What makes Thai food so spicy?

I've frequented a thai restaurant now for a few years, and they serve the best pad thai around. I would like to know if anyone has a recipe for very spicy Pad Thai sauce.What makes Thai food so spicy?
Thai Pepper

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thai_pepper
Phad Thai isn't meant to be spicy at the cooking stage. It's quite a sweet sauce although you can sprinkle chili powder on it at the table to taste.



(Obviously) what makes the Spicy Thai food Spicy are chillies (in various forms). The very small ones (around a centimeter) seem to be head-blowing-off hot!What makes Thai food so spicy?
I had Pad Thai for the first time ever in a trip to Thailand in September 2007. I looked everywhere for the PERFECT recipe and although i can never get it to taste as good as they make it over there, i have found one recipe that is pretty darn close!!



http://thaifood.about.com/od/oodlesofnoo鈥?/a>
it really is the result of a spicy thai pepper



at thai restaurants you can ask for anything to made more or less spicy



i am including a link to a wiki article about the specific peppers commonly used in thai cooking.What makes Thai food so spicy?
Mostly, Thai chilli powder makes pad thai and other kinds of Thai food spicy.



Pad thai sauce recipe, add more chilli powder if you like more spicy :

http://chezpim.typepad.com/blogs/2007/01鈥?/a>
Certain sort of herb, plants and meat give these aroma's that the human tongue seem it to be the taste of spicy. The most common things may be black pepper, coriander, soy, mint and Chilli peppers.
I dont have a recipe but you can find a great one on vegweb.com~ the Thai chili is what makes it sooo freakin hot, they are the small green chiles or you can crush your own red chiles. yumm! good luck
I don't have a recipe, but I know some grocery stores sell pad thai sauce in bottled form.



you could also ask the restaurant although they may not give it to you
Chili peppers.
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