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Che Noi (เจ๊น้อย) Suan Hin Pha Ngam (local food), Tel. 08 1230 7607.
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Maphrao Kaew
Maphrao kaew is sugar-coated dried coconut. The meat of the coconut which is neither too young nor too mature is cut into slices or shreds. Then it is cooked in a little water and mixed with natural food colorants. After sugar is added, it is stirred over low heat until the sugar caramelizes and sticks to the coconut. Finally it is removed from the pan and left to cool, ready to be served or packaged.
Tong
A spicy salad dish made with roast pork, eggplants, basil leaves, garlic, bird peppers, cowpeas or string beans and winged beans. The dish is seasoned with palm sugar, lime juice, fish sauce, and fermented shrimp paste and provides protein, fat, vitamins and minerals.
No-mai-wan (Sweet bamboo shoots)
Known locally as no-mai-bong-wan or no-mai-hok-wan, the sweet bamboo shoots are grown at the beginning of the rainy season, from April to July. They are grown in loose soil so that the roots can branch out easily. The saplings are watered once every few days. After a month, the plots are weeded to prevent insects.
Sweet bamboo shoots can be made into various kinds of dishes. They provide protein, fat, carbohydrate, sugar, vitamins B1 and B2 as well as fiber.
Mak-lod
Mak-lod seeds can be planted in a bag of loose soil mixed with fertilizer. The bag should not be exposed to too much sunlight. Later, the sapling is planted near a big tree so that the plant can climb up the tree.
Mak-lod yields fruit from February to May every year. The round fruit is green but turns red when mature. There are two types of Mak-lod: sweet and sour. It provides vitamin C which prevents scurvy.
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