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Sweet and tart with umami lingering in the background, Thai green mango salad, or yum ma muang, relies heavily on the freshest ingredients.

Thai green mango salad

Sweet and tart with umami lingering in the background, this dish relies heavily on the freshest ingredients.
Course Salad
Cuisine Thai
Keyword Made with mango, Spicy
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 0 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Servings 4 people

Ingredients

Dressing

  • 1 bird's eye chili
  • 4 cloves garlic crushed and peeled
  • ½ teaspoon Thai shrimp paste (kapi)
  • ¼ cup coconut cream
  • 1 teaspoon fish sauce
  • 2 tablespoons palm sugar

Salad

  • 4 cups julienned green mangoes
  • 1 cup thinly sliced fresh shallots
  • ½ cup sliced scallions
  • 2 cups cooked shrimps
  • fried shallots
  • crusted roasted peanuts
  • dessicated coconut

Instructions

  • With a mortar and pestle (or a mini food processor), grind the chili and garlic with the shrimp paste.
  • Scrape the ground ingredients into a bowl. Stir in the palm sugar, fish sauce and coconut cream until the sugar is dissolved.
  • In a large mixing bowl, toss the green mango, fresh shallots, scallions and cooked shrimps to distribute evenly.
  • Stir the salad dressing before drizzling over the mango mixture. Toss well.
  • Divide the salad among four bowls (or serve in a large salad bowl, if you prefer) and top with the fried shallots, peanuts and toasted coconut.
    Sweet and tart with umami lingering in the background, Thai green mango salad, or yum ma muang, relies heavily on the freshest ingredients.