Thai food pays attention to seasoning. It is usually flavored with pepper, basil, garlic, coriander, turmeric, pepper, lemon grass and coconut, as well as plants and spices from other tropical countries. Spicy, sweet, fresh, rich in flavor and unique in style. With various flavors of Thai food, it has evolved into multiple flavors. Spicy cold salad, Thai hot and sour soup, red or green curry (mostly mixed with coconut milk), vegetables and various kebabs (beef, pork and chicken mixed with rice or pasta) are all representatives of Thai cuisine.

Thai food is sour and spicy. Anyone who tastes Thai food for the first time will find the seasoning of Thai food unique. Many seasonings are unique to Southeast Asia and even Thailand. The most commonly used seasonings are: Thai morning pepper, Thai lemon and curry sauce. In addition, lemon leaves and lemongrass are also commonly used ingredients in Thai cuisine.

Thai lemon

Thai lemon is a unique seasoning fruit in Southeast Asia, which is slightly sweeter than American lemon in taste and personal taste. The Thai lemon is small, sour and fragrant, which often makes people who have smelled its fragrance unforgettable. It can be used as a flavoring agent for lemon juice drinks and beer, and its main use is as a flavoring agent for Thai food. Almost every dish in Thailand is squeezed with lemon juice, which makes every dish exude a rich fruit flavor with a typical Southeast Asian flavor. Thais can say that there is no fish to eat, but they can't live without lemons.

fish sauce/gravy

Fish sauce is a typical seasoning in southern Thailand. Some people call it white soy sauce. As the name implies, it is just like soy sauce, and the practice is similar to Chinese soy sauce. It is mainly fermented by some small fish and shrimp. The taste may make some people uncomfortable, because it has a strong smell of rotten fish and shrimp. Let people who are not used to the smell of fish turn off their appetite and hide their noses and run away.

Thai pepper

It is said that Thai morning pepper is the hottest pepper in the world. Thai is called "mouse excrement pepper", which shows that this is a very small but very spicy pepper. It is widely used in Thai cooking art. Cooking without a few chopped morning peppers is just like eating Sichuan food without spicy food.

curry paste

Coconut juice is the basic ingredient of curry sauce, and there are many seasonings, including lemongrass, shrimp sauce, fish sauce and more than a dozen local spices and peppers, ranging from mild to extremely spicy, which anyone can choose. Thai culture is deeply influenced by Indian and China cultures. Some people say that the father of Thai culture is India. You can feel the influence of curry sauce on Thai food. In addition, lemon leaves and lemongrass are also commonly used ingredients in Thai cuisine.