Thailand

Miang Kham

Name: Miang Kham
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Thailand
Ingredients: 20 pieces Wild pepper leaves (cha plu); 60 g Roasted coconut flakes; 100 g Palm sugar; some of each Peanuts & dried shrimp; some of each Lime, ginger & shallot; as desired Chili

Thai leaf bites bursting with flavour

Miang kham is a Thai snack in which edible leaves are filled with many small ingredients and eaten in one bite.

Coconut flakes, lime, ginger, shallot and peanuts meet a sweet palm sugar sauce inside a wild pepper leaf.

Servings4

Time25 min

LevelEasy

Ingredients

Wild pepper leaves (cha plu)20 pieces
Roasted coconut flakes60 g
Palm sugar100 g
Peanuts & dried shrimpsome of each
Lime, ginger & shallotsome of each
Chilias desired

★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique

Preparation

Reduce palm sugar with a little water into a thick sauce.
Roast the coconut, peanuts and shrimp.
Finely dice lime, ginger and shallot.
Arrange all ingredients in little bowls.
Fill a leaf, drizzle with sauce and eat whole.

Make it original

Palm sugar for miang kham is in the Asia Boutique.

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