Thai
Gaeng Som Pla (Thai Sour Curry with Fish and Vegetables)
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Gaeng Som Pla (Thai Sour Curry with Fish and Vegetables) is Thai home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre and the soup. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Soak the dried chilies in hot water for 10 minutes to soften, then drain.
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Blend the softened chilies, shallots, and shrimp paste into a smooth paste with a splash of water.
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Bring the water to a boil in a pot and stir in the chili paste.
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Add the tamarind paste, palm sugar, and fish sauce and simmer 5 minutes, tasting for a sharp, sour, slightly sweet broth.
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Add the chayote, cut into chunks, and simmer until nearly tender, about 8 minutes.
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Add the green beans and simmer 4 minutes more.
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Slide in the fish pieces and simmer gently until just cooked through and opaque, about 6 minutes; avoid stirring hard so the fish stays intact.
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Taste and adjust the sour, salty, and sweet balance, then ladle over the jasmine rice.
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Serve it with
A Thai dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Gaeng Som Pla (Thai Sour Curry with Fish and Vegetables), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The cooked vegetable
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What it is eaten with
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Gaeng Som Pla (Thai Sour Curry with Fish and Vegetables) carries shellfish and fish. It is free of the remaining 8 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | Yes | Jok Moo (Rice Congee with Pork Meatballs) |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | Yes | Jok Moo (Rice Congee with Pork Meatballs) |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 480 kcal
- Protein
- 36 g
- Carbs
- 80 g
- Fat
- 2 g
- Fiber
- 3 g
- Sugar
- 11 g
- Sodium
- 690 mg
- Saturated fat
- 0 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Gaeng Som Pla (Thai Sour Curry with Fish and Vegetables) takes about 35 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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