Kaeng Som (Thai Southern Style Sour Curry) Recipe

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Kaeng Som (Thai Southern Style Sour Curry)
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Directions:

  1. Using a mortar and pestle (food processor), grind all of the curry paste ingredients together very, very finely (it is important to do this well so you won’t happen upon any large bits of chili in your soup!).
  2. Put the curry paste aside and prepare the soup ingredients. Thinly slice sour, slightly unripe pineapple. Dice the sour papaya into 1 inch cubes. Clean and cut some fish into bite-size pieces until you have about 1-1 1/2 cups.Set all of these aside. For your mise en place, you’ll need a bottle of fish sauce, 4 sliced limes ready for squeezing, and some sugar.
  3. Bring about 4 cups of water to the boil, add about half of the curry paste and stir and simmer until the broth is fragrant. Add more curry paste if necessary, but don’t add it all at once as it may be too much! Add the pineapple and the sour papaya. Simmer until they begin to soften, 3-4 minutes, and taste the curry. The pineapple and papaya should add a slightly sweet and sour flavor to the broth.
  4. Squeeze a few limes’ worth of lime juice into the broth until you reach a tolerable state of sourness. Remember, it is called “sour” curry, so there should be a definite sour taste, followed by spicy, salty and sweet. Add some fish sauce if it isn’t salty enough.
  5. Add your fish. Simmer until the fish is just done, 2-3 minutes, remove from heat, and you’re done! Serve with rice.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 162.73 Kcal (681 kJ)
Calories from fat 18.04 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 2g 3%
Cholesterol 47.26mg 16%
Sodium 1302.65mg 54%
Potassium 541.67mg 12%
Total Carbs 21.43g 7%
Sugars 10.93g 44%
Dietary Fiber 2.94g 12%
Protein 17.81g 36%
Vitamin C 25.8mg 43%
Iron 3.1mg 17%
Calcium 173mg 17%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 73.28 Kcal (307 kJ)
Calories from fat 8.12 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 0.9g 3%
Cholesterol 21.28mg 16%
Sodium 586.58mg 54%
Potassium 243.91mg 12%
Total Carbs 9.65g 7%
Sugars 4.92g 44%
Dietary Fiber 1.32g 12%
Protein 8.02g 36%
Vitamin C 11.6mg 43%
Iron 1.4mg 17%
Calcium 77.9mg 17%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 2.8
    Points
  • 4
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • low fat,
  • saturated fat free

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium

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