Thai Mieng Kham (Wrap Betel Leave)
 
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Thai healthy & addictive street snack - Wrapped Leaf Snack
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Recipe type: Appetiser / Snack
Ingredients
  • ¼ cup Dried Shrimp
  • ¼ cup Toasted Peanuts
  • 20-30 Betel Leaves, (or substitute Lettuce Leaves)
  • 1 Lime (with skin - the thinner the skin, the better) - cut into small
  • ¼ cup Shallots - cut into small pieces
  • 20 Bird Eye Chilies (chili padi) - cut into small pieces
  • ½ cup grated toasted Coconut
  • ¼ cup Young Ginger - cut into small pieces
Palm Syrup Sauce
  • ½ tablespoon finely sliced Galangal
  • ⅛ cup chopped Shallots
  • 1 cup Water
  • 1 cup Palm Sugar (Gula Melaka) - grated/crushed
  • 1 tablespoon Fish Sauce
  • ¼ cup grated Toasted Coconut
Instructions
  1. Dry roast the coconut in a wok on medium high, stirring constantly to avoid burning. Cook until the coconut is medium brown, about 5 minutes. Set aside the amount used for the sauce, and put the rest into a serving bowl.
  2. Cut up all the ingredients which are not to be put into the sauce into small ¼″ pieces. Arrange in small bowls, or in piles on a plate.
  3. Now, for the sauce… In a stone mortar & pestle, pound together the shallots and galangal until fine. Set aside.
  4. To eat… Take a leaf and fold the bottom to make a pouch (see first picture above). Put a large pinch of roasted coconut, a piece or two of other ingredients: shallots, lime, ginger, peanuts, shrimp and a chili if desired. There is no ‘proper’ order to put them in. Then, add a bit of sauce on top, roll the leaf to make a packet, and eat in one bite. Eating Mieng Kam is like a taste explosion.
Sauce
  1. In a small sauce pan, add the water, fish sauce, palm sugar & shallot/galangal mixture.
  2. Boil over medium heat to reduce the sauce to the thickness shown in the picture below. You’re going to boil off about ½ the liquid. Make sure to keep stirring every now and then.
  3. Add the roasted coconut, remove from heat, and put into a small bowl.
Notes
The Palm Syrup Sauce is made extra, can be stored in the fridge for a few weeks
Recipe by at https://justasdelish.com/mieng-kham/