| Thai food is a very popular cuisine across the | | | | centuries to prepare food. They can imbue the |
| world. To make perfect Thai food, it is not | | | | food placed inside with a fruit flavor. It's a bit of |
| essential to have all of the traditional tools, but it | | | | an all in one item as it can also be used to lay out |
| will make it a lot easier and more authentic. Here | | | | or present food. They can give your Thai meals |
| are a few choice items that could enrich your | | | | that extra bit of authenticity. Another thing that |
| cooking experience. | | | | can add to the overall eastern ambiance is a |
| Herbs and spices are integral to getting the right | | | | bamboo basket which is a traditional way to |
| flavors for your Thai food. A handy thing to have | | | | serve rice in Thailand. The kind of rice you want |
| in the kitchen is a pestle and mortar. These allow | | | | for Thai food is of the sticky variety. This is a |
| you to grind herbs down and make curry pastes | | | | kind of sweet rice and for Asian cuisine should be |
| out of them. Pesto gained its name from its | | | | steamed for extra authenticity. |
| ingredients being ground using a pestle. A good | | | | If you have ever been to a Thai restaurant then |
| pestle and mortar set should be very hard | | | | you may have already seen a Thai fish platter |
| wearing so that it crushes the ingredients without | | | | serving dish. It is shaped like a fish and has a |
| leaving any of itself behind. | | | | section in the bottom for placing either hot coals |
| An excellent aid for steaming or heating food is a | | | | or tea tree lights. Then the fish is placed on top |
| banana leaf. These leaves have been used for | | | | of this to keep it warm before eating. |