Tum Ba Khua or Tum Ba Khuea is the grilled long eggplant/aubergine chili dip. “Tum” means to smash and “Ba Khua” means eggplant/aubergine.
Tum Ba Khua 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 long green eggplant/aubergine, young green chili, garlic, shallot, salt, shrimp paste and pickled fish which wrapped in banana leaves before grilling. It’s common to eat with soft boiled eggs.
Written by Nitipong M. (Mr. Arm) a cooking instructor who growing up from Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand
Small house Thai cooking class offers the Tum Ma Khua dish in A Private Thai cooking class
Restaurant Guide in Chiang Mai by the FullTable food tour
- Huen Pen เฮือนเพ็ญ on Ratchamanka Road