Thai Eating Culture: Secret Ingredients & Cooking Technique

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1 Thai Eating Culture: Secret Ingredients & Cooking Technique Surachai Jewcharoensakul, Ph.D Vocational Education Department Faculty of Education, Kasetsart University, Bangkok Thailand

2 History of Thai eating culture

3 Thai eating culture in the former time reveal in four regimes Sukhothai 213 yrs. ( ) Ayutthaya 417 yrs. ( ) Thonburi 15 yrs. ( ) Rattanakosin > 223 yrs. (1784- now) 868 years old

4 Thai eating culture in the former time appear relate to curing for sickness

5 Was written in Samud Thai, on Sa paper or Khoy paper in Ayuttaya regime

6 In the former time, Thai foods recipe had written without ratio or measurement of ingredients

7 Early Thai cooking recipe was printed and distributed as a souvenir in body cremation ceremony The commercial recipe book was printed in Rattanakosin

8 There were two path of Thai cuisine Royal Cuisine Folk way

9 Thai foods of Royal cuisine always serve with small portion, mind taste, never serve raw foods serve with neat presentation

10 Thai foods of folk cuisine always cook simply Strong taste; hot & sour Sometime serve with raw meat

11 Thai people eat three meals a day Foods do not separate the meal as. Breakfast Lunch Dinner So. the meal can serve at all time

12 Types and characteristics of Thai foods divided in to four main parts Northern region Central region Northeastern region Southern region

13 The meal was served as a set of foods

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16 Main dish and side dish was always served with steamed rice (Glu.rice / N/E P.) Chili dip with vegetable was always served with the meal

17 Type of Thai foods were classify as... Kang-ped (curry with OR without coconut milk) Tom or Tomyam (soup; spicy & not) Pad (Stir fry) Yam, Lab, Pla (mixed salad with variety of meat) Grill, Deep fry, Steam cooking dip to serve with vegetable side dish to serve with main dish assorted desserts

18 Cooking Method Thai cooking of the folk way was not complicate, mainly by steam cook, boil and grill, without using high heat. Thai foods remained with nutrition and healthy to eat

19 Equipments for Thai cuisine in the folk way always the same as normal kitchen as the sufficiency economy way of living

20 Thai royal cuisine many dishes were needed to use certain equipments for certain kind of cooking and serving

21 Royal Thai Dumpling = Chor-maung

22 Kratong-Tong

23 Steam Layer cake = Kanom - Chan

24 Fruit & Vegetable Carving

25 Secret Ingredients of Thai Cuisine

26 The tastes of Thai foods contained variety of tastes; Salty Sour hot from chili, herb & spice a little bit sweet (to balance the taste) (also found that, Thai dessert always contain with a little bit of salt to balance the taste as well) bitter acidulous rich with coconut milk and nut

27 Salty Flavor Fish sauce Ferment fish sauce Ferment fish organ S. Shrimp paste Dried shrimp Dried Squid Dried salty fish

28 Fish Sauce & Fermented Fish Sauce

29 Leave Fruits Sour Flavor Tamarind extract Lime, Kaffir lime Young green mango Young tamarind All of Ma fruits Vinegar Insect red ant

30 Tamarind

31 Lime & Kaffir Lime

32 Hot from Chili, Herb & Spice Variety of Chili Garlic, Shallot, Ginger Galangal Lemongrass

33 Sour flavor from red ant

34 Sweet Flavor Palm sugar Sugar Honey Coconut milk Fruit.pineapple, so on

35 Palm Trees

36 Palm Trees & Fruits

37 Palm Sugar

38 Palm Sugar

39 Palm Sugar

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41 bitter acidulous

42 rich with coconut milk and nut

43 Flavors & aroma of Thai foods was base on choice of meat types of vegetable Herb & Spice Insect Seasoning & Flavoring Salty; fish sauce, shrimp paste, fermented fish sauce ect. Sour; tamarind extract, sour fruits Sweet; palm sugar, coconut milk

44 choice of meat give different flavors Prawn Fish Chicken Pork Meat (Water Buffalo) Wild meat

45 Prawn

46 Fish

47 Meat

48 Wild meat

49 Types of vegetable

50 Herb & Spice

51 Lemongrass

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54 Flavor of food from Insect

55 Thai Cooking Technique

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57 Technique to cook curry

58 Technique to cook curry

59 Technique to cook curry

60 Technique to cook curry

61 Serving Style

62 Thai Eating Culture in present aspect

63 Thai foods have become popular and was accepted from the foreigners in high level

64 Thai foods contain such varieties lot of choice Many varieties of taste

65 Including herb and spice

66 Good for health

67 Does not serve much meat

68 Thai foods was classify as healthy foods

69 Serve with neat presentation.

70 Thai eating culture had shown very long story of history and culture development

71 Thai should be proud and remain as the Thai heritage, because Thai eating culture had shown the identity of Thai nation

72 The folk way of Thai eating culture also harmonious to philosophy of the King Rama 9 th, Bhumiphol Self Sufficient Economy to serve the Thai to be well survive, calm and happy of their life

73 Thank you for Your Attention