How To : Soop Pak recipe | Parboiled vegetables salad | Lao Food

fish sauce

🥗Healthier: soy sauce

💰Cheaper: salt + vinegar

Soy sauce is plant-based and easier for some to digest.

peanuts

🥗Healthier: sunflower seeds

💰Cheaper: pumpkin seeds

Sunflower seeds provide similar crunch and flavor.

lime juice

🥗Healthier: lemon juice

💰Cheaper: vinegar

Lemon juice offers a similar acidity.

fresh vegetables

🥗Healthier: frozen vegetables

💰Cheaper: canned vegetables

Canned vegetables can be more accessible and budget-friendly.

Prepare Chinese choy sum, yam leaf, red shen choy, and long beans by washing and chopping them into bite-sized pieces.

Mince garlic, shallot, and ginger finely.

Combine chopped vegetables, garlic, and shallot in a mixing bowl.

Add fermented fish sauce and fish sauce to the vegetable mixture.

Incorporate finely chopped Thai chili for heat.

Sprinkle with msg if desired to enhance flavor.

Toss the ingredients thoroughly until well combined.

Garnish with cilantro, culantro, and green onion before serving.

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