How to pronounce Nam khao

Nam khao is written ແໜມເຂົ້າ where it comes from. In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /nɛ̌ːm kʰȁːw/. In plain English letters that is NAEM KOW, with the stress on the syllable in capitals. There is no recording by a native speaker yet, so use the spelling and the IPA.

What is Nam khao?

Nam khao is a snack of Laos. Where it comes from: Vientiane. People usually eat it as a snack. Its main ingredients are rice, pork and nuts & seeds. It tastes sour and fresh.

Where Nam khao comes from

Nam khao is one of 12 signature dishes of Laos on this map.

• Larb ລາບ · Main dish · Vientiane

  Larb is a salad of minced or finely chopped meat or fish, cooked or sometimes raw, mixed with fish sauce, lime juice, chilli, toasted ground sticky rice, shallots and plenty of fresh herbs such as mint and coriander.

• Khao piak sen ເຂົ້າປຽກເສັ້ນ · Noodles & pasta · Luang Prabang

  Khao piak sen, "wet rice strands", is a soup of thick, chewy noodles made from rice flour, often mixed with tapioca starch, cooked in a chicken or pork broth so the starch thickens it slightly.

• Or lam ເອາະຫຼາມ · Main dish · Luang Prabang

  Or lam is a thick, peppery stew from Luang Prabang, the old royal capital of Laos.

• Sai oua ໄສ້ອົ່ວ · Snack · Luang Prabang

  Sai oua, "stuffed intestine" in Lao, is a sausage that the sources say originates from Luang Prabang, once the royal capital of the Lan Xang kingdom.

• Khao jee pâté ເຂົ້າຈີ່ປາເຕ · Street food · Laos

  Khao jee pâté is the Lao baguette sandwich and a well-known street food throughout the country.

• Jaew bong ແຈ່ວບອງ · Snack · Luang Prabang

  Jaew bong, also called Luang Prabang chilli sauce, is a sweet and savoury chilli paste that originated in Luang Prabang.

Food of Laos

Dishes like Nam khao in other countries

Same type of dish and similar main ingredients as Nam khao:

• Sai krok Isan ไส้กรอกอีสาน · Snack · Isan, Thailand

  Sai krok Isan is a sour fermented sausage from northeastern Thailand.

• Bánh tráng phơi sương · Snack · Trảng Bàng (Tây Ninh), Vietnam

  Bánh tráng phơi sương, "dew-dried rice paper", is a speciality of Trảng Bàng in Tây Ninh province.

• Lahpet thoke လက်ဖက်သုပ် · Snack · Mandalay, Myanmar

  Lahpet is fermented tea leaves, a food that Myanmar eats as well as drinks.

• Tanghulu 糖葫芦 · Snack · Beijing and Tianjin, China

  Tanghulu are Chinese hawthorn fruits threaded on a bamboo skewer and coated in boiled sugar syrup, which hardens as it cools into a glassy shell.