kaffir lime leaves
bai ma-gruud
herbs & spices
The leaf look like any citrus leaf, but it has two connecting leaves. I often call it the double leaf. Many recipes calls for its leaves. If it is in soup, most people do not eat it. The only time it is eaten is when it sliced very thin for recipes like Tod Mun.
Recipes using kaffir lime leaves
Beef Panang
Panang Nua
A dry beef curry, sprinkled with kaffir lime leaves
Chicken in Coconut Soup
Gai Tom Kha
Galangal flavored coconut soup. Sour and hot broth.
Chinese Water Spinach Curry
Gang Tay Po
Chinese water spinach stewed in curry sauce with pork
Mushroom Tom Yum
Tom Yum Hed
Spicy and sour oyster mushroom soup with lemon grass broth
Spicy Budoo
Nam Budoo Song Kreung
Traditional southern Thai sauce served with rice and many veggies.
Steamed Curried Fish
Haw Moak
Steamed, marinaded fish in curry paste and coconut milk on vegetables.
Tod Mun
Tod Mun
Fried fish cake, spiced with Thai curry and kaffir lime leaves.
Tom Yum Goong
Tom Yum Goong
Shrimp in clear soup made from lemon grass, kaffir lime, hot pepper, lime juice and fish sauce