Posted on March 4, 2010.
What Amazing Thai herbs? There are many things that are characteristic of Thailand, and made a mark for Thailand. There is Thai boxing, Thai dance, Thai silk, Thai rice, Thai fruit and of course, Thai food. The ingredients that make Thai cuisine Thai are amazing "grass", with "spices", have been cleverly blended in Thai cuisine. The Thai food recipes are the main ingredients.
While most herbs are used are used as condiments or flavoring materials, his Thai are somewhat different from all other herbs. They have the taste and aroma not found in other herbs. They have the taste and aroma not found in other herbs. For example, "Horapha" or Thai basil (Ocimum basilicum), the same species as the familiar sweet basil has a flavor distinct and flovor than other sweet basil and goes well with many Thai dishes, which can be replaced by Other fresh basil or other herbal materials. These dishes include "Khieo Kaeng Wan", "Kaeng Phet ',' Phat Makheua Yao, stc. Similarly," Kaphrao "Thai basil or holy (tenuiflorum Ocimun), has a special flavor and aroma of the other holy basil (which has rarely been used as herbs like herbs in other countries), it has made Thai dishes, such as "Pat Kaphrao Kai Bai, well known to Thais and foreigners." Maeng Lak "or basil hairy (Ocimum americanum) is essential "Khanom Chin Nam Ya" and "Kaeng Riang. "Makrut" or kaffir lime (Citrus hvstrix) whose leaves are used in many Thai dishes, gives a unique flavor and flavorl it is a major ingredient of the famous Thai soup, known as "Tom Yam Kung. As Thai spices , Thai herbs are composed only of Thai dishes as they are inseoarable. "Tom Yam Kung. For example, is famous because it contains a mixture of many weeds (and some spices), among them leaves of bergamot, lemon grass stem, lime juice and pepper (the last three, but not the foliage, nor soft parts of flowering plant, but they are treated here like weeds, because they come from the fleshy part of the plant). Two other related types of Thai, "Yam" and "phlaeas. Will not taste as good without cooking herbs such as mint, lemongrass and lime.
Besides adding flavor to the dishes, most of Thai herbs also provide health benefits for their own medicinal properties. Thus, it is fair to say that Thai herbs. With their fine form with the green of Nice, are added as flavoring, seasoning, or as stuffing, Thai dishes are both tasty and beautiful, and that appeasement gtomach with their bellies with their refreshing and medicinal properties.