Background Nam Prik Ongis one of the best known Lanna chili paste. The highlight characteristic is the sour, sweet, salty and spicy taste.  Mostly taken as a side dish with fresh or boiled vegetables.   Nutrition Facts Tomatoes freshen the skin, produce antioxidant that help to reduce and delay the signs of aging. Enhance the immune system as well as enriched with vitamin A, nourishing the eyes.   Ingredients 200 gram small tomatoes 300 gram minced pork 2 tablespoons vegetable oil 2 tablespoons fish sauce 3 tablespoons chopped leeks Chili Paste ingredients 8 Thai bird’s eye chilies 10 grams garlic 1 teaspoon salt 20 grams sliced shallots 20grams grilled fermented soybean 1 tablespoon coriander roots 1 teaspoon shrimp paste    

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Background Green beef curry is mad from beef, coconut cream, green chilies and herbs. The dish is influenced by Muslim who are preferred eating meat and refrain from eating pork. Nutrition facts The dish is high in protein, iron, zinc and phosphorus. The fat from coconut cream is balance with various kinds of herbs from Keow-wan curry paste. Ingredients ·       4 cups coconut cream ·       ½ cup Keow-wan curry paste ·       300 grams beef, thinly sliced ·       100 grams Thai eggplants, cut into bite-size ·       20 grams pea eggplants ·       3 tbsp. fish sauce ·       1 tpsp. palm sugar ·       50 grams sweet basil ·       Chee Fah chilies (spur chilies), sliced Keow-wan curry paste ingredients ·       11 Chee-fah chilies (green chilies), remove seeds ·       ¼ cup lemon grass, thinly sliced ·       ¼ cup shallots, sliced ·       2 tbsp. garlic cloves, crushed ·       1 tsp. sliced kaffir lime zest ·       1 tsp. coriander roots, sliced ·       1 tsp. black pepper corns ·       1 tsp. shrimp paste ·       4 tsp. coriander seeds, roasted ·       2 tsp. cumin, roasted Put all of ingredients in a mortar and keep pounding until everything is well-blended. Chili leaves can be added for stronger green color.

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Background Lanna’s tamarind leaves salad has many cooking recipes up to each community in the Northern Thailand. Tamarind leaves have sour taste and often used as ingredient to compliment the taste.   Nutrition Facts Tamarind leaves are used as laxatives and carminatives, sooth the cold and coughing. Onions is rich with Vitamin C and antioxidant agent, which help to prevent from diseases.   Ingredients 2 cups young tamarind leaves 1 cup sliced onion ½ cup fried shallots 1 tablespoon fish sauce 80 grams large tomatoes sliced in half 1 cup sliced pork rind 3 fried dry chilies

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