Noordelijke Thaise kruiden, kruiden en groenten voor een Noord-Thaise traditionele recept genaamd 'Gaeng Khae', oftewel een curry van een seizoensgebonden gemaakt mix van bloemen en kruiden, en kunnen worden gekookt met vrije uitloop kip of varkensvlees. - Stockfoto

This Northern Thai dish is very traditional in the far north of Thailand. It is pronounced 'Gaeng Khae', which means in the Northern Thai language a mixed seasonal flower, herb and vegetable curry soup. Most of the wild flowers and leaf ingredients are only found towards the end of May each year and the colorful ingredients are attractively bunched together wrapped with part of a banana tree stem, and are found presented like this in local Northern Thai fresh markets during this hot season. Gaeng Khae can also be made through the year without some of the seasonal flowers, as many Thai year round ingredients are used in this dish. The common ingredients are dried chili, lemon grass, galangal, salt, fish paste, garlic, shallots, string beans and the seasonal ingredients as shown. Replacement vegetables can be used accordingly in the mix. The dried herbs and spices are mashed using a mortar and pestle to make the base paste.