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Ingredients

Chilles paste

There are many kinds of chllie pastes that you can find in an Oriental supermarket such as below:

 Thai Red curry paste

This hot and spicy curry paste can be used as ingredients in a lot of Thai cooking.

 Thai Green curry paste

This chlllie is not too hot or strong. It is an ingrdient in Thai green curry.

 Sauce

 Fish Sauce

This has a fishy smell made from fermented fish such as anchovies. Thai people use it to season Thai Food instead of salt.

Palm Sugar

This sugar is very sweet, more than normal white sugar. Thais prefer to use it as they think its taste is better than others.

Herbs and Vegetables

 Sweet Basil

This kind of basil is used to put in mild curries like Thai Green Curry.

Holy Basil

Its smell is stronger than sweet basil and is used to put in strong and hot curries like Thai Red Curry.

Thai Egg Plants

This round vegetable, is the size of approximately a ping-pong ball. It is used in many curries and also can be eaten raw. It is one kind of Aubergine.

 Gangla

It looks like ginger, but tastes bitter and strong. Only a few teaspoons can be used in a recipes

 Kafirr Leafs

It is one kind of lime leaf, but contains more aromatic oils, used to enhance the smell of most Thai cooking.

 Lemon Grass

Just like Kafirr leafs, lemon grass is used to enhance the smell of Thai cooking



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