The Taste of Lanna's Kaeng Kradang

This was the first time I tasted Kaeng Kradang and it was delicious. In English it’s called jelly pork curry because gelatin is added to make it jelly-like. I was expecting a much different taste by the look of it but to my surprise, it tasted very similar to red curry. The only difference is that regular curry is stew like while Kaeng Kradang is jelly-like and cut into cubes.

This old Lanna dish is normally eaten with sticky rice and usually eaten at breakfast time. The Lampang version has chili paste in it, giving it a darker color than the Chiang Mai recipe.

I enjoyed it immensely and will have it for breakfast more often now that I know it the norm in Lampang. Yummy!