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Cockle and Tree Basil Curry
Cockle and Tree Basil Curry Thai food in each area is different. Especially southern food that emphasizes meat from the sea. Because it is the region with the most coastal areas. The main food is seafood such as shrimp, shellfish, crab, fish and squid. These ingredients will have a rather fishy smell. Southern food often has a variety of spices added to help deodorize. As a result, it becomes a food that has a more intense flavor than food from other regions.
Which uses southern style curry paste as a seasoning And cockles, which are easily available, are used as the main raw material. The secondary ingredient is cumin leaves. which is considered a very popular spice in the south Cumin is an important spice in curries and massaman. Cumin is used to flavor food. By roasting and pounding the seeds mixed with curry such as curry, red curry, and green curry. Cumin leaves have a unique aroma and hot taste, so they help to remove the fishy smell from foods such as seafood.
For the menu of cockle chili curry with cumin leaves, it is recommended to be eaten with steamed rice or Khanom Jeen. It is important that there must be vegetables on the side. Because it has a rather spicy taste. Or you may find other side dishes such as small fried fish or sweet pork as well.
Ingredients (southern food recipes)
- 200 grams of cockles
- 100 grams of cumin leaves
- 2 tablespoons of southern curry paste
- 2 tablespoons of oil
- 3 cups water
- 1 tablespoon fish sauce
- ½ tablespoon sugar
- Shrimp paste
How to make it (southern food menu)
1. Heat a pan and add oil. Wait for the pan to heat and add the southern curry paste. Add a little water, fish sauce, sugar, then boil until combined.
2. Add the prepared cockles that have been washed. Then add the cumin leaves. If you like shrimp paste, you can add a little bit.
Southern food: Southern food has a distinctive and unique flavor. Because the southern region was once the center of shipping trade for merchants from India, China, and Java, it made the culture of foreigners, especially South Indians, which is the origin of the use of spices in cooking, has had a great influence
General southern local food It has a mix of traditional Thai food and South Indian food, such as Nam Budu, which is obtained from fermenting fresh sea fish mixed with grains of salt. and is similar to Malaysian food Southern food is therefore more spicy than other regions. Combined with the geography of being next to the sea on both sides, there is an abundance of seafood. But the climate is hot and humid, with rain all year round, so food such as curry and dips are spicy. Helps keep the body warm Prevent illness as well.
Southern Food The diversity of Thai culture in the Southern cuisine is influenced by South India. resulting in many new recipes They all go through modification methods. Improved into a food culture that has been passed down to the next generation. As a result, it has special characteristics that are clearly different from other regions, namely strong flavor and emphasis on spices. And there are various kinds of vegetables called Phak Nho, which are considered local plants found in the southern region, such as Luk Niang, Sator, and Acacia shoots. They are eaten together, which will help alleviate the spicy taste of the food. Both have medicinal properties as well. The meat used for cooking is mostly marine animals such as mackerel, sea crab, shrimp, mussels and mullet, which can be found locally. Local food of the South, such as fish curry and yellow curry, often uses turmeric in cooking to neutralize the fishy taste. The dipping sauce is Budu soup, a famous southern food.
Thai food is a regular food of Thailand. that has been continuously accumulated and transmitted from the past to the present It can be considered that Thai food is an important national culture of Thailand. Boils, salads, pounded and curry dishes, while fried, stir-fried and steamed dishes are derived from Chinese cooking.
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