Food and drink ขนมครก kà-nǒm-krók
coconut pancakes (khanom krok) noun
- kà low
- nǒm rising
- krók high
- Low: flat and lower than your normal voice, dropping a little at the end.
- Rising: start low, dip, then rise to the top, like a doubtful “Really?”
Parts: ขนมkà-nǒm sweets, snack ครกkrók mortar
How to use it
Little half-spheres of rice flour and coconut milk, cooked in a cast-iron pan full of round hollows until crisp outside and custardy inside, often topped with spring onion or sweet corn. Vendors press two halves together into one. The name means "mortar sweets": the hollows look like tiny mortars, ครกkrók.
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:
- khanom krok
- khanomkrok
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- ข้าวเหนียวมะม่วง kâao-nǐaw má-mûang Mango sticky rice
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