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Ingredients

Ingredients are a very important part of the dishes. The quality and the freshness of ingredients can be influence the taste. Therefore before you cook ensure that you select good ingredients. It is not only enough to have good ingredients because you expect to have a yummy dish.

Each dish contains many different ingredients and the quantity is also not the same as other dishes, so you have to know the nature of each type of food. For example, there are many different kinds of curries but the main ingredients are similar. You have to learn which type of curry uses more garlic, shallots, green chilies or red dried chilies.

If you do know all those things you can adjust the quantity by yourself. There will be no doubt that your cooking will be tasty even though it’s the first time you do it...




Acacia
CHA OM                    
 
Babycorn
KHAO POD ON
 
Bamboo Shoot
NOR MAI
 
Banana Flower
HUA PLEE
 

Bean Sprouts
TUA NGOG          
 
Bell Chili
PRIG YUAG
 
Bitter Lemon
MARA
 
Yam
Mun Ted
 

Carrot
Carrot                          
 
Cauliflower
DOK GAA LUM
 
Onion
Hom Hua Yai
 
Cherry Eggplant
MAKUEA PUANG
 

Chili Pepper

PRIG                                      

Chinese Broccoli/Kale
KANA   
 
Chinese Chive Flower
DOG GUI CHAI
                          
 
Chinese Chive Green
GUI CHAI
 

Chines Five Spice
PONG PALO                  
 
Purple Eggplant
MAKUEA MUANG
 
Coriander
PUG CHEE
 
Coriander Root
RAAG PUG CHEE

Cucumber

TAENG GUA                   

 
Curry Powder
PONG GARI
 
Daikon Radish
HUA CHAI TAO
 
Dried Whole Chili
PRIG HAENG
 

Eggplant
MAKUEA                      
 
Enokitake
HED KEM TONG
 
Fuzzy Squash
FUG KIOW
 
Galangal
KHAA
 

Garlic
GRATIAM                  
 
Ginger
KHING
 
Gord Gourd
BUAB
Green Papaya
MALAGOR DIB
 

Ground Dried Chili Pepper
PRIG KINU BON
Ground Pepper
PRIG THAI BON
 
Holi Basil
GAPRAOW
 

Kaffir Lime Leaves

BAI MAGROOD

 

Lemon
MANAOW                    
 

Lemon Grass

TAKRAI

 
Lesser Ginger
GRACHAI
 
Long Bean
TUA FUG YAOW
 

Long Eggplant
MAKUEA YAOW                
Mint
SARANAE
 
Morning Glory
PUG BOONG
 
Napa Cabbage
PUG GAAD KHAOW
 

Peppercorn
PRIG THAI ON                             
Pumpkin
 
FUG TONG
 
Shallot
HOM DAENG
 
Shitake Dried Mushroom
HED HOM HAENG
 

Spring Onion
TON HOM                      
 
Straw Mushroom
HED FAANG
 
Sugar Pea
TUA LUN TAO
Sweet Basil
BAI MAENG LUG
 

Dried Tamarind
MAKAAM                      
 
Taro Root
PUEAK
 
Thai Basil
BAI HORAPA
 
Thai Chili Pepper
 
PRIG KINU

 

Tomatoes  
MAKUEA TED         
                                           
Turmeric
KHA MIN
 

Wing Beans

TUA PU

Wood Ear Mushroom
HED HOONU