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Thai Shallots: More Antioxidants Than Onions
Thai Shallot · หอมแดง · Allium ascalonicum
Thai Shallot — หอมแดง (hom-daeng) — Allium ascalonicum.
Thai shallot — hawm-daeng — the little red bulb pounded into nearly every Thai curry paste and fried into crispy shallots, plus how it's used and what studies measured. Gram for gram it packs more antioxidant phenolics than the onion it resembles, and the part you eat is the small red bulb. Early studies back that phenolic comparison; a blood-sugar drop showed up only in animal studies. For Thai shallot nutrition, the bulb delivers vitamin B6 and potassium. Vitamin B6 supports normal energy metabolism, a healthy nervous system, and red blood cell formation. Potassium supports normal blood pressure and healthy muscle and nerve function, and helps keep fluids in balance. Nam Pla Waan is a sweet-and-salty Thai dip: raw shallots sliced into a simmered palm-sugar and fish-sauce caramel, served with sour green mango. Kai Look Keuy is fried hard-boiled eggs under a sweet tamarind sauce, topped with crispy fried shallots and eaten with jasmine rice. The bulbs are eaten cooked or raw, and the green tops can be used like spring onion. Shallots multiply by division, so one planted bulb can become a harvestable cluster. Follow Longevity Biome for a new Thai plant every day.
Nam Pla Waan — น้ำปลาหวาน (nam-plah-waan)
Kai Look Keuy — ไข่ลูกเขย (kai-look-koey)
Source: Therapeutic uses & pharmacology of shallot (Allium ascalonicum): systematic review. Front Nutr (2022) 9:903686. DOI:10.3389/fnut.2022.903686
Educational content, not medical advice! Consult your doctor before changing diet or medication.
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Food and nutrients
Rich in: vitamin B6, potassium
Research context
Shallot review compared phenolics and summarized animal glucose-marker work — review, 2022