Let's Learn A Thai Dish with Chef Mavic
By Mavic123456
@Mavic123456 (21891)
Thailand
September 2, 2018 9:12am CST
Today, I will teach you how to cook Mot-Deng Kai soup, one of the famous dishes from the North of Thailand.
Ingredients:
3 pieces of lime,
a bunch of mint leaves,
morning glory leaves,
lemongrass,
salt (to taste),
chili (to taste) and, of course,
the most important of all eggs of the red ants. 
Procedure:
Boil all ingredients in lime with water. When the soup is boiling, put the red ants' eggs (make sure that all adult red ants are busy collecting food again.) Boil for 5 minutes, [but save the queen, please.
Then serve hot in a bowl.
Thai Lesson (mot = ants), (deng = red) and (kai = eggs) 
Do you want to try? 
Procedure:
Boil all ingredients in lime with water. When the soup is boiling, put the red ants' eggs (make sure that all adult red ants are busy collecting food again.) Boil for 5 minutes, [but save the queen, please.
Then serve hot in a bowl.
Thai Lesson (mot = ants), (deng = red) and (kai = eggs)
Do you want to try? 9 people like this
10 responses
@Mavic123456 (21891)
• Thailand
4 Sep 18
@just4him if you will change the ant eggs it will no longer be Mot Deng Kai. Lol
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
3 Sep 18
@Mavic123456 There are other ways to get protein besides ant eggs.
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@Mavic123456 (21891)
• Thailand
3 Sep 18
LOL. sure, as long as you have red ants there, I think this will be available to you.
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@Mavic123456 (21891)
• Thailand
3 Sep 18
@AkoPinay Sometimes, I just can't say NO to offers. I don't like them to feel bad.
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@snowy22315 (208962)
• United States
7 Sep 18
Hmmm, not sure I would want the ant eggs either.
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
3 Sep 18
Sure, make some and send it to me! :O)
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@Mavic123456 (21891)
• Thailand
3 Sep 18
I will, i will, be ready with your printer.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
4 Sep 18
an exotic dish. have you tasted roasted beetle, the 'salagubang'?
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@Mavic123456 (21891)
• Thailand
4 Sep 18
Yes, have you? There are a lot here. From the "uok" to grasshopper.
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@Mavic123456 (21891)
• Thailand
6 Sep 18
@ridingbet oh we have the full orchestra here... from crickets to frogs. all in crispy tunes.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
5 Sep 18
@Mavic123456 i like the grasshopper or locust, even the rice frogs.
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@Mavic123456 (21891)
• Thailand
9 Sep 18
@porwest then the recipe will not be mot deng kai. it will just be Regular Egg Soup.
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@Mavic123456 (21891)
• Thailand
3 Sep 18
What will you use instead of red ants' eggs? This is high in protein.
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@porwest (112876)
• United States
8 Sep 18
@Mavic123456 Maybe just a regular egg. High in protein as well and much more palatable.
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@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
16 Nov 18
I think I will try that soup if there are no red ants eggs. I am not so adventurous when it comes to exotic foods. The most exotic food I like is only "balut" . 
@Mavic123456 (21891)
• Thailand
17 Nov 18
it is not that bad. it is very clean actually. but yes, I can't eat balut looking at it. I usually eat it as a whole. and if I feel the beak .. i throw up.
@CaptAlbertWhisker (32760)
• Calgary, Alberta
26 Sep 18
I had ant eggs before and they are kind of sour and tasty.
@Mavic123456 (21891)
• Thailand
26 Sep 18
I didn't know that it really sour. because the soup was cooked with lime. maybe that's the reason why they are cooking it that way.
