List of Thai ingredients

Columns: Thai name | Thai script | English name | Description and use
Bai makok | ใบมะกอก | Spondias mombin | Bai makok is the leaf of the Spondias mombin , a relative of the cashew . The young leaves are served raw with certain types of Nam phrik ( Thai chilli pastes ) . The taste is sour and slightly bitter . The fruit of this tree are also eaten | Cha-om | ชะอม | Acacia pennata | Young feathery leaves of the Acacia pennata tree which are used in omelettes , soups and curries . In Northern Thai cuisine they are also eaten raw as for instance with Tam mamuang , a green mango salad | Chiknam or Kradon | จิกน้ำ or กระโดน | Barringtonia acutangula | Shoots , young leaves and flowers of the tree are eaten raw with Nam phrik . Popular in Isan | Dala | ดาหลา | Etlingera elatior | Can be eaten in Yam preparations , said to have medicinal value as well | Dok anchan | ดอกอัญชัน | Clitoria ternatea | Can be eaten raw or fried , but mostly it is used to make a blue food colouring to colour rice or sweets , like Khanom dok anchan | Dok khae | ดอกแค | Sesbania grandiflora | The flowers of the Sesbania grandiflora are often eaten steamed with Nam phrik or used in certain curries such as kaeng som | Dok khae thale | ดอกแคทะเล | Dolichandrone spathacea | The flowers are usually eaten sauteed or in kaeng som | Dok khae hua mu | ดอกแคหัวหมู | Markhamia stipulata | Often confused with Dok khae thale , as both are also known as Dok khae pa . The flowers are usually eaten sauteed or in kaeng som | Dok salit | ดอกสลิด | Telosma cordata | Mostly either boiled and eaten with Nam phrik or stir-fried in Phat dok salit

Example questions:
dala plant neem is used in what fish dish ? | thai name for hog plum known as spondius mombin ? | Itchytree plants thai name for barringtonia acutangula is ? | whats the thai name for oroxylum indicum The unnoficial dish of laos ?

Answers:
Arsik ikan mas | Bai makok | Chiknam or Kradon | Pheka