| c | | | | yellow or purple, and unripe, when they are green. |
| Scientific name:Allium sativum Linn. | | | | Ripe chillies are available dried, crushed, fladed and |
| Family: ALLIACEAE | | | | ground. Dry chillies is extensively used as a spice in all |
| Vernacular name: Kra –thiam | | | | types of curry dishes. Fresh chillies are rich in vitamin |
| Garlic has long been recognized all over the world as | | | | C, they help in the digestion of starchy foods and |
| a valuable condiment or foods, and a popular remedy | | | | may be taken as a tonic. In large does, chillies may |
| medicine for various ailments and physiological | | | | cause stomach and intestinal burns. |
| disorders. It is hardy bulbous perennial with narrow | | | | Ginger |
| flat leaves, and bears small white umbel of edible | | | | Scientific name:Zingiber officinale Rosc. |
| flowers and bulbils. Kra thiam clustered made up of | | | | Family:ZINGIBERRACEAE |
| several bulblets called cloves enclosed in a papery | | | | Vernacular name:Khing |
| white or pinkish sheath. Garilec is used practically all | | | | One of the oldest and most important spices is now |
| over the world for flavouring various dishes. Garlic is | | | | widely grown. The fresh rhizome is knobbly, |
| used practically all over the world for flavouring | | | | off-white of buff-coloured and often branched. The |
| various dishes. Fresh garlic is used in several food | | | | pale yellow flesh should not be too fibrous. The |
| preparation in Thailand. Fried Garlic in oil is the most | | | | ginger plant grows up to 1 m on partly shaped sloped. |
| popular for seasoning in Thai dishes. Raw garlic can be | | | | It has narrow pointed leaves and small yellow, |
| used in the manufacture of garlic powder packed into | | | | purple-lipped flowers. The hard, knobbly rhizome is |
| capsules. Garlic purifies the blood, helps control acne, | | | | about 2 cm in diameter. Rhizomes are used fresh or |
| and reduces blood pressure, cholesterol, and clotting. | | | | preserved. Ginger’s flavour is hot and slightly |
| Garlic clears catarrh, thus providing treatment for | | | | biting. In cooking ginger is mostly used fresh. It is an |
| colds, bronchitis, pulmonary tuberculosis, and | | | | essential ingredient of curry powder and other spice |
| whooping cough. | | | | lends, and is found in gingerbread, biscuits, cakes, |
| The dried, mature bulbs are popular condiment in Thai | | | | puddings, pickles and many Asian vegetable dishes. It |
| cuisine. Garlic is used in numerous Thai dishes where is | | | | is widely used in medicine as a digestive aid. Ginger |
| serves as a flavouring as well as preservative. | | | | tea made by infusing dried or fresh rhizome in boiling |
| Thinly-sliced garlic, fried to a crisp golden brown | | | | water for five minutes. It is a warming drink and |
| colour, is used to garnish savoury Thai dishes. | | | | thought to improve the circulation. |
| Chilli Pepper | | | | An erect plant with thickened, fleshy and very |
| Scientific name:Capsicum annum L. | | | | aromatic rhizome. The stem is 0.4 to 1 metre high |
| Family:SOLANACEAI | | | | with long and narrow leaves arranged alternately in |
| Vernacular name:Prik | | | | two ranks along the stem. The inflorescence is |
| Chillies grow in all parts of the tropics, usually grows | | | | cone-shaped, borne on a long stalk which emerges |
| to 30 cm-1 m (1-3 ft) high. There are many varieties | | | | from the underground stem. Individual flowers are |
| of Chillies, varying in shape, colour, size and pungency | | | | greenish-yellow with a small dark purple tip. The |
| of fruits Generally, the large, round, fleshy varieties | | | | rhizomes differ in shape and size in the different |
| are milder than the small, thinskinned, pointed types. | | | | cultivars. |
| They are used ripe, when they may be red, orange, | | | | |