Did you make this recipe? Where the hell have have I been! Check out istanbuleats.com for good recommendations! ( Log Out /  Why didn’t Richard Gere order her the salad too? Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window), Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window), Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window), Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window), Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window), http://arecipeforgluttony.wordpress.com/2014/04/07/versatile-blogger-awards/. The “pestle part stays inside the well and the top fits beautifully in the middle of one’s palm, the fingers lightly resting along the stone. Pound your wok mixture with your mortar and pestle. In 1 tsp oil, fry garlic, shallots and sliced chilies in hot wok with mushroom pieces until “dry”, about 5 minutes. where Julia Roberts (do you know who she is?) It’s just that there are so few dishes that are as immediate — spicy, tart, funky in that fermented, garbage-y, wrong-side-of-garlic sense that Thai food is known for — as this one. Sorry to put it that way, but some spices etc. I don’t like to listen for long enough to follow directions (which may explain a. Filed under Asia, Bangkok, chili dip, food, restaurant, Thailand. That is the moment when I figured out this movie was complete horseshit. XX Anney (BTW – any Istanbul recommendations very gratefully received … so far, so grim – 5 nights left). Have you had fish sandwiches by the bridge yet? My dining companions snorted in my face. A good Nam Prik is like Durian, or Tua Now, or a well aged cheese, they smell awful, but taste divine. Let me start at the beginning. And – as soon as the Thai Troubles resolve we will be back – can’t wait to eat divine Thai – so yummy and so accessible! But I am extremely lazy. Oh no! is having dinner at a fancy restaurant with Richard Gere (my mom’s boyfriend). Just letting you know we’ve nominated you for the versatile blogger award. I had with it the contents of my local vegetable box. So with her blessing, I’m giving you this recipe. My glasses are still splattered with bits of paste, but I am content. Thais may seem all smiley and happy-g0-lucky, but that is because they are getting all their aggressions out on their food. So, I made this, as in, I just closed my fork and spoon and then sat my arse down in front of the laptop to tell you that I made it and ate it. Shitake Chilli Paste / Nam Prik Hed Delicious mushroom spicy dip :hungry another vegetarian option :excited. Oh, that went bad. Jul 17, 2020 - Shitake Chilli Paste / Nam Prik Hed . That will be excellent! Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. So does that raw tamarind pod, which one can manipulate to various textural levels, and we do, creating chutneys, with multiple textures in the same dish and taking out the coarser and leaving in the rest for more smooth treatment. Oh, but wait. or Bill Clinton (you, yum!) Let’s not discuss cooking school ever again.) I used to pretend to “cook” as a child by pulverizing everything in my backyard with a big rock, so I think I get what you mean. they remind me of the time I was in culinary school, where I was bad and not good and to which I was generally unsuited, and b.) Let your hooker order her own meal, Richard Gere! Who cares about these so-called “customers”? – 2 hed fang (large straw mushrooms), cut up, – 4 red bird’s eye chilies and 4 green bird’s eye chilies, – 1 green, 1 orange, and 2 red prik chee fah (chili peppers). My aunt told a really funny story about this pungent and dirty looking paste. Change ). We’re not exactly abundant vegetable-wise in England at the moment, but this mushroom chilli relish was lovely with wilted shredded spring greens, slices of sweet fresh carrot, and a runny fried egg. I was thinking about this because, well, there are lots of mealtime etiquette thingies that even I, with all the many many meals that I have eaten, have no clue about. Nam-prik-kha is a rather dry chili dipping sauce containing galangal as a main ingredient. “Steady on!” they basically said, in Thai. What I remember from childhood are the amazingly MASSIVE stone grinders of (south) Indian design which are easily 20-25 times the mass of the largest Thai mortar and pestles. Delicious mushroom spicy dip :hungry another vegetarian option :excited, Roast on the pan on low heat until all cook,you will know it cook by the color will be darker, Add chopped coriander ,fishsauce or soy sauce,and lime juice, Transfer to cucumber boat or dip bowl ,serve with favorite fresh or boil vegetables ,or optional tradition thai we serve with rice,fried pork or chicken ,spicy sausage boil eggs :). I can still feel the stone and regret the events that have separated us permanently. And very believable! Nam Prik Hed est un champignon haché cuit à la vapeur dans une sauce épicée, un piment rouge pilonné, un oignon rouge et de l'ail, puis assaisonnez avec de la sauce au poisson, au sucre et au jus de citron, servi avec n'importe quel type de riz. Share a picture of your creation! The pestle is an immense, carefully crafted thing, or used to be, many decades ago, since we received ours from the previous generation, and that one also must have been another couple of generations old by then! Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. Labour intensive but it looks delicious . She kept her delightful nam prik in the fridge and one day she asked her farang husband, What happened to my food? Pretend you are Mike Tyson in the ring. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. That’s really realistic. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! You’ll be the first to know! So when my friend Chin took me to Nakhon Pathom with the promise of a good meal and a cooking class, you could color me curious. Hello! We Have Almost Everything on eBay. ( Log Out /  It’s also so pretty and deceptively obliging: that little dollop, that big taste. This woman met Richard Gere the night before while wearing a tie-dyed dinner napkin and Woody Harrelson’s toupee from “True Detective”, and now he is taking her to a French restaurant with waiters and everything.