Nam Prik is the name given to chilli pastes that we eat with rice and other dishes. There are many brands and many flavours, in this entry I'm going to take you through some of the more common ones.Firstly the above one is Nam Prik Mang-da. Mang-da is a large winged insect about 8 cms long that lives in rice fields and is eaten in the East of Thailand. At night it flies around bright lights, making it easy to catch. The authentic paste contains that insect ground up, and more common supermarket brands have an artificial flavour instead. Like many things mang-da started out as food for poor farmers, but became a more expensive almost luxury food. The 5 Mang-da I photographed in the ingredients section, were more expensive than a full rack of pork ribs.
This one is grilled fish flavoured nam prik. It has a fishing slightly smokey flavour to it with a very dry texture. This one is a personal favorite.
This one is grilled shrimp nam prik, this one is more soft and smooth than the grilled fish one. (It's in a little plastic bag inside the pot.)
This one is hell shrimp, called because it is very very spicy and the spicy hits you immediately and all in one go.
Nam prik red eye, the heat from the spice comes later, giving you red eyes. It doesn't taste so spicy at first.Read More...
[Source: Appon's Thai Food Recipes]
Mangda are large insects about 8 cms long, that live in rice fields in Northern Thailand. During the evening they fly around lights and are easily netted and eaten. Mang-da is also the name given to boyfriends who live off their girlfriends. They get the name because they flit from light to light. Similar to the English phrase 'bar-fly'. Someone is said to be a mang-da if their girlfriends work and they don't.They're really difficult to photograph, I had to include some leaves in the photo to get them to calm down, so forgive the rather badly composed photograph.UsesThey're are pounded and used as a popular flavouring in many dishes, a very common Thai ingredient is Mang-da flavour Nam Prik (spicy chilli paste used to add flavour and spice to dishes). You can even get this is from Asian grocers, look for Mang-da flavoured chilli pastes.They are also dry fried or grilled and eaten as is, removing the shell and legs.
You can see the ingredients for these shrimp and mushroom parcels in the photo below. Their flavour is very mild, but they are served with nuts and chillis, lime and raw ginger pieces, garlic and coriander leaves, all wrapped up in lettuce leaves. The flavours as a whole are anything but mild! To eat, take a lettuce leaf, a piece of the breaded parcel, a few cubes of limes, ginger, garlic, piece of chilli and a few other leaves, fold them into a parcel and eat.
Ingredients for Filling 
50 White Mushrooms50 Brown Mushrooms100 gms Shrimp2-3 Coriander Roots1/2 Pepper3 Tablespoons Light Soy Sauce1 Tablespoon Corn Flour2 Tablespoons FlourIngredients for Batter 
Ingredients 
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