gunbuster363 發表於 2011-10-14 10:13
泰國菜唔係應該用九層塔咩? 九層塔英文係thai basil wor~
其實冇話泰國人只用一種 basil o既,上面都係要分辨幾種 basil 所以咁講。至於 Thai Basil 個名,wiki 咁講:
There are three types of basil commonly used in Thai cuisine.
Thai basil is the cultivar most often used for Asian cooking in Western kitchens. The English common name is Thai basil but in Thai kitchens, the plant is called "Bai Horapha" or simply horapha (Thai: โหระพา).
Thai holy basil, also called "Bai Gka-prow" or kraphao, may be the basil that Thai people love most [8]a variety of Ocimum tenuiflorum (Thai: กะเพรา)
The third species of basil found in Thai cooking is the least used and has undertones of lemon in both scent and taste. Thai lemon basil is called "Bai Maeng-lak" or simply maenglak (Thai: แมงลัก).
即係話雖然 Thai Basil 叫 Thai,但係响亞洲區普遍使用,而 Thai Holy Basil 才是泰國人最愛用的 Basil。 |