Thai Shredded Sour Mango & Cucumber Som Tum

fish sauce

🥗Healthier: soy sauce

💰Cheaper: salt + water

Soy sauce is a lower-sodium alternative while maintaining umami flavor.

palm sugar

🥗Healthier: coconut sugar

💰Cheaper: brown sugar

Brown sugar is more accessible and offers similar sweetness.

Slice the cucumber in one direction, then turn it to the side and slice again.

Prepare the green mango and cucumber as shown in the video.

Add dried chili pepper to the mortar with the mango.

Remove the stomach part of the crab and break it in half, then add it to the mortar.

Add garlic to each mortar.

Add tomatoes to the mortar.

Add dried shrimp to each mortar.

Pour a little bit of fish sauce into each mortar.

Add tamarind water to the mortar.

Add lime juice to the mortar.

Add palm sugar to the mortar.

Add shallot to the mortar with the mango only, not with the cucumber.

Taste the mixture and adjust by adding more fish sauce, tamarind water, and palm sugar as needed.

Mix the ingredients in the mortar without pounding them, just mixing gently.

Serve the som tum with cucumber, adding a bit more fish sauce and lime juice before serving.

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