Nam Prik Kapi Recipe (Thai Shrimp Paste Dipping Sauce)

Ingredients

• 8 cloves garlic
• 3 chilies (to taste)
• 1½ tbsp fresh lime juice
• 1 tbsp fish sauce
• 1 tbsp fermented shrimp paste
• 1½ tbsp palm sugar
• ½ cup pea eggplants

Steps

1. 1

   Pound the garlic and chilies in a mortar and pestle until lightly crushed.

2. 2

   Add the shrimp paste, fish sauce, lime juice, and palm sugar. Pound and stir until the sugar dissolves and the mixture forms a coarse paste.

3. 3

   Add the pea eggplants and gently press them against the side of the mortar to crack them open. Mix once more and serve immediately.