Thailand

Khanom Jeen Nam Ya

Name: Khanom Jeen Nam Ya
Total time: 70 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Thailand
Ingredients: 400 g Khanom jeen rice noodles; 400 g White fish fillet; some of each Curry paste & krachai (fingerroot); 400 ml Coconut milk; 2 tbsp Fish sauce; to serve Raw vegetables & Thai herbs; optional Hard-boiled eggs

Fermented rice noodles with fish curry

Khanom jeen nam ya is among Thailand's oldest dishes: fresh fermented rice noodles doused with a spicy fish curry sauce (nam ya).

The sauce is cooked from flaked fish, curry paste and krachai (fingerroot); raw vegetables and herbs are served alongside to add at will.

Servings4

Time70 min

LevelAdvanced

Ingredients

Khanom jeen rice noodles400 g
White fish fillet400 g
Curry paste & krachai (fingerroot)some of each
Coconut milk400 ml
Fish sauce2 tbsp
Raw vegetables & Thai herbsto serve
Hard-boiled eggsoptional

★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique

Preparation

Cook the fish, lift from the stock and flake finely.
Pound curry paste and krachai with a little stock into a paste.
Fry the paste, pour in coconut milk and fish stock.
Add the fish, season with fish sauce, simmer.
Plate the rice noodles, sauce over, serve with vegetables and herbs.

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Khanom jeen noodles and curry paste are in the Asia Boutique.

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