Food and drinkred curry (literally 'spicy curry') noun
- gaeng mid
- pèt low
- Low: flat and lower than your normal voice, dropping a little at the end.
How to use it
Thais call red curry แกงเผ็ดgaeng-pèt, "spicy curry": coconut milk cooked with a paste of dried red chillies. You'll also hear แกงแดงgaeng-daeng, "red curry", but menus say แกงเผ็ดgaeng-pèt.
The classic is roast duck red curry with pineapple, cherry tomatoes and grapes or lychees, แกงเผ็ดเป็ดย่างgaeng-pèt bpèt yâang. Curry shops also make it with chicken or pork and bamboo shoots.
Other spellings you'll see
There's no single official way to write Thai in English letters. We mark the tone of every syllable; online you'll also find:
- gaeng phet
- kaeng phet
- gaeng ped
- kaeng daeng
- gaeng daeng
- gang ped
More food and drink in Thai
All food and drink- ข้าว kâao Rice
- ข้าวเหนียว kâao-nǐaw Sticky rice
- ข้าวเหนียวมะม่วง kâao-nǐaw má-mûang Mango sticky rice
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