​Thai hotpot dinners can be found many places on the street and in restaurants throughout Thailand. All you really need is a electric hotpot with variable temperature that will fit on your dinner table. With the right pot, Thai Suki is a quick and easy meal to make at home too. Basically, Thai Suki is a just a pot of boiling water that the right mix of herbs, vegetables and meats.  
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The hot pot base is made real easy because there are herb sets that contain lemongrass, ginger, lime, chilli and kaffir lime leaves.  This spice set is really the base for several Thai soups, like tum zaap and tum yum. These items are chunked and placed into the pot along with a medium onion, also chunked.  Bring water in pot to boil.  with the exception of the onion these herbs are not for eating but only provide flavor.

There are many types of Thai Suki sauces available in Thailand.  They are all fairly tasty.  I suggest just trying any. I like to add lime and garlic to my sauce before using it for my Suki.

Really any type of tasty meats will do, including pork, chicken, beef and seafood. They should be chopped in bite sized pieces and placed on a plate waiting to be cooked in the pot. I personally like pork and you can easily buy pork thinly sliced just for the hotpot. ​

The most common vegetables used in the hotpots are cabbage, celery, corn on the cob, and various types of mushrooms.  Be creative, any vegetable you enjoy in soups will do.

Place all the meat and vegetables on plates on the table adjacent to the hotpot.  Bring the base discussed above to a boil and add the vegetables and meat based on desire.  Be creative.  The boiling base will cook the meat and vegetables quickly. With chopsticks, remove the cooked items and dip into your sauce.  Be careful for the food is very HOT!  but very delicious.  ​

​Mama noodles are sour/spicy instant noodles found for sale everywhere in Thailand. They can be a quick tasty snack to hold you over until the next meal. BUT they can be quick healthy meal with very little effort. 

Being 'instant noodles', Mama noodles are cooked with very little effort. Just add a cup of boiling water from your kettle, mix in the flavor packets and let stand for a minute or two and they are ready to eat. However, add some chopped fresh vegetables like red onion, tomatoes, carrots, Chinese celery and a half a can of tuna and toss well. Bam! You have a great fresh noodle salad. 

Alternative ingredients: Any leftover meat you may have in your fridge, chopped. Also, most vegetables you like in other salads would also taste great with sour and spiciness of the mama flavor. 

​I finally know what to do with the remaining rice stuck to the bottom of the rice cooker pot after making rice for dinner.  As we all do, you place water in the pot and let the pot stand until the rice loosens from the pot.  I used to throw this rice away, then clean the pot.  Last night, I thought it already looked close to jok so I drained the rice of the excess water.  Added about a cup of water and put the pot back on the burner. Brought it to a boil then simmer. You can also add any leftover rice from the meal you may have. 

While simmering, I placed a half table spoon of pork powder, a splash of soy sauce, and some leftover browned ground pork (really, any chopped meat) from the fridge and simmer until thickened.  When thickened I threw in a half a medium sized red onion, simmered only for another minute or two just get the onion to sweat a little.  Placed in covered container in the fridge for the morning. Finished! 

In the morning, take out of fridge, place in bowl and microwave on high for 1 to 2 minutes.  Add vinegar and/or chilli to taste.  Ready to eat!