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Thai Long Bean Salad Recipe (Som Tum Tua)

Thai long bean salad, known as som tum tua, with yardlong beans, lime, and ripe tomatoes on a bamboo basket.
This easy and healthy Thai long bean salad recipe is quick to make with traditional Thai ingredients. Som tum tua is ready in 10 minutes and perfect for warm summer days!
Praew
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Cuisine Thai
Course Salad, Side Dish
Serving Size 2 people

Ingredients

  • 1 clove of garlic
  • 4 dried chilies to taste
  • 10 yardlong beans cut into 1-inch sizes
  • 1/2 tablespoon palm sugar
  • 2 tablespoons fish sauce
  • 1 tablespoon fermented fish sauce
  • 1 tablespoon tamarind paste
  • 1/2 lime
  • 2 small tomatoes

Instructions

  • Slice the long beans into medium-sized pieces, chop the tomatoes into small chunks, and cut the lime in half.
  • Crush the garlic and dried chilies with a mortar and pestle.
  • Add the long beans, pounding until they start to burst open so they can soak up the dressing.
  • Mix in the fish sauce, fermented fish sauce, tamarind paste, and palm sugar. Pound until palm sugar is completely dissolved.
  • Squeeze in fresh lime juice, throw in the peel, followed by the tomatoes. Give it all a gentle but good mix and serve your spicy long bean salad immediately. Enjoy!

Notes

  • Use the nutrition card in this recipe as a guideline
  • Serve as a side with other meals, or as a main with Thai sticky rice.
  • Add chilies to taste.