Food and drinkchilli dip, chilli paste noun
- náam high
- prík high
- High: start high and go a little higher, a bit tense; don’t let it fall.
Every region has its own; Chiang Mai's น้ำพริกหนุ่มnáam-prík nùm is a smoky dip of grilled green chillies, eaten with sticky rice and fresh vegetables.
Taught in Unit 15 · Lesson 1: Meals and Northern food of the free course.
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น้ำพริกnáam-prík is a whole family of pounded chilli dips, eaten with rice, raw or boiled vegetables and fried fish. Central Thailand's classic is the pungent shrimp paste dip น้ำพริกกะปิnáam-prík gà-bpì; the North has the mild tomato and minced pork น้ำพริกอ่องnáam-prík-àwng as well as smoky green น้ำพริกหนุ่มnáam-prík-nùm.
The sweet, dark chilli jam stirred into tom yum and stir-fries is น้ำพริกเผาnáam-prík-pǎo, "roasted chilli paste".
Other spellings you'll see
There's no single official way to write Thai in English letters. We mark the tone of every syllable; online you'll also find:
- nam prik
- nam phrik
- nam prik noom
More food and drink in Thai
All food and drink- ข้าว kâao Rice
- ข้าวเหนียวมะม่วง kâao-nǐaw má-mûang Mango sticky rice
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