Nam Prik For Cooked Vegetables(Thai Spice)

* Exported from MasterCook *

Nam Prik For Cooked Vegetables (Thai Spice)

Recipe By : Jill Norman * Web File 4/97
Serving Size : 0 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Mixes and Spices Oriental / Far East

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
-------- ------------ --------------------------------
125 g (4 oz) unripe fruit, such as green mango,
gooseberries,
tart plums or grapes
6 dried red chilies
a small piece of trassi
3 cloves garlic
1 onion
5 ml (1 tsp) fish sauce
1 tbsp soft brown sugar
lime juice

Chop the unripe fruit. Remove the seeds from the chilies and chop. Wrap the
trassi in foil and grill until it darkens, or cook in a preheated oven at 350
degrees for a few minutes. Then, either crumble and pound, or process it with
the other ingredients, adding lime juice to dilute and to taste. Store in a
jar in the refrigerator for a few days.

Source: Jill Norman "The Complete Book of Spices" Viking Studio Books, 1991
ISBN 0-670-83437-8
The book is lavishly illustrated with full color photographs of the herbs and
spices- whole, mixed, ground.



- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -