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Khao Yum Songkla (Southern Thai rice salad)

Zone South

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Khao Yum Songkla (Southern Thai rice salad)

Background

Khao Yum is a rice salad and nearly ubiquitous in the South. The dish is a Southern Thai mishmash of rice and julienned herbs and vegetables, held together with generous lashings of Nam Budu, a Southern Thai fermented fish sauce.

 

Nutrition facts

Khao Yum is a healthy and dietary food which is low fat but high carbohydrates, and the mishmash of herbs and vegetables, are enriched with beta-carotene, vitamin and dietary fiber.

 

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ cup steamed rice
  • 1 cup crispy fried rice
  • 4 coconut, desiccated
  • 4 tbsp. dried shrimp, pounded
  • ½ cup Nam Budu
  • Dried chilies, pounded

Julienned herbs and vegetables whatever growing in a garden home.

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