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Khanom La
''Khanom la'' (, ) is a traditional snack of Nakhon Si Thammarat Province in southern Thailand. It is made from rice flour deep fried in thin strands with egg yolk to a golden appearance, then gathered and shaped to various designs. ''Khanom la'' is one of five snacks and desserts used as traditional offerings to monks in the Sat Thai festival, which falls in September or October, an important traditional observance for the people of southern Thailand especially in Nakhon Si Thammarat Province. ''Khanom la '' represents offerings of clothes to the spirits of the dead. ''Khanom la'' can be separated in two types: ''la chet'' and ''la krop''. ''Khanom la chet'' is thick and has less oil. When it is cooked, it will be formed in to a semicircle. Meanwhile, ''khanom la krop'' is a crispy one. It is done by adding more sugar on top of the normal ''khanom la chet'' and drying it in the sun. Another way to cook ''khanom la'' is to add more flour, and more oil. When it is done, it will be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southern Thailand
Southern Thailand (formerly Southern Siam and Tambralinga) is the southernmost cultural region of Thailand, separated from Central Thailand by the Kra Isthmus. Geography Southern Thailand is on the Malay Peninsula, with an area of around , bounded to the north by Kra Isthmus, the narrowest part of the peninsula. The western part has highly steep coasts, while on the east side river plains dominate. The largest river in the south is the Tapi, in Surat Thani, which, together with the Phum Duang in Surat Thani, drains more than , more than 10 percent of the total area of southern Thailand. Smaller rivers include the Pattani, Saiburi, Krabi, and the Trang. The largest lake in the south is Songkhla Lake ( altogether). The largest artificial lake is the Chiao Lan (Ratchaprapha Dam), occupying of Khao Sok National Park in Surat Thani. The total forest area is or 24.3 percent of provincial area. Running through the middle of the peninsula are several mountain chains, wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sat Thai
Sat Thai (, ; also spelled Sart Thai) is a traditional Thai mid-year festival, held on the new moon at the end of the tenth lunar month. It has many features of animism, attributing souls or spirits to animals, plants and other entities. Etymology ''Sat'' ( or , RTGS ''sat'') comes from Pali , which means 'autumnal'. It specifically refers to the season "when the grain is in the ear": rice grain panicles droop as seeds reach full size and fills with milky starch in the days before harvest time. Fruits also are in the bud. ''Sat Thai'' is known as such to differentiate it from the Ghost Festival, known in Thai as ''Sat Chin''. Observance ''Sat Thai'' Day occurs at the end of Thai lunar calendar Moon 10, that is, waning day 15, evening (). This is a New Moon and so is a Buddhist Sabbath; but not one of the ''Special Sabbaths'', and not one of the secular public holidays in Thailand. It occurs midway past the traditional Thai New Year and near the autumnal equinox. It an occas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pak Phanang District
Pak Phanang (, ) is a district (''amphoe'') of Nakhon Si Thammarat province, southern Thailand. The name of district means 'sheltered mouth', referring to the mouth of the Pak Phanang River protected from the open sea by a long peninsula. History During the ''thesaphiban'' administrative reforms the district was created in 1895 with the name ''Bia Sad'' (เบิ้ยซัด). On 22 March 1903 it was renamed ''Pak Phanang'', a name first recorded for the area in 1665. On 25 October 1962 Tropical Storm Harriet hit the district. The low Talumphuk peninsula to the north of the district was completely devastated, and even in the town Pak Phanang itself the storm surge made the water rise four metres. The flooding caused more than 1,000 fatalities and many more homeless. It is the most severe windstorm that has ever occurred in Thailand recorded. Geography Neighboring districts are (from the south clockwise): Hua Sai, Chian Yai, Chaloem Phra Kiat and Mueang Nakhon Si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thai Cuisine
Thai cuisine (, , ) is the national cuisine of Thailand. Thai cooking places emphasis on lightly prepared dishes with aromatics and spicy heat. The Australian chef David Thompson (chef), David Thompson, an expert on Thai food, observes that unlike many other cuisines, Thai cooking is "about the juggling of disparate elements to create a harmonious finish. Like a complex musical chord it's got to have a smooth surface but it doesn't matter what's happening underneath. Simplicity isn't the dictum here, at all." Traditional Thai cuisine loosely falls into four categories: ''tom'' (boiled dishes), ''yam'' (spicy salads), ''tam'' (pounded foods), and ''kaeng'' (curries). Deep-frying, stir-frying and steaming are methods introduced from Chinese cuisine. In 2011, seven Thai dishes appeared on a list of the "World's 50 Best Foods", an online poll of 35,000 people worldwide by ''CNN Travel''. Thailand had more dishes on the list than any other country: tom yum kung (4th), pad thai (5 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Thai Desserts
This is a list of Thai khanom, comprising snack A snack is a small portion of Human food, food generally Eating, eaten between meals. Snacks come in a variety of forms including Food packaging, packaged snack foods and other processed foods, as well as items made from fresh ingredients at ho ...s and desserts that are a part of Thai cuisine. Some of these dishes are also a part of other cuisines. The word "khanom" (), refers to snack or dessert, presumably being a compound between two words, "khao" (ข้าว), "rice" and "khnom" (หนม), "sweet". The word "khanom" in the Thai sense is snack or sweet food made from flour. Thai khanom * ''Bua Loy, rice flour rolled into small balls and then cooked in coconut milk.'' * ''Bulan dan mek'' * ''Cendol, Lot chong'' * ''Cha mongkut'' * ''Fakthong kaeng buat'' * ''Foi thong'' * Fresh fruit * ''Grass jelly'' * ''Khanom babin'' * ''Khanom bueang'' – known as Thai crêpes * ''Khanom chan'' – means layer dessert * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
