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Thai Long Bean Salad Recipe (Som Tum Tua)
Enjoy this som tum tua recipe, a 10-minute Thai long bean salad with fresh vegetables and a tasty dressing for a healthy, refreshing dish.
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
5 mins
Total Time
10 mins
Servings: 2 people
Calories: 48 kcal
Course:
Side Dish , Salad
Cuisine:
Thai
Ingredients
- 1 clove garlic
- 4 dried chilies to taste
- 10 yardlong beans cut into 1-inch sizes
- 1/2 tbsp palm sugar
- 2 tbsp fish sauce
- 1 tbsp fermented fish sauce
- 1 tbsp tamarind paste
- 1/2 lime sliced
- 2 small tomatoes halved
Instructions
- Slice the long beans into medium-sized pieces, chop the tomatoes into small chunks, and cut the lime in half.
- Crush the garlic and dried chilies with a mortar and pestle.
- Add the long beans, pounding until they start to burst open so they can soak up the dressing.
- Mix in the fish sauce, fermented fish sauce, tamarind paste, and palm sugar. Pound until palm sugar is completely dissolved.
- Squeeze in fresh lime juice, throw in the peel, followed by the tomatoes. Give it all a gentle but good mix and serve your spicy long bean salad immediately. Enjoy!
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Notes
- Use the nutrition card in this recipe as a guideline
- Serve as a side with other meals, or as a main with Thai sticky rice.
- Add chilies to taste.
Nutrition Information
Calories
48kcal
(2%)
Carbohydrates
12g
(4%)
Protein
2g
(4%)
Fat
0.2g
(0%)
Saturated Fat
0.04g
(0%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
0.1g
Monounsaturated Fat
0.03g
Sodium
1423mg
(59%)
Potassium
156mg
(4%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
7g
(14%)
Vitamin A
321IU
(6%)
Vitamin C
7mg
(8%)
Calcium
25mg
(3%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 2people
Amount Per Serving
Calories 48
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 48kcal | 2% |
| Carbohydrates | 12g | 4% |
| Protein | 2g | 4% |
| Fat | 0.2g | 0% |
| Saturated Fat | 0.04g | 0% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 0.1g | 1% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 0.03g | 0% |
| Sodium | 1423mg | 59% |
| Potassium | 156mg | 3% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 7g | 14% |
| Vitamin A | 321IU | 6% |
| Vitamin C | 7mg | 8% |
| Calcium | 25mg | 3% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.