khanohm jeen are fresh rice noodles in Thai cuisine which are made from rice which has first been fermented for three days, boiled, and then made into noodles by pressing the resulting dough through asieve into boiling water. Khanom in Thai usually refers to desserts, but in a wider sense can denote many things that use any type offlour as its main ingredient. Although chin means "Chinese" in Thai, this type of noodle originated from the Mon people who inhabited the region which is now central Thailand before the arrival of the Thai people from southern China. The word khanom chin is probably derived from the Mon words khohn ohm jin, meaning "twice boiled
