Delicious Northern Dishes you must try when visit Thailand

On the subject of northern food, the cold cities of Thailand. With local food or Lanna food from the north there are many unique characteristics. Whether it’s in terms of names, ingredients, smells and flavors are unique. There is an aura of history interspersed and all kinds of food there will be a method of elaborately concocting the same as performing a dance and the delicacy is beautiful ever.

1. Khao Soi

Khao Soi is a curry similar to green curry, which is a type of coconut milk curry. But it comes in the form of noodles. It often cooked with beef or chicken as the main ingredient. Served with pickles It is a popular food of northern people.

Even though it’s called Khao Soi, this dish actually doesn’t contain any rice. And this menu is influenced by Muslim food. Muslim traditional khao soi, the soup will be very thick. It uses a lot of coconut milk and has a spicy flavor, but Khao Soi in northern Thailand, the soup will not be very thick. There is a dilution to adjust the taste to mellow and balance.

2. Young chili paste

This menu is northern Thai food, called Nam Prik (Dip) which made from chili, shallots, garlic, all grilled over a flame until fragrant. Before pounding it is a local chili paste, usually eaten with boiled vegetables. And steamed glutinous rice which considered a very healthy food. But if it’s more delicious, you must eat it with fried chicken joints or pork caps. I can tell you that it’s delicious and fun. I don’t care about calories at all.

3. Khanom Jeen Nam Ngeo

Khanom Jeen Nam Ngeo is a type of  curry in the north. The main ingredients are pork ribs, curry made from dried northern chilies, tomatoes, and pork blood, cooked in a home-style, giving off a true local flavor according to traditional recipes.

Khanom Jeen or Khom Sen, Lanna people like to eat as Khanom Jeen Nam Ngeo or enter the Nam Ngiao Some recipes use frozen peas or flame-grilled soybeans. pounded into the curry paste Instead of putting soybean paste.

4. North Sausages

Another food preservation menu from the north.Very popular eaten all over the country, Sai Ua is similar in appearance and method to Isaan sausages, but the raw materials and time of making will make the taste of sausages distinctly different from Isaan sausages. Sausages are fragrant with curry paste and kaffir lime leaves. The spicy taste is quite intense and takes less than an hour to cook. Unlike Isaan sausages, it takes a long time to ferment to have a sour taste.

5. Hang Lay Curry

Kang Hang Lei is a famous northern dish. Some believe Gang Hang Lei is a food which influenced by Burma. There are ingredients similar to kaeng ho, rich in flavor with eggplant, fresh chili, pickled bamboo shoots, roasted white sesame.  Be a popular menu and has a long duration of making. And the pork must be marinate overnight so the curry paste to reach the meat and stir-fried to arrange tender meat. When eat it will melt in your mouth.