Galangal

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Galangal or 'kha' in Thai is used many soups and curry pastes. It is a root like ginger but larger and rounder than ginger. It tastes also milder than ginger.

If you live in a nice and warm place with no frost try grow galangal in your yard. It has beautiful flowers that resemble orchids.

Author: Natty Netsuwan

Recipes made with galangal

Tom Kha Gai

Gai Tom Kha

Chicken in galangal flavored coconut broth. Sour and hot.
Vegetarian Red Curry Paste

Prig Gang Mungsavirat

Vegetarian red curry paste
Green Curry Paste

Prig Gang Kiew Wan

Spicy green curry paste made with fresh Thai green chili peppers.
Tom Yum Gai

Hot and sour, lean chicken soup with lemongrass and galangal.
Basic Red Curry Paste

Prig Gang Kua

Basic Red Curry Paste or Prig Gang Kua is the most basic curry paste.
Red Curry Paste

Prig Gang Ped

Aromatic curry paste made with Thai fresh and dry spices
Massaman Curry Paste

Prig Gang Mussamun

Homemade fragrant Massaman Curry Paste filled with roasted spices
Southern Red Curry Paste

Prig Gang KuaTai

Bright red and very spicy hot curry paste from southern Thailand.
Tom Yum Pork Ribs

Tom Yum Gradoog Moo

Sour and spicy pork rib soup loaded with lemongrass, galangal, shallots and kaffir lime leaves
Vegetarian Tom Yum Hed

Tom Yum Hed

Spicy and sour vegetarian mushroom soup cooked with Thai herbs
Namya Curry Paste

Prig Gang Namya

Curry paste for fish curry, made with peppers, lemongrass, garlic, shallots, Chinese keys, salt and pickled fish
Tom Sab Leng

Fallen off the bone pork backbones in super spicy and sour broth
Vegetarian Southern Red Curry Paste

Prig Gang Tai Mung Sawirat

Southern red curry paste made vegetarian. A base for many other southern dishes.
Tom Yum Noodles

Guay Tiew Moo Tom Yum

Spicy and sour noodle soup served with crushed peanuts, powdered chili and lime juice
Pork Soup

Nam Guay Tiew

Rich pork soup, easy to make, great for noodle soup