PUBLISHED: 4 Dec 2024 at 08: 18
Tom Yum Kung Prawn dish was named one of Thailand’s intangible cultural heritage early on Wednesday morning according to the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization.
According to Culture Minister Sudawan Wangsuphakijkosol, the Unesco’s Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage ( IGC-ICH) decided to list Tom Yum Kung on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
The decision was reached in Asuncion, Paraguay, at 4.10pm on Tuesday native day, or 2.10am on Wednesday Thailand period.
Four of Thailand’s cultural ethnicities have already been listed as society’s intangible cultural heritages especially Khon face party, Nora party, Thai massage and the Songkran event.
Tom Yum Kung is a food that people in rural riverside areas in the Central Plain eat to satiate their lifestyles. Minister Sudawan stated that the local people who use local resources to produce the meals are “healthy”.
Crabs are cooked in boiled water with galangal, lemon, and broccoli lime leaf, according to her description of the Tom Yum Kung recipe.
” The soup’s lead taste is acidic from salt, followed by salty flavour from water or fish soup, spicy flavor from pepper, beauty from shrimp and little hatred from the herbs”, the secretary said.
She said that Tom Yum Kung is a significant sweet power food item in Thailand and a meal that is well-known around the world.