Nam Prik Noom or Nam Prik Num is a grilled green chili dip. “Nam Prik” means chili dip and “Noom” means young(chili).
Nam Prik Noom is made by grilled ingredients on a medium heat then peel away the charred skin after that crushed together in a mortar and pestle. The ingredients are young green chili, garlic, shallot, salt, shrimp paste and pickled fish which wrapped in banana leaves before grilling. It’s common to eat with crispy pork rinds, cucumber and steamed vegetable such as pumkin, longbean, eggplant/aubergine.
Written by Nitipong M. (Mr. Arm) a cooking instructor who growing up from Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand
Small house Thai cooking class offers it in a Private Thai cooking class
Restaurant Guide in Chiang Mai by the FullTable food tour
- Huen Pen เฮือนเพ็ญ on Ratchamanka Road