Authentic Thai Recipe Ingredient: Tomato
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Tomato
มะเขือเทศ (Makhuea thet; Ma kua tet)
Literally meaning "foreign eggplant", Makhuea thet is used in salad such as Som tam, as an ingredient in stir-fries such as in Thai fried rice, but also cooked to a thick sauce as in the chilli paste Nam phrik ong.