https://www.seriouseats.com/prik-gaeng-pak-dtai-southern-thai-curry-paste-5191908
This article highlights the wonderful aspects of of Southeast Asia’s cuisine. Fresh ingredients! Marion from Marion’s Kitchen has done numerous videos emphasizing the use of fresh ingredients. Of course, getting coriander (cilantro) with roots attached here in America is hard.
We Americans like fresh ingredients as long as they don’t have things like roots attached. We wouldn’t want to be reminded of the fact they were in the ground at one time. This article does give directions to freshen up store bought items.
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