This version of Noi’s nahm jim sauce is a vibrant green thanks to the green chillies and coriander. There’s plenty of lime juice, so it goes well with any hot or cold seafood, such as grilled stuffed squid.
Mum’s Nahm Jim Seafood Sauce
3 cloves garlic
2 small birds’ eye chillies
4 long green chillies
1 tbsp sugar
2 tbsp fish sauce
1 tbsp lime juice
1 tbsp finely chopped coriander stalks and leaves
- Use a mortar and pestle to pound the garlic and chillies to a rough paste. Then, using the pestle, stir in the sugar, fish sauce and lime juice. Transfer to a serving bowl and stir through the coriander.
- Notes: – Serve with any hot or cold seafood. It’s a great sauce for a seafood platter!
