Wine pairing-how to pair wine and Thai food

One of my favorite food is the food of Thailand. I love all the different sauces and spices used. I also love wine. Combining Thai and wine is one of the easiest ways to make your stomach a happy camper. However it is not easy to pair wine with Thai food. The seasoning and intensity of foods will often far intensity and flavor of the wine you are drinking as you consume food. There are some basic rules you should follow when pairing wine with Thai. It can be a long process of trial and error to discover exactly what rules you must follow. Fortunately I have outlined some rules to follow when pairing wine with Thai food.

The first rule of pairing wine with Thai food is to avoid wines with a bunch of tannins. The seasoning, acidity and food go horribly hotness with tannic wines.The variety of flavors and spices in Thai food will make your favorite tannic wine taste bitter and disgusting. getting rid of your favorite Argentinian Malbec and Bordeaux Cabs for this one.

Drink sparkling wine. The bubbles if cut the weight of food.Sparkling wines go especially well with dishes that are fried. bubbles cut grease as Mr. clean. Champagne pairs very well with Thai dishes.

You should choose wines with tropical and fruity notes. These wines Pair perfectly with tropical and fruity notes on Thai food.

Choose the wines that are a bit sweeter side. Riesling is a good wine for the job.The sweetness corresponds well with floral notes of the dish.The sweetness crisp cool also will topple the flavors hot and spicy Thai dish. Another good option is Torrontes.

Wine pairing with Thai dishes can be a difficult task. the above guide will help you on your way to becoming a true professional in food pairing. you will Wow all your guests at the Club wine next meeting or wine tasting party.

Zack Reeves is a famous wine columnist and blogger that resides in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He enjoys hunting, fishing and hitting the links he also enjoys working with a wine club that specializes in wine tasting in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Top 10 must-not-Miss Thai food

Thai cuisine is one of the best gourmets in the world. It is well known for the diversity of ingredients, outstanding spiciness and ample medicinal properties. Most of Thai food is cooked and refined with more than two types of herbs or spices which are beneficial to health.

The (mostly unconscious) principle Thai food is the balance of five flavors which are spicy, salty, sweet, sour and bitter. The one indispensable ingredient which is generally used in seasoning a majority of Thai cuisine is fish sauce. Thai food is eaten either as a single dish or with rice. Steamed rice is the staple food although sticky rice is more popular in the north and northeast of Thailand.

Thai food is one of many things that you should not miss while you are traveling in this beautiful "Land of Smiles". Since there are numberless delectable Thai dishes, I am writing this guideline for you to select the most distinctive and authentic ones out of the plethora of Thai signature dishes.

The following list is a top 10 rank of Thai food that you must not miss. The consideration and ranking is based on the popularity, uniqueness and authenticity of the delicacies. Here are the winners.

10. Kai Pad Med Mamuang Himmapan (Stir-Fried Chicken with Cashew Nuts)

Even though Kai Pad Med Mamuang Himmapan does not represent the overview of Thai food but it is a very nice treat to your bland taste buds. Since it is by no means spicy or hot, this slightly sweet and salty chicken fried with crunchy cashew nuts is aptly satiating for children or beginners who are not used to spices.

9. Por Pia Tord (Fried Spring Roll)

Fried spring roll is one of the most popular appetizers among foreigners because it is not spicy and comes with sweet and sour dip. Spring rolls are crispy pastries with fried vegetable fillings. Though spring rolls are commonplace in many Southeast Asian countries, Thai Por Pia is different in flavors with a special dip prepared from Japanese apricot.

8. Panaeng (Meat in Spicy Coconut Cream)

Panaeng can be cooked using either pork, chicken or beef. Panaeng tastes like Thai red curry but the coconut milk sauce is relatively thicker and richer. Compared to Thai red curry, Panaeng is mildly spicy and sweet. Paneang is best served with warm steamed rice. There is nothing to dislike about Panaeng expect the fact that it can be too greasy or fleshy for some people.

7. Som Tam (Spicy Papaya Salad)

Som Tam is one of the most popular foods among Thai people for its fiercely spicy and sour flavors. Som Tam, which literally means "Sour Pounded", is a spicy salad made from a mix of fresh vegetables including shredded unripened papaya, yardlong beans and tomato. Som Tam is unique that the spicy dressing and salad vegetables are pounded and mixed in the mortar using a pestle. Somtam is usually served with grilled chicken and sticky rice. Som Tam is good for your health that it contains no fat, low calorie and high vitamins. This is a truly authentic Thai dish that will make a great impression. The only reason why I'm ranking Som Tam at No.7 (though it deserves higher rank) is its strong spiciness that might leave your tongue burned and swollen. Just say "Mai phed" (not spicy) to your waiter if you really want to try.

6. Moo Sa-Te (Grilled Pork Sticks with Turmeric)

This tantalizing sweet-flavored grilled pork sticks are refined with rich, juicy sauce made of turmeric and curry powder. Moo Sa-Te makes a savory hors d'oeuvres that will appease any taste buds. These juicy grilled pork sticks are usually served with two saucy dips - one is a mildly spicy thick sauce with ground peanuts, coconut milk and curry powder and another one is a sweet and sour vinegar sauce with chopped shallot, pepper and cucumber to mitigate its oiliness.

5. Tom Yam Kai (Spicy Chicken Soup)

Chicken soup is very good to eat when you have a cold but Tom Yam Kai or spicy chicken soup is a yummy treat that you will fall in love with just in a first sip. Tom Yam Kai is a clear chicken soup seasoned with a blend of chili, lime and fish sauce. The broth is simmered with Thai herbs as lemon grass, shallot and galangal which give it a unique and satiating aroma. My foreign friends order this tasty soup anywhere they go so you should not miss it by any means!

4. Tom Kha Kai (Chicken in Coconut Milk Soup)

Although Tom Kha Kai is another variation of chicken soup, it deserves the No.4 because of its unparalleled taste and popularity. Similar to Tom Yam Kai, the broth is prepared with many types of Thai herbs with the special addition of coconut milk that makes this soup unique. Though the soup is seasoned with chili, lime and fish sauce just like Tom Kha Kai, thanks to the coconut milk, the broth is milder and less spicy. This is probably more liked by non-spicy eaters.

3. Kang Keaw Wan Kai (Green Chicken Curry)

Since we are having three dishes in a row made of "Kai", you would have guessed that it is chicken in English. Not that chicken is particularly popular in Thai cuisine; it is usually used in most curry and soup. Kang Kiew Wan, literally translated as "Sweet Green Curry", is nicely sweet and slightly spicy and tastes very delightful with a proper blend of the spiciness from green curry chili paste, blandness from coconut milk, sweetness of sugar and saltiness of fish sauce. It is usually eaten with steamed rice or served as a sauce to rice noodle known as "Kanom Jeen" likewise to how you eat Spaghetti.

2. Pad Thai (Fried Noodle)

This national dish prides itself for its long history traced back in previous centuries. Pad Thai flaunts the authenticity of Thai culinary arts in using only fresh and best ingredients and the well-balancing of the five fundamental flavors.  The stir-fried noodle becomes popular because it tastes yummy and comes with a choice to add in a set of seasonings to suit your appetites. Through history, Pad Thai has evolved into two different styles: the classic and the variation. The classic Pad Thai is a stir-fried noodle with eggs, fish sauce, tamarind juice, red chili pepper plus bean sprouts, shrimp and tofu and garnished with crushed peanuts and coriander while another style is relatively dry and lightly-flavored. The latter is easily found in street vendors and dominant in Thai restaurants in the West but the having classic Pad Thai freshly cooked in its original country is a way to go.

1. Tom Yam Goong (Spicy Shrimp Soup)

No other dishes can defeat this renowned Tom Yam Goong as the optimal representative of Thai gourmet. Tom Yam Goong is truly one of a kind with its fierce spiciness and sourness and a blatant use of fragrant herbs including galangal, lemon grass, kaffir lime leaves, shallot, tamarind and chili pepper. There are two styles of Tom Yam; the clear spicy soup and thick spicy soup. The latter is cooked by adding coconut milk or milk to the broth in order to thicken the stock and give the dish a milder flavor. Tom Yam is very versatile and can be made with prawns, chicken, fish and mix of seafood, and mushroom. Tom Yam Goong is the most popular variety of Tom Yam since Spicy Shrimp Soup is the original. Though not very surprising, Tom Yam Goong is definitely a signature dish of Thailand.

Even though it is commonly known that Thai food utilizes many health herbs and spices, there have always been debates whether Thai food is really good for health since they tend to be somewhat greasy. It is important to note that it depends on each dish; some can be highly caloric but many dishes make a good use of herbs. Garlic, for example, is very good healthwise because it can prevent heart disease, high cholesterol, high blood pressure and cancer.

No matter what the food is, the same old concept of moderate intake comes into play. From Mcdonald's burger to Japanese Sushi, a key to optimal fitness is to avoid overconsumption. Thus, a claim that Thai food is mainly coconut-based and fattening should never be an adequate reason for you to still order a Big Mac. Ravish your taste buds with Thai food - tasty and healthy!

My name is Siwawut Chaiya, 23. You can call me Tom for short. I'm from Chiang Mai Thailand. For more photos of the food, you can email me at tommilicious@gmail.com. The full story plus photos can be viewed at http://www.thailand-travelonline.com/thailand-reviews-recommendations/top-10-must-not-miss-thai-food/575/

What Thai food has started to offer for vegetarians?

For good reason, the Thai cuisine is one of the world's most popular. Although popularly described as a unique cuisine, Thai food is actually better characterized as a combination of four regional dishes coming from the North, Northeast, Central and southern Thailand.

A look at the menus of Thai restaurants in Western countries suggests that almost no place for vegetarian food in Thai cuisine. However, this is not true. Most Thai dishes consist of rice with vegetables, meat and sauce all over.Meat and fish or sea food are seen as only a portion of a meal and not as the main ingredient meal. much of the flavor of Thai food comes from sauces and vegetables so you can replace frequently bean curd or other ingredients you eat meat specified.

Below you will find a vegetarian meal of Central Thailand.

Vegetarian Thai Stew

Ingredients:

2 sweet potatoes

2 carrots

2 onions

3 cakes tofu (soybean cheese)

250 grams of mushrooms ricestraw

small cherry tomatoes 15-20

150 g green beans

1 tablespoon light soy sauce

1 tablespoon dark soy sauce

3 cups broth

2 tablespoons cornstarch arrowroot

salt and pepper

vegetable oil

Wash and cut the tomatoes into pieces and then FRY them in oil.

Cut the carrots into pieces of 1 inch and onions into quarters.

Wash mushrooms and cut them into halves.

Cut the tofu into flat parts, about 1/2 inch thick.

Marinate the tofu in dark soy sauce for about 20 minutes.

Marinated tofu stir fry until brown and firm.

Add the vegetables, soy sauce, salt and pepper.

Mix the cornstarch with water and add it to the stew.

Boil the stew for a few seconds and serve it hot in a bowl.

Tony volunteered in many Thai restaurants ranging from simple food stalls and restaurants all luxury Thailand. He has collected more than 500 recipes, mostly vegetarian dishes. He will publish its revenue on your site to vegetarian Thai food.

What is the first thing you should have when cooking Thai food?

Today is the first lesson. Oh! I don't want to call it a lesson because it sounds very formal. Is our first chat about Thai cuisine. My friends always ask me if they want to Cook Thai food, which is the first thing that they should have? This is my theme today. When you see my question above. What is your answer? You can think of something like cooking skills, inspiration, creative idea or any other big words. No! is not what I mean. Actually, I just wanna ask what you should have (in the kitchen) when cooking Thai food. Basically, there are 5 things you must have in your kitchen when cooking Thai food. These are:

1. fish sauce

2. Light soy sauce

3. Dark soy sauce

4. oyster sauce

5. Garlic

That's it. I think 90% of Thai food uses 2-3 such animals when cooking. So now you know what you must have in your kitchen if you want to Cook Thai food. Don't waste your time.Go buy it now you can buy these five animals any supermarket near you.The price should not total more than $ 10.00 and you can use it for one year.

OK, that's all for today.Next time, let's start cooking Thai food.Don't worry.As I told you that my blog will teach you how to Cook Thai food with easy step-by-step .you can cook it like a pro with sure. I guarantee!

See you later.

Joe Sitthiosoth is an average Joe who is passion for Thai food and Thai kitchen he travels the world, makes new friend and shows them how wonderful Thai is food. article comes from your actual experience you can read more here [http://easythaicookingbyjoe.blogspot.com]

Poke the pork and Chilli (Lap Mu)

Poke the pork and Chilli (Lap Mu) (Appon Thai Food Recipes) 

This dish is a spicy meat dish normally eaten with sticky rice.Is chunky, making it ideal for eating with fingers. In Thailand, with many cultures, there are many dishes that you eat with your hands. make sure you clean your hand completely, take a mouthful of sticky rice and then using the sticky rice to cover your fingers, grab a piece of pork minced, eats.

Ingredients  family
Mince pork 400 grams
20 gms Fresh Red Chill
Dried Chilli flakes 2 tablespoons
5 Citrus Kaffir leaves
10 grams.Coriander leaves
Spring Onion 10 grams.
4 tbsp fish sauce
1 tablespoon toasted Rice
2 tbsp lemon juice
2 tablespoons water
fresh Mint 10 grams.

Preparation
1. place the pork mince in a skillet.
2. cut the citrus leaves into small pieces, add to skillet.
3. Chop onions, cilantro and fresh chilles and add to the pot.
4. Add the fish sauce, lime juice, chillis, sticky rice flakes roasted and water to the pan.
5. connect the high heat and fry it until the pork is cooked.
6. serve garnished with Mint.

Serve with
Steamed Sticky Rice
Salad of vegetables such as lettuce, cucumber, Long bean or cabbage.

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Mushroom Soft Rice Soup (Jok Het Horm)

Mushroom Soft Rice Soup (Jok Het Horm) (Appon Thai Food Recipes) 

This is Jok, a rice soup, made with mushrooms.Normally it is cooked for a very long time so that the rice is mushy. However in order to facilitate, I usually cooked and run it through a mixer to break the grains of rice. garlic fried is perfect for this recipe.

 Ingredients for 2 persons
150 grams of rice
4 Shitake Mushrooms
Water 500 ml.
1 Chicken Stock Cube (cube of stock or vegetable vegetarian)
Chopped coriander leaves (optional)
Chopped ginger Root (optional)
Fried Garlic (optional)

Preparation
1. Soak shitake mushrooms in water for 10 minutes.
2. boil the rice in the water until cooked. to make the smooth texture of Jok, run the cooked rice through a food processor or wand for a minute.
3. cook it for the second time in a low heat. Add the chicken stock cube and stir until dissolved. If the dry mixture, add a little more water.
4. Cut the mushrooms, add to the soup rice and cook for another 5 minutes.
5. When the soup is served, decorate it with chopped cilantro, thin slices ginger root and fried garlic.

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Thai Basil Seed Drink (Nam Manglak)

Thai Basil Seed Drink (Nam Manglak) (Appon Thai Food Recipes)

 This is an unusual cold Thai drink available in cans, but here we make it cool.It looks like frog spawn, but don't let that put you off, these little pieces of gelatine with black centres are really Thai basil seeds.Thai Basil has a lower than sheet you see on Italian cuisine, but the seeds are widely available when you add water the seed soft swells in small balls and these give an unusual texture to traditional drink. aroma is rose water, but you can taste with vanilla essence or peppermint, if you prefer, or try adding seed Iced Tea for tea with texture!

Ingredients for 2 drinks
Thai basil seeds 5 g.
Water 500 ml.
2 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon of honey
Rose water 200 ml.
Crushed ice for notification

Preparation
1. using a tea strainer to hold them, rince seeds under a tap to clean them.
2. Soak the seeds in 100 ml of water.
3. With the other 400 ml of water, warm with sugar and honey until sugar is completely dissolved. prove it, you can adjust the sweetness of your choice at this time, remember that the drink will be slightly more diluted, as the other ingredients are added.
4. cool back to room temperature.
5. once the water is at ambient temperature and increased seed Basil mix them all together, rose water, water and water sweetened with Basil seeds.
6. Chill and serve over crushed ice.

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Curry (Phoo-Pad-Pong-Ga-Ree) crab.

Crab snipped and cooked in a sauce you Curry eat this by breaking the shells and plunging the meat in sauce.Once you have to pick it from the shell, it is best not to use many vegetables in Curry. instead, we serve it as a dish with rice. vegetables that you see in the picture are transforming the juices in crab sauce that you can spoon over rice.

Ingredients
1 large Crab
2 spring Onions (chopped)
100 gms celery (chopped)
2 Red Chillies (chopped)
2 eggs mixed
1 tablespoon minced garlic
2 tablespoons minced red onion
1 teaspoon Curry powder
Light soy sauce 1 tablespoon
2 tbsp fish sauce
1 teaspoon sugar
2 tablespoons of oil

Preparation
1. Prepare the ingredients first. This is a dish to cook fast, you don't have time to prepare vegetables, once you get to cook.
2. cut the crab claws and legs and breaking shells a bit so the Curry can penetrate. for large crabs, cut the main body of crab in half and you can remove the gills and ash parts at this time.
3. put the oil in a large skillet over medium heat, sauté the garlic until the smell of garlic comes through.
4. Add the crab, crab FRY until she cooks, he will Pink as she cooks, make sure all parts are cooked.
Choose soy, fish sauce and eggs and cook for 1 more minute.(Egg cooks and captures the flavor of crab).
6. Add the remaining ingredients and stir fry for 30 seconds. If you want more juice you can add 2-3 table spoons of water during this time.

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Red Curry Duck (Gang Pate Pet Yang)

Red Curry Duck (Gang Pate Pet Yang) (Appon Thai Food Recipes) 

The most unusual of this recipe is the Thai rambutans, the fruit he added the semi-sweet wine to balance spicy curry.Jackfruit can be replaced with much success, if you cannot obtain rambutans. duck, however, it is essential, that has a soft meat that blends with the dish. If you can't handle duck, try one of the other pork or chicken curry red recipes on this site instead!

 Ingredients for 2 persons
100 gms Duck
Coconut milk 200 ml.
Boiling water
3 tablespoons of Red Thai curry paste
2 tablespoons brown sugar
2 tablespoons of oil
Chili red 2
5 basil leaves
4 Citrus Kaffir leaves
5 Cherry Tomatoes
1 teaspoon salt
2 tbsp fish sauce
2 raw Potatoes in cubes
4 Rambutans (from a can is better than fresh to this recipe)

Preparation
1. Boil the potatoes in water until they are cooked, drain the water, leaving only about 100 mls remaining in the pot.
2. wipe the duck meat and cut into strips.
3. In a skillet, fry the curry paste in oil for a few seconds-this will release the flavors-then add the duck and stir fry in hot oil. once again this only needs to be done for a few seconds.
4. cut the peppers and kaffir leaves into smaller pieces and add to skillet with duck.
5. Add the coconut milk, salt, sugar, and fish sauce and FRY for 2 minutes.
6. Add the contents of the skillet for potato pan and bring the liquid to the boil Again.
7. Add rambutans, basil leaves and cherry tomato and serve immediately.

Serve with
Hot Thai fragrant rice

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Sweet Fried Crepes (Kanoom-Berng)

Sweet Fried Crepes (Kanoom-Berng) (Appon Thai Food Recipes) 

Ahh, one of my favorite snacks, a crispy pancake with a sweet filling. yellow is strands of egg yolk sugared. But this recipe, I'm covering the shrimp sweet shredded topping.
In the photo below you can see them being fried on a flat plate, when they are still a little soft and warm, a layer of cream is spread about them, followed by a coverage, then they are folded in half and pancake crisps up.
This recipe uses water limestone, but use pure water if you can't find it helps clear the. Limestone pancake.
Make all pieces first, cream, the batter, topping, (get your spoons ready and the plate you want to put them in!).Then Mount some while frying outside the pancakes on a flat surface glass ceramics, adding coverage while they're hot, then set them aside to cool.

Ingredients for Pancake
100 grams of flour
Mung bean flour 200 grams
Rice flour 350 grams
110 grams Palm Sugar
480 ml of water, limestone
2 egg yolks

Preparation
1. mix all flour and then add all other ingredients, mix thoroughly and leave.

Ingredients for Cream
3 egg whites
110 g icing sugar
1 teaspoon lemon juice

Preparation
1. take the egg white, sugar and lemon juice confectioner and hit a cream white.

Ingredients for sweet shrimp
100 gms shrimp
2-3 cloves of garlic
1 tsp white pepper
10 gms coriander root or seeds
Desiccated Coconut (Ground) 100 grams
150 grams of sugar
1 teaspoons salt
2 tablespoons of oil
2 to 3 drops of food colouring Orange
Leaves of Kaffir gms in 10 for garnish

Preparation
1. clean the prawns, remove the peel and cut back to remove segment negro ' gut '.
2. chop the shrimp in a thin mince.
3. Traverse the root/garlic and coriander seeds and white pepper together until well ground up.
4. Fry the prawn and pepper mixture in a pan with a little oil until cooked part, 30 seconds, or else is well.
5. Mix the Coco solo with orange, add food coloring to the frying pan, add the sugar and salt and stir fry for another 2 minutes. sugar is lightly caramelize.

How to mount
1. place the plate griddle or frying pan on a medium heat.
2. take a spoonful of mass and shake it around to make a small pancake on 8-round diameter 10cms. the pancakes need to be very thin, since they are baked on one side only.
3. Remove with a spatula, once it is cooked.
4. spread a spoonful of mixing cream for pancake.
5. top with a dollop of fresh shrimp, then fold up both sides and stack them side by side on the plate.

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Pork steam Rice orders (Kow Griep Pag Mor)

Pork steam Rice orders (Kow Griep Pag Mor) (Appon Thai Food Recipes) 

 These parcels are made from pork fried and herbs, involved in a cake made from steamed rice flour and starch and served with a sweet and sour sauce. The pastry is cooked separately filling and is very different from you can be used for cooking methods. The real cake mix is liquid when cooked. To cook it, you need to tie a clean handkerchief cheese cloth or tightly stretched over a pot of water.The pan then is placed on the heat, the water boils, and the steam rises through the cloth.The net mass is poured over the cheese cloth with a shell and the shell used to spread the mixture on the cloth she cooks very quickly due to steam and can be unwound. aluminium pot of a Thai Steamer is perfect for this.

Ingredients  mass (makes 15)
Starch from cassava 75 gms (or corn starch)
Rice flour gms 140
1 teaspoon sugar
350 ml Water.

Equipment to make mass
Steam Pan
Cheese Cloth
String to cloth with

Ingredients  to fill
Mince pork 100 g
40 sheets of coriander gms
40 gms Spring Onion
1 tablespoon minced garlic
2 tbsp sauce Maggi (savory seasoning sauce)
2 tablespoons of oil

Preparation
1. oil in a skillet, add the garlic, pork, spring onions, sauce and chopped coriander leaves and Maggi.
2. Fry until the pork is cooked and set it aside.
3. Half fill a steam cooker, cover with a cloth and tie the cheese cloth for it to be tight and flat on top of the pot. place the saucepan heat to a simmer.
4. mix the flour with rice cassava starch, sugar and water to form the net mass.
5. when the pan is boiling pans, some of the flour mixture to the cloth and spread it around quickly using the concha. put a lid on the mass and simmer for a minute.
6. Spoon some of the mixture of filling to the center of pastry and fold the edges to form a plot around the meat.A spatula is useful fold pastry. Once you have done this you can move it to a dish.

Ingredients  to Sour Sweet Dipping Sauce
4 tbsp sugar
30 ml Water.
Tamarind 70 ml water or lemon juice
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon spring onion
2 teaspoon minced Crushed Peanuts

Preparation
1. mix the Tamarind water with the sugar, salt, water and put it on a heat meduim until the salt and the sugar is dissolved.
2. Add the spring onion and peanuts in and leave to cool. it should be served warm.

Serve with
Lettuce
Fried Garlic
Chilli
Coriander
Mint

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Thai Tree Berries

Makam Pom (shown above)

 The tree for this grows wild and is not cultivated berries are not sold, but they are consumed by children.The berries are the older, the more they turn red and are red, are sweeter. remove the outer rind and eat the flesh less seed.

MA Yom

These small green berries (above) are called Ma Yom.They are museed that you don't eat.You can find them icecream Thai flavours and sorbets.

 

Updated-I found some yom ma preserved on the market. These are preserved in brine and sold with a chilli dipping powder sugar. you can get a better idea of the size of this photo and the mixture of diving is shown on the back.

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