Ginger Rice Soup

Mom’s Khao Thom

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Family Thai: Bringing the Flavors of Thailand Home

By Arnold Myint

Published 2025

  • About

In terms of breakfast, you’re usually a khao thom person or a jhok person, or to be clearer, you’re a rice soup person or a rice porridge person. I think both are great for different occasions: Jhok is my go-to for sopping up a wild night out, while khao thom is a light breakfast that’s easy on the stomach. Where jhok is thick like oatmeal, khao thom is much soupier with individual rice grains. This is the recipe my mom made for me whenever I wasn’t feeling well. A pot would remain on the s