Thailand Recipe Nam Prik Pla Too Chili Dip

Chili dips, in Thailand called Nam Prik, are beloved by Thai people
and there is a big variety available. For most foreigners (Farangs),
the Nam Prik dishes, like Nam Prik Pla Too are much to fiercy.
Nam Prik, is eaten with the fingers,
accompanied by Thai rice or stickky rice and steamed or fresh vegetables.

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Image: Nam Prik Pla Too Thai Chili Dip
Photographer: Anuparp Ratanakhon

Recipe: Nam Prik Pla Too (Thai Chili Dip with mackerel (Pla Too)
Ingredients:
Oil for frying
1 Thailand mackerel Pla Too
2 red thai shallots, minced
2 garlic cloves, minced
2 long, green chili
1-8 Thai Chili Prik Kee Noo
1/2 teaspoon Umami MSG food enhancer
2 teaspoon fish sauce
juice of 2 limes
1 tablespoon hot water

Preperation:
Fry garlic, shallots and green chilies in a little bit of oil until they got a bit of colour ,
than add the mixture to a mortar and grind it until it becomes a paste.
Add the flesh of the Thai mackerel and all other ingredients to the mortar
and grind it until it becomes a smooth paste.
Serve the Nam Prik Pla Too Chili Dip with Thai rice or sticky rice
and fresh and/or steamed vegetables.

How much loved the Nam Prik dishes are in Thailand, especially the Nam Prik Pla Too,
You can possibly imagine, if You have a look to the musicvideo below.
Muay Thai, kick boxing Champion Samart Payakaroon
erected a musical memorial in honour
to Nam Prik Pla Too in the beginning of the 90 th.
The song became something like a hymn
and is still very popular.

Musikvideo: Samart Payakaroon – Nam Prik Pla Too