For cooking
'kluay tub' (flatten banana in syrup), a kind of Thai dessert,
this utensil is used for flatting banana before charcoal-grilled
and dip in syrup. Two layers of wood can be hinged together
like a door. Flatting banana can makes it absorb syrup well.
Cutting Board
Cutting
Board : Kheang
Thai kitchen's
cutting board is usually made of tamarind wood, because of
its hardness and denseness. Tamarind wood can not absorbs
liquids well. It can be cleaned either by washing or scraping
with knife.
Grater
Grater
: Gratai Khood Maphrao
Thai old-fashioned
grater is a wood-carved seat, with sharp ironed-teeth on its
end for grating by rotating half of a coconut around. The
seats are elaborately carved into shapes of human and animals,
particularly rabbits (perhaps because of protruding teeth).
Slicer
Slicer
: meed pok
It is a
person hand size implement with a sharp blade. It is used
for slicing, stripping or peeling fruits and vegetables thinly.
Thais always use it to make some strips of green papaya for
spicy salads.
