Fried Vegetables with Nam Prik

Name: Fried Vegetables with Nam Prik
Yield: Serves Four
Cuisine: Thai
Ingredients: nam prik or sweet chilli sauce, to serve (see Cook’s Tips); salt and ground black pepper; 105 ml/7 tbsp vegetable or sunflower oil; 2 courgettes (zucchini), trimmed and cut into long, thin slices; ½ small butternut squash, peeled, seeded and cut into long, thin slices; 1 aubergine (eggplant), halved lengthways and cut into long, thin slices; 3 large (US extra large) eggs

Preparation info

Serves
Four

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Thai Food and Cooking

By Judy Bastyra and Becky Johnson

Published 2011

About

Nam prik is the universal Thai sauce. It can be served as a condiment, but it is more often used as a dip for fresh or cooked vegetables.

Ingredients

3 large (US extra large) eggs
1 aubergine (eggplant), halved lengthways and cut into long, thin slices
½ small b

Asia
Thailand
Side dish
South East Asia
Gluten-free
Vegetarian

Method

Beat the eggs in a large bowl. Add the aubergine, butternut squash and courgette slices. Toss the vegetables until coated all over in the egg, then season with salt and pepper.
Heat the oil in a wok. When it is hot, add the vegetables, one strip at a time, making sure that each strip has plenty of egg clinging to it. Do not cook more than eight strips at a time