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Kai jeow is a Thai term for egg omelette. It is also called Kai jee-o

Kai kow is a Thai word for fried eggs
Kra-chai is a Thia spice which is a relative of ginger with a strong flavour and smell with no equivalent name in English. These Thai ingredients are used in soups, curries, and curry pastes

Kaep moo is a Thai term for fried pork skin or pork cracklings which is known in Filipino as Chicharon

Kah is a Thai term for galangal (Alphinia galangal). It is a larger and lighter-colored relative of ginger and has its own

Kah min is a Thai term for turmeric (Curcuma longa). It looks like a small ginger with brown rhizones, but when peeled, the inside flesh is bright orange. I have tasted this the first