Thai•gourmet
Nam Jim Jaew (Thai Dipping Sauce)
Nam Jim Jaew recipe, a hot, sour, smoky and slightly sweet Thai dipping sauce using red chilli flakes and toasted rice powder.
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 7 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
4
- 2 shallots ( in total)
- 5 sprigs fresh coriander leaves ((cilantro))
- 2 tbsp fish sauce
- 2 tbsp lime juice
- 1 tsp Thai palm sugar
- 1-2 tbsp red chilli flakes
- 1/2 tbsp toasted rice powder
Instructions
- 1
Chop the shallots up roughly, not too finely and drop into a bowl.
- 2
Chop up the coriander leaves along witgh its stems and add to the bowl.
- 3
Add the fish sauce.
- 4
Squeeze the lime juice in.
- 5
Stir in the palm sugar until it dissolves.
- 6
Finally, stir in the red chilli flakes and the toasted rice powder, reserving some of the rice powder for a final light garnish. Taste it and adjust the the fish sauce, lime juice or sugar. You are going for a sour and salty taste.Leave to rest for 5 minutes before serving.