I wonder if anyone can tell me what is the mixture or single fluid used when small raw red/green chili in a small bowl are served with some dishes.

I wonder if anyone can tell me what is the mixture or single fluid used when small raw red/green chili in a small bowl are served with some dishes.

my guess is fish sauce or water from the nearest river .

Hmmm suppose river water would add a little something. Watched a dead dog float buy in the Chayo P a week ago, very nice, riverside resteraunts sometimes loose their charm.

Will try fish sauce, maybe white vinegar ? No good asking the local, looked at me like I am off my trolley when I asked.

I wonder if anyone can tell me what is the mixture or single fluid used when small raw red/green chili in a small bowl are served with some dishes.

fish sauce with chilies in, very salty, not good for you lot with high blood pressure !

I wonder if anyone can tell me what is the mixture or single fluid used when small raw red/green chili in a small bowl are served with some dishes.

nam plik pla !

nam song prik dong!......chopped chillies in vinegar

......anyway nam pla is a much healthier alternative to salt........although it tastes salty does't mean that its bad for you in such small portions!

just worry about processed and tinned rubbish,......

I wonder if anyone can tell me what is the mixture or single fluid used when small raw red/green chili in a small bowl are served with some dishes.

If the solution is clear and translucent..It's "prik num som" พริกน้ำน้ำ = vinegar with sliced chilli

If the solution is brown It's "num pla prik" น้ำปลาพริก or "prik num pla"พริกน้ำปลา = fish sauce wit sliced chilli

.....whats new?

If the solution is clear and translucent..It's "prik num som" พริกน้ำน้ำ = vinegar with sliced chilli

พริกน้ำส้ม sorry ..(not พริกน้ำน้ำ)

.....whats new?

Me..I am New in this thread...

Great, thank you all, thats that sorted, will not be using river water at all now

Bambi, as usual, is totally correct (she's a gem!). I wondered what it was when I got it on the side of a fried rice dish. I threw the whole lot on and wow! what a kick! Thais use it sometimes like westerners use salt, as a condiment.

wowza, for something so simple, it's fab!

wowza, for something so simple, it's fab!

Love it!!

The biggest problem that I have when I ask for prik nam pla,even when I speak thai,is that they think I want little chile unless I tell them otherwise.