Tomato: Makhuea thet (มะเขือเทศ). Literally meaning "foreign eggplant", it 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.
The people, the food, the language, Thailand is an amazing country, learn about its interesting history.
