Miang Kham

Name: Miang Kham
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Thai
Ingredients: 20 betel leaves (cha plu); 1/2 cup toasted shredded coconut; 1 lime, finely diced with peel; Diced shallots and ginger; Roasted peanuts and dried shrimp; Bird's eye chillies, chopped; Sauce: palm sugar, shrimp paste, fish sauce, coconut and galangal, simmered

เมี่ยงคำ/mee-ANG KAM/

Also known as: Miang Kum, Betel Leaf Wraps

About this dish

Little wraps of betel leaf filled with toasted coconut, lime, shallot, ginger, peanuts, dried shrimp and chilli, topped with sweet sauce.

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Ingredients

🍃20 betel leaves (cha plu)

🥥1/2 cup toasted shredded coconut

🍋1 lime, finely diced with peel

🧅Diced shallots and ginger

🥜Roasted peanuts and dried shrimp

🌶️Bird's eye chillies, chopped

🍬Sauce: palm sugar, shrimp paste, fish sauce, coconut and galangal, simmered

Method

Serves 2

Simmer the sauce ingredients until thick and sticky, then cool.

Arrange the fillings in little piles on a plate.

Fold a betel leaf into a cone.

Fill with a little of each filling.

Top with a spoonful of sauce and eat in one bite.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Miang kham ('one-bite wrap') is a traditional Thai snack meant to give a burst of every flavour in a single mouthful.

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