Background Lanna’s tamarind leaves salad has many cooking recipes up to each community in the Northern Thailand. Tamarind leaves have sour taste and often used as ingredient to compliment the taste.   Nutrition Facts Tamarind leaves are used as laxatives and carminatives, sooth the cold and coughing. Onions is rich with Vitamin C and antioxidant agent, which help to prevent from diseases.   Ingredients 2 cups young tamarind leaves 1 cup sliced onion ½ cup fried shallots 1 tablespoon fish sauce 80 grams large tomatoes sliced in half 1 cup sliced pork rind 3 fried dry chilies

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Background Hot yellow Seer fish curry is made from fresh turmeric, chili paste and Seer fish, and tastes spicy, salty, sour and a bit of sweet. The dish is a household southern food, and available nearly everywhere.   Nutrition facts The dish contains vitamin C and Bioflavonoids. Having the dish prevents a constipation, relives a cold and reduces a risk of cancer.   Ingredients ½ cup chili paste 1 cup pickled bamboo shoots 300 grams Seer fish, cut into four pieces 100 grams pineapple, sliced 2 tbsp. fish sauce 2 tbsp. tamarind juice   Chili paste ingredients: 20 chilies, 1 inch long turmeric, 7 garlic cloves, 1 tbsp. shrimp paste and 1 tsp. salty. Put all of ingredients in a mortar and keep pounding until everything is well-blended.    

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  Background Tam Sua is the papaya salad with vermicelli. Some tam sua recipe use prickles, roasted rice, oyster or bean sprout. It is very famous in the Northeastern Thailand.   Nutrition Facts Tam Sua is nourished with nutrients from the papaya which contains an enzyme called papain that aids in digestion. Lime juice, tomatoes and chilies are high in Vitamin C and including protection against immune system deficiencies. Thai garlic benefits for the growth of body tissues and protein from the fermented fish prevent the formation of Saturated fat or cholesterol.   Ingredients 50 grams cup shredded green papaya 80 grams vermicelli 30 grams tomatoes 15 grams Thai eggplant 8 bird eye chilies 5grams cloves of garlic 25 grams long bean sliced in small chunks 1 tbsp. lime juice ½ tbsp. fish sauce 2 boiled fermented fish

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