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To make tam makhuea or tam ba khuea all the ingredients are pounded and mixed in a mortar just like other kinds of tam dishes. It goes well with hard boiled eggs, mint leaves and or lemon-scented basil (manglak) or hoary basil. (Panthira Kanthakalang, personal communication, June 20, 2007)


1.	Grilled Long eggplant	2	0
2.	Boiled Chicken egg	1	0
3.	Mint leaves	3	0
4.	Chopped Spring onion	1	Tbsp.
5.	Roasted Chili spur pepper	1	0
6.	Roasted Garlic	5	Cloves
7.	Roasted Shallots	5	0
8.	Grilled Shrimp paste	1/2	Tbsp.
9.	Grilled Fermented fish	1/2	Tbsp.

1. Pound together garlic, shallots, fish and shrimp paste to pulverize.
2. Add egg plants and pound lightly to mix well. Serve with hard boiled egg and mint leaves.

All the ingredients are grilled or roasted to release the pleasant aroma.


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