Twitter, help me identify this spice! It was introduced to me in a Chiang Mai culinary school, used as part of a spice mixture for laap moo, but they didn’t know an English name. Can’t find it online, haven’t seen it in the US.
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Interesting!! I wonder if “laep” is etymologically related to “laap” (i.e. the dish in which it was used)
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went down a bit of a rabbit hole to find out that 'laap' means 'to mince meat', but unable to find more about roots of 'ma laep', though I did find this books.google.co.uk/books?id=G3zRD so I assume they're somehow connected
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Wow, per that note, good thing I brought a bunch home!