Glossary K

Kai kow is a Thai word for fried eggs

Kra-chai is a Thia spice which is a relative of ginger with a strong flavour and smell with no equivalent name in English. These Thai ingredients are used in soups, curries, and curry pastes

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Kaep moo is a Thai term for fried pork skin or pork cracklings which is known in Filipino as Chicharon

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Kah is a Thai term for galangal (Alphinia galangal). It is a larger and lighter-colored relative of ginger and has its own

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Kah min is a Thai term for turmeric (Curcuma longa). It looks like a small ginger with brown rhizones, but when peeled, the inside flesh is bright orange. I have tasted this the first

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Kao chao which is also known and spelled as Khao chao is a Thai term meaning "breakfast".
Kao chao literally means "morning breakfast"
In Thailand, a more formal way of refering to

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