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Kaeng Kiaw Waan refers to one of the many Thai curry dishes. Kaeng Kiaw is slightly sweet green curry with meat, Thai eggplants, pea eggplants, winter melon, Thai Bai Horapa or sweet basi, kaffir lime leaves and coconut milk
Kaeng Khua refers to Thailand's three-flavored coconut-based curry (sweet, sour and salty) most common meat is fish, shrimp or clam. Other additional main ingredients typically used in this curry can be pineapple, mushrooms or winter melon. Other ingredients include galanga, kaffir lime zest, dried chilis, lemon grass and shrimp paste.
Kaeng Leung refers to Thailand's hot yellow curry which mostly used fish as the main ingredients with winter melon, chilis, garlic, turmeric, lemon grass, shallots and shrimp paste.
Kaeng Liang refers to Thailand's vegetarian curry. The most common vegetables included in this dish are Buab Liam or sponge gourd, Bai Tam Leung (gourd leaves) and Phak Nam Tao (bottle gourd). Some other ingredients are also included, such as shrimp paste, dried shrimp and shallots.
Kaeng Matsaman refer's to one of Thailand's curry dishes with meat, potatoes, peanuts and coconut milk. Kaeng Matsaman is a mild curry from the Muslim Southern part of Thailand.
Kremsnita refers to Croatia's delicious, custard-based treat that can be found at any Slasticarnica (pastry shop) in the country. In Zagreb in particular, the food seems a little more Central European in influence. There are heavy dishes such as this Zagreb Steak (fried steak) and rich pastries such as Kremsnita