You know the four flavors of Southeast Asia? Something like hot, sour, salty, Spilled Milk? They all come together on today’s tongue-scorching episode devoted to the salads of Thailand. Fill your bathtub with lime juice and fish sauce and dive in. Recipes: Green papaya salad (som tam), Thai chicken salad (larb gai). www.spilledmilkdpodcast.com
September 29, 2011
This episode made me SO hungry while I was listening to it. Damn you both.
Awesome podcast this week, as always! I’ve been living in Bangkok for nearly a year now and still can’t get enough of the Som Tum. One of my favorite little lunch spots serves a “fried” version of laab gai where they coat chopped chicken breast in a flour/toasted rice powder combo and deep fry it before tossing it in the usual mint, cilantro, scallion, lime juice, fish sauce mix – incredible!
Oh man. Great podcast, and thanks for giving me another food blog to follow. Why apply to jobs when you can look at food all day, right?
Great podcast; love Thai salads.
Btw, quartet
Also, I have used a combo of white sugar with a smidge of maple syrup to sub for palm sugar
In a pinch, could you sub a more common veggie for the green papaya or green mango shreds?
Yes. Substitute slivers of peeled Granny Smith apple. It’s not the same, but it is good!
PS: I would love a five episode series on Thai Salads!
Thanks!
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Aloha! Loving the podcast. Found some Rangpur limes at my farmer’s market and whipped up some green papaya salad. It was so great, thanks to your recipe!
Check it out here: http://saturdayswithmaggy.blogspot.com/2011/12/great-lime-hoax-and-green-papaya-salad.html