Double dipping is allowed in Thai dining!
The other way to do it is to grab a vegetable or piece of fish, place it on top of your rice, dip your spoon into the nam prik and put the sauce onto the vegetables sitting on your rice. This way you are able to enjoy your vegetables along with a spoon of rice all flavored with nam prik.
I eat nam prik using a combination of both methods.
In this nam prik guide, we are going to go over a few of the most common types of nam prik.