Beurre manié Beurre manié Beurre manié (French "kneaded butter") is a dough, consisting of equal parts of soft butter and flour, used to thicken soups and sauces. By kneading the flour and butter together, the flour particles are coated in butter. When the beurre manié is whisked into a hot or warm liquid, the butter melts, releasing the flour particles without creating lumps. Beurre manié should not be confused with roux, which is also a thickener made of equal parts of sometimes clarified butter or many other oils and flour, but which is cooked before use. Beurre manié is also used as
Phra Aphai Mani yak who can transmute herself into a beautiful girl. Although, "Phra Aphai Mani" contains many mythical creatures and supra-natural protagonists, its major difference from other Thai epics is that they are originally created by Sunthorn Phu himself, unlike those poetic tales based on well-known folk stories like "Khun Chang Khun Phaen". Moreover, Phra Aphai Mani was composed during the period of western colonisation of Southeast Asia. As the result, many parts of the story include the characters of European ancestery, from mercenaries to pirates. Some Thai literary critics believe that Suthorn Phu composed Phra Aphai Mani as an anti-colonisation story,