ผักหละ(pàk là)
Meanings
1NounC1
climbing wattle; cha-om
A type of edible tropical plant with a pungent odor (Acacia pennata), commonly known as cha-om or climbing wattle (specifically used in Northern Thai dialect)
Examples
วันนี้wan néeวันนี้wan née1nowadays; at present2today; this day3today (time of speech)เราจะทำrao jà tamเราจะทำrao jà tamwe will do [it]แกงgaengแกงgaeng1classifier: อย่าง2[to] make curry; cook a curry dish3Thai curry (soup/stew)แคkaeแคkaehummingbird tree (Sesbania grandiflora); its edible flowers/podsไก่gàiไก่gài1easy mark; inexperienced person (slang)2chicken (meat)3chicken (animal)เธอterเธอter1she; her2you (informal; familiar)ช่วยchûuaiช่วยchûuai1[to] help; assist [sb/sth]2[to] save; rescue [sb]3please (request marker)ไปbpaiไปbpai1(aspect) completed; already past2[to] go3away; off (directional complement/particle)4on; onward; continuously (aspect marker)เก็บgèpเก็บgèp1[to] tuck in; gather up (hair/clothes)2to tidy up; put in order3to charge; take (a fee/payment)4to collect; pick up; gather5[to] harvest; pick (fruit/flowers)6to keep back; save7to keep; store; put awayผักหละpàk làผักหละpàk làclimbing wattle; cha-omที่têeที่têe1at; in; to (a place)2classifier: places; seats; individual servings3when; the time that (time marker)4place; spot; seat; space5ordinal marker6that/which/who (relative marker)ริมrimริมrim1edge; rim; border2outermost; at the edgeรั้วrúuaรั้วrúua1railings; barrier2fence; enclosureมาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2[to] come to (a state or situation)3past/as of now aspect markerให้hâiให้hâi1until; to the point that (result)2[to] have [sb] do; cause to3[to] give; provide4[to] allow; let; permit5so that; in order to6for (benefit of)หน่อยnòiหน่อยnòi1a little; a bit2polite softener (request)นะnáนะná1[!] persuasive/confirming particle2[!] softener; friendly particle
Today we are making chicken kaeng khae; could you please go pick some cha-om along the fence for me?
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คนเหนือkon nĕuuaมักจะmák jàนำnamผักหละpàk làมาเป็นmaa bpenส่วนประกอบหลักsùuan bprà-gòp làkในnaiแกงgaengต่างๆdtàang-dtàangเพราะpráwมีกลิ่นหอมmee glìn hŏmเฉพาะตัวchà-pór dtuuaที่têeช่วยchûuaiดับdàpกลิ่นคาวglìn kaaoของkŏngเนื้อสัตว์néuua sàtได้ดีdâai dee
Northern people often use cha-om as a main ingredient in various curries because it has a unique aroma that effectively helps eliminate the fishy smell of meat.
แม้ว่าmáe wâaผักหละpàk làจะมีjà meeกลิ่นฉุนglìn chŭnรุนแรงrun-raengจนjonคนkonต่างถิ่นdtàang tìnอาจàatไม่mâiคุ้นชินkún chinแต่dtàeมันmanก็gâwเป็นbpenวัตถุดิบwát-tù-dìpสำคัญsăm-kanที่têeขาดไม่ได้kàat mâi dâiในnaiวัฒนธรรมอาหารwát-tá-ná-tam aa-hăanล้านนาláan-naaซึ่งsêungสะท้อนถึงsà-tón tĕungการกินอยู่gaan gin yòoอย่างyàangสอดคล้องกับsòt klóng gàpธรรมชาติtam-má-châat
Although cha-om has a strong pungent smell that outsiders might not be accustomed to, it is an indispensable ingredient in Lanna culinary culture, reflecting a way of living in harmony with nature.
ในช่วงnai chûuangเข้าสู่kâo sòoฤดูฝนréu-doo fŏnผักหละpàk làจะjàแตกยอดdtàek yâwtอ่อนònอวบùuapน้ำnáamและláeให้hâiรสชาติrót-châatอร่อยà-ròiที่สุดtêe sùtชาวบ้านchaao bâanจึงjeungนิยมní-yomนำมาnam maaปรุงอาหารbprung aa-hăanตามdtaamตำรับdtam-ràpพื้นบ้านpúuan bâan
As the rainy season approaches, cha-om produces plump and succulent young shoots that yield the most delicious flavor; therefore, villagers popularly use it in cooking according to traditional folk recipes.