🐸 Frog (Ueng Ang)

🐸 The rainy season with its refreshing moisture and sleep-inducing weather, but wait!.. We have an activity that comes with the rainy season.

🌨️ I want to say that during this rainy period, at Ban Nong Chim market and on neighbors' Facebook pages, there are lots of frogs for sale. During the rainy season and after the rain stops, villagers go out to catch frogs (ueng ang) to cook as food and to sell.

"Ueng kai" is the common name for "ueng ang" or the semi-aquatic amphibian.

Especially at the beginning of the rainy season, when entering the breeding season, female ueng kai have eggs filling their bellies until they swell up, which is the origin of this name.

In the Isan region, ueng ang are seasonal animals that come out croaking loudly and foraging during the first rains of the year. Villagers popularly catch them to make local dishes and earn supplementary income quite actively. The frogs emerge from their underground burrows to play in the water and forage in large numbers during periods of heavy rain or the first rains of the year.

Getting to know "ueng kai" – the semi-aquatic animal that comes with seasonal deliciousness

"Ueng kai" is the common name for "ueng ang" or a type of semi-aquatic amphibian, also known as the narrow-mouthed frog, whose distinctive feature is its round, swollen belly. Especially at the beginning of the rainy season, when entering the breeding season, female ueng kai have eggs filling their bellies until they swell up, which is the origin of this name.

🐸 Ueng kai can lay up to 8,000 - 10,000 eggs at a time.

And when the rainy season arrives, ueng kai gather to lay eggs in shallow water sources such as rice fields, ponds, or natural puddles. The eggs are clustered together or form floating rafts in the water. These frog eggs themselves become a popular ingredient among local people.

In the villagers' way of life, they popularly use ueng ang to make pla ra ueng (fermented frog), grilled frog, and the very delicious boiled ueng kai with young tamarind leaves, considered a seasonal dish that people of Ban Nong Chim and Isan people enjoy eating – a delicious local dish from "frog eggs."

🌨️ Frog eggs are considered a highly popular seasonal food, with a taste similar to fish roe. They are often prepared into various dishes such as boiled ueng kai with basil leaves, grilled frog, or spicy stir-fried frog, all of which are famous dishes available only during the rainy season.

🍀 Anyway, do try this delicious seasonal dish.

💚 Thank you very much 🙏