Nam Prik
By: Anonymous
Published: Wednesday, December 9, 2009 - 2:39am

Ingredients




4 Dried chiles
6 Dried shrimp
1 small Piece of trassi*
2 Cloves garlic
2 tablespoons Fish stock
1 tablespoon Soft brown sugar
1 Lime , juice of

Preparation

1 The following spice mixtures are just samples of how to make each mixture. 2 There are many many varieties of each mixture and the below recipes can be modified to fit individual tastes. Nam Priks are a relish like mixuture of spices and can be store for a week or so in a tightly sealed jar in the refrigerator. 3 Remove seeds from chili. Pound with dried shrip. Crumble trassi and pound with garlic. Combine all but lime juice. Process adding lime juice a little at a time until a thick sauce forms. 4 *trassi is a firm paste made of rotting shrimp it is also sold under the name blachan