Snacks and Starters
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love to eat and not just at meal times. Hence snacks and starters
are often eaten between meals, at teatime, or at drinking
parties as well as at the start of a meal.The variety of snacks
in Thai cuisine reflects the abundance of raw ingredients and
the imaginative use of indigenous herbs and spices. |
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| Soups
and Salads |
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The lack
of starch in Thai soups is a unique facet of Thai cuisine. By
combining Thai herbs such as galangal, kaffir lime and lemon
grass with clear broth, Thai soups are refreshing, while the
herbs soothe the stomach. Salad dressings (nam yum) differ from
those in the West in that they are not oily and contain no fats
of any kind. This makes them light and delicious, however once
tossed they should be eaten immediately. |
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| Main
Courses |
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Thai foods
are unique because of the combination of ingredients. Curries
tend to be quite
light as the
curry paste is made from fresh ingredients, while the richness
is derived
primarily from coconut milk.
The use of herbs
and spices, plus the simplicity of the cooking process, makes
Thai food refreshing,
while the imaginative mix of ingredients enhances the taste.
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| Desserts |
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Thai desserts
use flour, rice, coconut sugar and coconut milk. Thailand is
famous for the variety of
its fruits from
durians to rambutans, so it is logical that fruits are alsocombined
with flour to make
delicious desserts. |
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