Must Try Northern Thai Cuisine: Khanom Jeen Nam Ngeow ~ ขนมจีนน้ำเงี้ยว เชียงใหม่
Khanom jeen nam ngeow
Having lived in Bangkok for over ten years before moving north to Chiang Mai, I thought I’d tasted just about every Thai dish known. Our new neighbor Aunty Dang proved me wrong and has introduced us to many kinds of northern Thai food. Sometimes when we go to the local markets I grab weird vegetables and herbs that I’ve never seen before and give them to her. In return, she brings them back the next morning in a prepared curry, dipping sauce, or some kind of snack. As we learn about these new concoctions and gather pictures for our CHIANG MAI 180º book, I thought we’d share them with you.
Background
Our first dish in this series, Must Try Northern Thai Cuisine, is admittedly not a favorite of mine. It’s very rare that I don’t like an exotic dish that comes my way, but I just can’t bring myself to like khanom jeen in general. Still, be sure to sample it when you visit Northern Thailand, as it seems that most love it. Khanom Jeen Nam Ngeow is a popular dish among the northern people who adopted the recipe from the Tai Yai recipe. Tai Yai are an ethnic group who migrated from the Shan state of Myanmar and now live around the north of Thailand. In addition to their exotic food, they also brought their colorful culture and festivals which has added a lot to the northern Thai culture.
Khanom Jeen Nam Ngeow 101
The main ingredient that makes the soup exotic is the dried stamens of the cotton tree blossoms. These are cooked with chili paste, dried fermented soy bean (thua nao kab), tomatoes, ground pork, pork meat, and cubes of congealed pig’s blood in a pork broth. The taste is salty and sour but less spicy than the food in other parts of the Kingdom. It is served on top of khanom jeen (fresh rice noodles) along with some vegetables, fried chilies, and Kab Moo (fried pork skin). You can find this dish in many ceremonies in the north of Thailand as well as at the local fresh markets. When ordering you can use sign language if your Thai language skills aren’t up to snuff. To have everything included in the soup, which is the best way to sample new exotic dishes, just point your finger at the different ingredients and move it like you were drawing a circle. Many vendors will point to an item before putting it on your plate and a simple shake of the head or full body shudder will let them know you’d prefer they not to include it. Bon appetit! 🍴
ขนมจีนน้ำเงี้ยว อาหารยอดนิยมของชาวล้านนา มีที่มาจากอาหารไทใหญ่ ใช้เกสรดอกงิ้วป่าตากแห้ง น้ำพริกแกง มะเขือเทศ ถั่วเน่า (หรือบางสูตรใช้เต้าเจี้ยว) ผัดเครื่องพริกแกงให้หอมและปรุงกับน้ำซุปกระดูกหมู, เนื้อหมู, หมูสับ, และเลือดหมู มีรสเค็ม-เผ็ด-เปรี้ยวนิดๆ รับประทานกับแคบหมู พริกทอด และผักหลากชนิด อีกทั้งยังเป็นอาหารที่นิยมปรุงจัดเลี้ยงในงานมงคลต่างๆ
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Photographer George Edward Giunca, and his Thai wife, Apisatha, have traveled around Thailand armed with a circular fisheye lens to create a photo essay on the rich cultural diversity, and abundant natural beauty of the Kingdom of Thailand. Fleeing from angry water buffaloes, slapping huge mosquitoes, watching exotic festivals and religious rituals, gorging on delicious spicy food, applying aloe vera cream to sunburned skin, wading through rice paddies, getting drenched to the bone by heavy monsoon rains, and gawking at breath-taking scenery; made it a journey of epic proportions! The result is the book, THAILAND 180º. Later, they traveled extensively through Myanmar, Malaysia, and India, gathering a massive collections of 180º photos. They currently live in Chiang Mai where they continue to blog and are now working on a CHIANG MAI 180º book.
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This show details the origin of 180 Books, a series of art/travel books illustrated with a circular fisheye lens. By using infographics, pictures from our THAILAND 180º book, and never seen before images from our vault, we’ll demonstrate this unique lens and present our unique books.
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