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Dan Kwian Pottery
Villagers use clay from the riverbanks to make pottery and have
continued doing so for many generations. Today Dan Kwian is famous
as a center that produces beautiful pottery with a variety of unique
designs. However, the locals still retain the original techniques
of making pottery and using a type of black clay that is unique
to the area.
Korat Fried Rice-Noodle (Mee Khorat)
The ingredients for this dish include rice noodles, pork or chicken,
fish sauce, fermented soy bean, salt, palm sugar or brown sugar,
ground peanuts, bean sprouts, an onion-like vegetable, lime, egg,
vegetable oil, shallot and garlic. This is a nutritious dish which
is unique to Korat and is eaten regularly, especially during lunch,
and usually with papaya salad (Somtam).
Pra (Pla Ra)
The making of Pra or Pla ra begins with cleaning fresh fish, rubbing
it with salt, and stuffing it into a jar topped with bamboo bracts
or betel palm bracts. It has to be left for 2 months. During that
time, the juice from the fish will come out and it can be filtered
and kept as a seasoning. The fermented fish will be mixed with finely-ground
roasted unmilled rice and kept for another 6-8 months before it
is ready to be eaten. It is an ingredient in a variety of dishes
and it is considered an old way of preserving food which continues
to the present time.
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