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Quiz about Thai Herbs and Produce
Quiz about Thai Herbs and Produce

Thai Herbs and Produce Trivia Quiz


I spent a while learning how to cook Thai food in Thailand, and I wanted to share some of the fuits, vegetables, nuts, and herbs that make their home in this delicious cuisine.

A multiple-choice quiz by doughboy742. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
doughboy742
Time
3 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
242,935
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
Plays
1389
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Question 1 of 10
1. Which of the following are NOT used in Thai cooking? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Which citrus leaves are often shredded and added to Thai soups, salads, curries, and stir-fries? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. This vegetable is found in several different varieties in Thai cooking, and is a staple of green curries. Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. This sweet-smelling perennial is integral in Thai cooking, sometimes bashed and put into soups, sometimes finely minced into stirfries and curries. Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. This oddly-named food is a relative of ginger, and is found in soups all over Thailand. However, sometimes it is not meant to be eaten! Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. This yellowish rhizome gives the characteristic color to Thai curries. Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Thai cooks often use the "bird-eye" variety of what produce in their sauces, curries, and stirfries? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. This herb is very common in Thai cooking. There is even a variety named after the country itself! Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Almost there! This fruit is oddly shaped, with a deep brown color. Its juice or pulp is used in a lot of different dishes. Beyond food, it is also used to color some Asian temples' brass fittings! Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Which of the following is NOT a fruit found in Thailand? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Which of the following are NOT used in Thai cooking?

Answer: pecan

An island in the Gulf of Thailand, Ko Samui, was once the largest exporter of coconuts in the world.
2. Which citrus leaves are often shredded and added to Thai soups, salads, curries, and stir-fries?

Answer: kaffir lime

The Kaffir lime is actually not a lime at all, but a citrus subspecies closely related to the lime. It has a pitted skin and tough, very fragrant leaves.
3. This vegetable is found in several different varieties in Thai cooking, and is a staple of green curries.

Answer: eggplant

From pea-sized to golfball-sized to regular purple, eggplant is common in many Thai dishes.
4. This sweet-smelling perennial is integral in Thai cooking, sometimes bashed and put into soups, sometimes finely minced into stirfries and curries.

Answer: lemongrass

Lemongrass is bashed to bruise it and release its natural citrus-like juices. The oil from lemongrass, citral, is also used as a mosquito repellant (citronella) across the globe.
5. This oddly-named food is a relative of ginger, and is found in soups all over Thailand. However, sometimes it is not meant to be eaten!

Answer: galangal

Galangal is a good digestive aid, related to other rhizomes like ginger. When sliced thickly, it is not meant to be eaten, just as a flavoring in the soup.
6. This yellowish rhizome gives the characteristic color to Thai curries.

Answer: turmeric

Turmeric is dried, finely ground, and added as a powder to curries all over the world (not just Thailand).
7. Thai cooks often use the "bird-eye" variety of what produce in their sauces, curries, and stirfries?

Answer: chilli

These are the hottest of peppers found in Thai cooking... cooks can add as many as they feel like, to really roast the diner!
8. This herb is very common in Thai cooking. There is even a variety named after the country itself!

Answer: basil

Thai basil is sweet smelling, and is often thrown whole into stifries and fried up along with the dish. It is sometimes added late to the dish, to be meant as a highlight flavor or garnish.
9. Almost there! This fruit is oddly shaped, with a deep brown color. Its juice or pulp is used in a lot of different dishes. Beyond food, it is also used to color some Asian temples' brass fittings!

Answer: tamarind

Tamarind is a pod-shaped fruit, grown for its juice, which sweetens Pad Thai and numerous other dishes.
10. Which of the following is NOT a fruit found in Thailand?

Answer: apple

Strawberries are now grown in the highlands near Chiang Mai, part of a government program to persuade farmers from growing opium poppies. The durian is a spiky, foul-smelling fuit, and mangosteens are deep purple/red with white flesh inside.
Source: Author doughboy742

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