Nam Tok Moo

Thailand · Southeast Asia

Short description: This grilled pork salad is warm, citrusy, herbal, and nutty from toasted rice powder.
Ingredients: Grilled pork with lime juice, fish sauce, toasted rice powder, dried chile flakes, shallots, mint, cilantro, green onion, and cucumber.
Cultural note: It is associated with shared northeastern and Mekong-region salad traditions, often eaten with sticky rice.
Common misconception: The name is not about a watery salad; it refers to juices from grilled meat that season the dressing.

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creator:: Takeaway
source:: Wikimedia Commons
license:: CC BY-SA 3.0
modified:: Cropped/resized and re-encoded for Gochizu; no substantive content edits.