Cultura Thailandese

Riso saltato con carne di maiale


One of the most popular dishes at roadside food vendors is stir-fried minced pork with chilies and holy basi. In Thai this is called "grapao moo sap". There are three versions: minced pork, chicken or beef. It is served on plain rice and often topped with a fried egg. Though usually you have to ask for this (say "kai dao") and you will have to pay 5 baht extra. Without the fried egg, you might still be able to find this dish for 25 baht. As you can see in the picture below, the main ingredients are holy basil, chopped garlic, bird eye chili (prik kee noo) and minced pork in the center. What is not pictured are the longer red spur chili (prik chee faa daeng). These are not so hot and are added towards the end mainly as decoration.