense is snack or sweet food made from flour.^[1]

Thai khanom

• Bua Loy, rice flour rolled into small balls and then cooked in coconut milk.
• Bulan dan mek
• Lot chong
• Cha mongkut
• Fakthong kaeng buat
• Foi thong
• Fresh fruit
• Grass jelly
• Khanom babin
• Khanom bueang – known as Thai crêpes
• Khanom chan – means layer dessert
• Khanom keson lamchiak
• Khanom khai pla
• Khanom kho
• Khanom krok
• Khanom khuai ling
• Khanom mo kaeng
• Khanom namdokmai
• Khanom phing
• Khanom piakpun
• Khanom sane chan
• Khanom sot sai
• Khanom tan
• Khanom thang taek
• Khanom thian
• Khanom tom
• Khao mak
• Khao tom
• Kluai buat chi
• Kluai chueam
• Krayasat
• Luk chup
• Mango sticky rice
• Namtan pan
• Nine auspicious Thai desserts – served on special occasions such as weddings, housewarmings, or ordinations, they confer blessings on the recipient
• O-eo
• Sago with coconut milk
• Sangkhaya fakthong
• Thapthim krop
• Thong ek
• Thong yip
• Thong yot
• Thua khiao tom namtan

See also

• List of desserts
• List of Thai dishes
• Maria Guyomar de Pinha – known in Thailand for having introduced new dessert recipes in Siamese cuisine at the Ayutthaya court.

Notes and References

1. Web site: ที่มาของคำว่าขนม. th. NECTEC. 2002-03-22. The origin of the word Khanom.