Thai Herbs - Kraprao, lemon, lemon grass, pepper, squash and shallots in Thai cuisine

Krapao

Kra Prao or holy basil is used in Kaeng Pha, Kaeng Kae and some spicy fried meat dishes to reduce the smell of fish meat. fresh leaves are sprayed food before removing from heat.

Advantages:

- Reducing blood sugar

- Release the tension

- Stomach

Thai Kra Prao used in cooking:

- Khao Phad Kra Prao

Lemon

Lemon juice is used to make a bitter taste in Tom Yam, Som Tum, phlA, salads and spicyMany chili paste and lemon juice for a drink.

Advantages:

- Expectorant

- Carmine

- Antiscorbutic

Lemon Use in Thai cooking:

- Tom Yum Kung

- Tom Kha Kai

- Som Tum

Lemon Grass

Lemon grass is spicy and bitter and used to flavor food and Thai as the main ingredient of any recipe Kaeng Phed, salads and spicy Tom Yam.

Advantages:

- Yeast anti-bacterial, fungal,

-Diuretic

Lemon Grass in Thai cuisine:

- Tom Yum Kung

- Tom Kha Kai

- Green Curry Kai

- Beef Masaman

- Kai Phad Phed

- Kai Phanaeng

- Nam Ya Pla

Pepper

Pepper is popularly found in every type of chili paste in the soup with coriander root, garlic, and sprinkle in a good smell. And 'normally used in cooking Phed Kaeng, Kaeng Pa and Phad Phed.

Advantages:

- Expectorant

-Diuretic

Stomach - / colic

- Digestive

Thai Food Pepe:

- Green Curry Kai

- Beef Masaman

- Kaeng Liang

- Kai Phad Phed

- Kai Phanaeng

- Khao Phad Kra Prao

Pumpkin

fresh young leaves and flowers are bleached or boiled, add the chili paste. Its flowers are used as ingredients in Kaeng Som and Kaeng Lienga. Also, the pumpkins mature in many dishes, soups and fried or usedCourts. It 'also good to make many desserts recipes, pumpkin cooked in syrup and pumpkin in coconut syrup.

Advantage:

- Beta-carotene

Thai Food Pumpkin:

- Kaeng Liang

Shallot

Shallots are used to cut meat and savory spices as main ingredient in chili paste Kaeng Phed Tom Kloong, Kaeng Lienga Tom Yam Lhuys, Yam, and Nam prik Larb and some sweets.

Advantages:

- Stomach

-Catarrh Relief

Shallot use in Thai cuisine:

- Tom Yum Kung

- Green Curry Kai

- Beef Masaman

- Kaeng Liang

- Kai Phad Phed

- Kai Phanaeng

- Phad Thai

- Khao Phad Kra Prao

- Nam Ya Pla