Khai Mot Daeng
Spicy herb salad of red-ant eggs
Think of it as: Like a zesty Thai salad studded with creamy caviar
Ant eggs. They pop.
What does it taste like?
Lime-sour and chili-hot, with creamy, faintly tangy eggs.
SweetSpicySourSaltyFunkSmellTexturePoppy and creamy
What is it?
Weaver-ant eggs and larvae tossed with herbs, lime and fish sauce in northeastern Thailand. A short spring delicacy, often called Isan caviar.Source: Wikipedia
How locals eat it
In season in spring, at the end of the dry season. Pinched up with balls of sticky rice.
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🇹🇭Thailand
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✈ Check cheap flights Best timeNovember to February, the dry and relatively cool season, is best. Also tryTom yum goongPad kra pao ricePad thai More from here🥗 Som tam🥭 Khao Niao Mamuang
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MusicLuk thung Ballad-style pop that sings of Thailand's countryside soul
SportSoccer (Muay Thai is the national sport)
Buakaw (Muay Thai and kickboxing; K-1 MAX world champion) World HeritageHistoric City of Ayutthaya and more National animalElephant (Thai elephant) National flowerGolden shower tree (ratchaphruek) FestivalSongkran (April, water festival)
Ingredients
- 150 g weaver-ant eggs
- 1 tbsp fish sauce
- 1 tbsp lime juice
- 1 tsp chili flakes
- 1 tbsp toasted rice powder
- 2 shallots
- Mint and scallions
How to make it (one way)
- Rinse the eggs and pick out any ants.
- Blanch briefly and drain.
- Toss with fish sauce, lime and chili.
- Add rice powder, shallots and herbs.
- Eat with sticky rice.