Thai cuisine is a rare fusion of Indian and Mediterranean Cuisine. Thai fried cashew with chicken, fries cashew along with chicken which is an example of Mughlai chicken. Indian Mughlai cuisine uses cashew paste while frying chicken. After the chicken and cashews, onions and shallots are fried along with fish and oyster sauce. This again is a reflection of Mediterranean cuisine.
Thai chicken has a taste of its own despite the fusion of two major cuisines. The beat part of this recipe is that it fries the chicken which fortifies its flavor and then pairs it with fish sauces that adds a distinct flavor to the chicken instead of swapping it.