Authentic Thai Recipe Ingredient: Stink bean
Stink bean
สะตอข้าว (Sato khao)
Known as bitter bean, twisted cluster bean, or stink bean, the Parkia speciosa bears long, flat edible beans with bright green seeds the size and shape of plump almonds which have a rather peculiar smell, characterised by some as being similar to natural gas. are usually eaten in stir fries. In Thailand the seeds are usually eaten in stir fries.