Thai food to sour, spicy for the first time to taste the Thai food will feel that Thai food seasoning is very unique, there are many seasonings are Southeast Asia and even Thailand's unique, the most commonly used! The most commonly used seasonings are Thai chili pepper, Thai lemon, and curry sauce. In addition, lemon leaves and lemongrass (Lemon-grass) is also a common ingredient in Thai food.
Thai Lemon (KaffirLime)
Thai Lemon is a kind of Southeast Asia's unique flavoring fruit, flavor and individual are different from the United States lemon taste slightly sweet, and Thai lemon is small, sour taste, strong flavor, often make the smell of its scent of a lifetime, it can be used to make lemon juice drinks, beer aromatizers, the most important use is to use to do the Thai cuisine! Seasoning, Thai people in almost every dish will be squeezed on the lemon juice, so that every dish are emitting a strong fruit fragrance, with a typical Southeast Asian flavor. Thai people can say food without fish, but not without lemon.
Fish sauce (FishSauce)
Fish sauce is a typical southern Thai seasoning, some people it is called white soy sauce, as the name suggests, it is a condiment like soy sauce, the practice is similar to the Chinese soy sauce, the main thing is to let some of the small fish and shrimp fermentation dripping juice into. The flavor may make some people uncomfortable, because it has a strong smell of rotten fish and shrimp. It can be very appetizing to those who are not used to eating fishy food, so they cover their noses and run away.
Thai chili pepper
Thai chili pepper is said to be the world's hottest chili pepper. In Thai, it is called "rat shit chili", which means that it is a very small but very hot chili. It is widely used in the Thai culinary art, cooking without a few sprinkles of chopped chili peppers, like eating Sichuan cuisine without spicy.
Curry Sauce
Coconut milk is used as the basic ingredient in curry sauce, and there are many other flavorings including lemongrass, shrimp paste, fish sauce, and a dozen or so locally grown spices and chili peppers, ranging from the mild to the very hot, to choose from. Thai culture is heavily influenced by Indian and Chinese cultures, and it has been said that the father of Thai culture is India. The influence can be felt in the curry sauce in Thai cuisine. Also, lemon leaves and lemongrass (Lemon-grass) are common ingredients in Thai cuisine.