Kanom Chin Nam Prik

Name: Kanom Chin Nam Prik
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Thai
Ingredients: 400g khanom jeen (fermented rice noodles); 100g split mung beans, soaked and steamed; 200g prawns, minced; 500ml coconut milk; Dried chillies, shallots and garlic, roasted and pounded; Palm sugar, tamarind and fish sauce; Banana blossom, beansprouts, long beans and fried dried chillies, to serve

ขนมจีนน้ำพริก/ka-NOM jeen nahm PRIK/

Also known as: Khanom Jeen Nam Prik, Khanom Chin Nam Phrik, Thai Rice Noodles with Mung Bean Sauce

About this dish

Rice noodles served with a sweet, mild sauce of mung beans, prawns, coconut milk and roasted chilli, with a big plate of fresh and fried vegetables.

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Ingredients

🍜400g khanom jeen (fermented rice noodles)

🫘100g split mung beans, soaked and steamed

🦐200g prawns, minced

🥥500ml coconut milk

🌶️Dried chillies, shallots and garlic, roasted and pounded

🍬Palm sugar, tamarind and fish sauce

🥬Banana blossom, beansprouts, long beans and fried dried chillies, to serve

Method

Serves 2

Pound the roasted chillies, shallots and garlic into a paste.

Fry the paste in a little coconut cream until fragrant, then add the prawns.

Add the rest of the coconut milk and the mashed mung beans.

Season with palm sugar, tamarind and fish sauce until sweet, sour and salty.

Spoon over the noodles and serve with the vegetables.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Khanom jeen nam prik is an old central Thai dish, once served at temple festivals and weddings; it is gentler and sweeter than northern nam ngiao.

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