กระเทียม
garlic
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This is the everyday Thai word for garlic, the strongly flavored bulb commonly used in cooking.
garlic
It refers to garlic as a plant or cooking ingredient, including whole bulbs, individual cloves, and prepared garlic.
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สับกระเทียมให้ละเอียด sàp krathiam hây laìat Finely chop the garlic. สับกระเทียมให้ละเอียด details
Learning notes
Explanation
กระเทียม is the standard everyday noun for garlic and is common in conversation, shopping, cooking, and recipes. A whole bulb is called หัวกระเทียม, while an individual clove is กลีบกระเทียม. The same words หัว and กลีบ are used as classifiers: กระเทียมสองหัว means “two bulbs of garlic,” and กระเทียมสามกลีบ means “three cloves of garlic.” Common preparation terms include กระเทียมสับ, “chopped garlic,” and กระเทียมบด, “crushed garlic.”
Usage
It is commonly used when buying garlic, discussing ingredients, following recipes, or describing how much garlic to add. It is also useful when asking whether a dish contains garlic.
Caution
Do not confuse กระเทียม with หอม, which can refer to onions or shallots. Also, กระเทียมเจียว specifically means garlic fried in oil and used as a crisp, aromatic topping, not raw garlic.