Nam phrik

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Nam phrik
chili sauce
Place of originThailand
Region or stateSoutheast Asia
Created byThai people
Main ingredientsChili peppers
Similar dishesNgapi yay, Lalab, Ulam (salad)

Nam phrik (

chili sauce typical of Thai cuisine. Usual ingredients for nam phrik type sauces are fresh or dry chilies, garlic, shallots, lime juice and often some kind of fish or shrimp paste. In the traditional way of preparing these sauces, the ingredients are pounded together using a mortar and pestle, with either salt or fish sauce
added to taste.

Nam phrik type sauces are normally served on small

boiled greens
, fish, poultry and meats. Depending on the type, the region and the family that prepares it, nam phrik may vary in texture from a liquid to a paste to an almost dry, granular, or powdery consistency.

Instead of khrueang kaeng or phrik kaeng, the words nam phrik can also be used to denote Thai curry pastes such as in nam phrik kaeng som for kaeng som[1] or nam phrik kaeng phet for kaeng phet.[2]

History

The first

court of Ayutthaya. In 1687–88 he noted that it contains "a mustard like sauce, which consisted of crayfish corrupted (fermented fish); which they called kapi." Another Westerner historical account of nam phrik comes from Jean-Baptiste Pallegoix, a French missionary who lived in Thailand in 1838. He wrote that "the majority of Thai people lives on rice, dried fish, bananas, soft shoots of trees, cress and other aquatic plants which they soak in a spicy sauce called nam phrik."[3] King Chulalongkorn, regarded as one of the greatest kings of Thailand, repeatedly stated during his tour of Europe in 1907 that, besides khai chiao (omelette), he most missed nam phrik.[4] The chef David Thompson, an acknowledged expert on Thai cuisine, writes, "They are at the very core of Thai cooking and have fed the Thai from their distant past to the present."[5]

Chili peppers originated in the

spiciness".[9]

Selected types

For nam phrik as curry pastes, see Thai curry.
Nam phrik num, a northern Thai specialty
Ready-to-eat nam phrik pla salat pon from Khorat
Nam phrik long ruea
Khao phat nam phrik narok is rice fried with nam phrik narok; here served with grilled pork and a nam chim (dipping sauce)

Types of nam phrik vary according to the ingredients, the preparation and the region. Some may include

fish roe. In Isan, pla ra, giving an intense flavor, is often used. Some types of nam phrik may be sweetened with sugar. A Thai cook book from 1974 lists over 100 different recipes.[11]
Among the most widespread varieties, the following deserve mention:

See also

References

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  3. ISBN 978-9747534054
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  14. ^ "Nam Prik Goong Siab (Smoked shrimp chili dip)". Thai Street Food. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
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  20. ^ Prik Pao (Thai Red Chilli Paste) Recipe
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  23. ^ "น้ำพริกปลาฉิ้งฉ้าง (Anchovy Fish Chilli Paste)". khunmaejuphuket.com. Archived from the original on July 9, 2012.
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  28. ^ Akkasit Jongjareonrak et al. Antioxidant activity of fermented fish viscera (Tai-Pla) from short-bodied mackerel, Faculty of Agro-Industry, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, Songkhla, 90112 Thailand

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