Khanom (khao-nom in the Lanna dialect) refers to all kinds of sweets made from flour, coconut milk and sugar or brown sugar. Khanom are made for certain festivals or special events or rituals, especially for merit making or Buddhist Sabbath, religious holidays, Thai New Year's Day or Songkran, etc. Popular desserts are khanom chok, steamed sticky rice wrapped in banana leaves (khao tom), khanom linma, khao witu, khanom kluai, khanom sila-on or sala-on, khanom wong and khao taen (Rattana Phromphichai, 1999, p. 820). Snacks are miang (fermented tea leaves), krabong (deep-fried pumpkin or banana flowers). �The Lanna people's favorite after-meal snack is miang, referred to as om-miang. (chewing miang). |