Laos

Nam khao

Name: Nam khao
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Lao
Ingredients: 3 cups day old jasmine rice cooked rice; 2 tbsp thai red curry paste; 1/3 cup fresh grated coconut; 1 egg; 3 tbsp rice flour; Cooking oil (vegetable oil), for frying (about 4 tbsp absorbed); Cooked ham, som moo (fermented pork) or ham, sliced; 4 sliced shallots; Spring onion (green onion, scallion), sliced; a handful coriander leaves (cilantro); a handful mint leaves; 1/3 cup roasted peanuts; Dried red chilli, fried, crumbled; Lemon juice, juice of 2 limes; 1 1/2 tbsp fish sauce; 1 tsp sugar; Lettuce, to serve

Crispy curry rice balls smashed into a salad with herbs, lime and peanuts. The crispy rice salad.

45 minTime

16 gProtein each

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Grandma's wayLao crispy rice salad with herbs and lime.

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Nam khao.

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Ingredients

Cooked rice3 cups day old jasmine rice

Thai red curry paste2 tbsp

Fresh grated coconut⅓ cup

Egg1

Rice flour3 tbsp

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)for frying (about 4 tbsp absorbed)

Cooked hamsom moo (fermented pork) or ham, sliced

Shallots4, sliced

Spring onion (green onion, scallion)sliced

Coriander leaves (cilantro)a handful

Mint leavesa handful

Peanuts⅓ cup, roasted

Dried red chillifried, crumbled

Lemon juicejuice of 2 limes

Fish sauce1½ tbsp

Sugar1 tsp

Lettuceto serve

Method

5 steps

1Mix rice with curry paste, coconut, egg and rice flour, then shape into balls.
2Fry or bake until deep golden and crisp.
3Cool slightly, then break into chunky clusters.
4Toss with pork, shallots, herbs, peanuts, chilli, lime juice, fish sauce and sugar.
5Serve with lettuce to wrap.

Serve it like this

Pile on a platter with lettuce leaves, extra herbs, lime wedges and fried chillies. Eat by wrapping in lettuce.

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