Shrimp-Paste Chili Dip with Fresh Vegetables (Nam Prik Kapi)

Ingredients

• 1 tbsp shrimp paste
• 5-10 chilies
• 5 garlic cloves
• pea eggplant
• 2 limes
• palm sugar, a little fish sauce
• dried shrimp (optional)
• fresh veg (cucumber, long bean, lettuce)

Method

• Wrap shrimp paste in banana leaf/foil and toast until fragrant
• Pound chilies, garlic and dried shrimp; add toasted shrimp paste and pound together
• Add pea eggplant and palm sugar; squeeze in lime; season with fish sauce to taste
• Serve with fresh/blanched vegetables and fried mackerel

How to Choose

Choose real shrimp paste smooth, purple-pink, fragrant · fresh chili and garlic · heavy juicy limes · crisp colourful fresh vegetables.

Chef's Secret

Secret: toast the shrimp paste before pounding for a mellow, non-fishy aroma; pound smooth, then balance sour-salty-sweet with spice to taste; serve with a variety of fresh vegetables and fried mackerel.

Shrimp paste + dip ingredients + fresh vegetables full set at Fresh Market Online.