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The Hirshon Thai Seafood Sour Orange Curry – แกงส้ม

April 28, 2017 by The Generalissimo 2 Comments

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Citizens, today I am proud to share with you a most unusual (outside of Thailand) curry – one that does not use coconut milk as a base!

Kaeng som or gaeng som or Thai sour curry is a sour and spicy fish curry or soup with vegetables popular in central Thailand. The curry is characteristic for its sour taste, which comes from tamarind (makham). The recipe uses palm sugar to sweeten the curry.

A paste called nam phrik kaeng som is prepared as a base for the curry, to which water and the ingredients are added. The preparation of this paste includes shrimp paste and shallots and all the ingredients are pounded with a mortar and pestle. This paste can be made from dry red chilies and one made from fresh red chilies. Some recipes state that large chilies should be used, others prefer bird’s eye chilies.

Fish or shrimp may be used as the basic ingredient. Kaeng som is usually served with steamed rice.

Traditional vegetables used in household preparation include drumstick pods (marum), green papaya, and Sesbania grandiflora flowers (dok khae), including the red variant of the flower in kaeng som dok khae daeng. Other locally available vegetables are used in the traditional versions such as Ipomoea aquatica (phak bung) and Neptunia oleracea (phak krachet).

Following the popularization of the dish, currently the favored vegetables include cauliflower, white radish, cabbage, chinese cabbage, carrot, long beans and asparagus, as well as cha om omelet.

The versions using shrimp instead of fish are more popular; kaeng som with shrimp and cha-om omelet is now a standard dish in Thailand. Other types may include pineapple or seafood. The common point, however, is that coconut milk is not used in this sour curry.

Southern Thailand has its own sour curry, which is locally called kaeng som, but in the rest of Thailand is called kaeng lueang (“yellow curry”) or kaeng som phak tai (“southern Thai kaeng som”) to differentiate it from the central Thai kaeng som.

It differs from the central Thai dish through its use of tamarind paste, assam fruit (som kaek) and lime juice to achieve the sourness, turmeric, which gives it a yellow color, garlic, shallots. The main characteristics of the southern variant is the use of turmeric and that it very spicy, sour and salty.

I add garlic, turmeric and Chinese keys to mine. Many people add Chinese keys to tame the fish flavor and add a nice aroma to the curry. My version of this curry paste does use some fresh turmeric, in the style of southern Thailand.

Citizens, this non-coconut milk curry is both unusual and delicious and I hope you will give it a try! 😀

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The Hirshon Thai Seafood Sour Orange Curry – แกงส้ม


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Ingredients

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  • For the curry paste:
  • 1 dried Anaheim pepper
  • 4 dried Chiles de arbol
  • 2 orange Thai chili peppers, minced – if unavailable, try 1 orange habanero instead
  • 1” piece peeled fresh turmeric, sliced (cut and peel on a paper plate, dispose of plate immediately after cutting and wash knife and your hands thoroughly after cutting – fresh turmeric stains permanently!)
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 2 tablespoons minced shallots
  • 1 teaspoon shrimp paste
  • 1 tablespoon Chinese keys (Optional) – (aka gra-chai) scraped and grated (optional but recommended)
  • 1 clove garlic, minced
  • 1/3 cup skinless, boneless meat of poached trout or catfish (optional but recommended)
  • 2 1/2 cups of fish stock
  • 1/4 cup prepared tamarind pulp
  • 2 tablespoons fish sauce
  • 3 tsp. palm sugar (preferred) or if unavailable use light brown sugar
  • For the curry
  • 1 lb. Shrimp or boneless and skinless white fish fillet
  • 1/4 cup decoratively sliced daikon radish
  • 1/4 cup sliced green beans
  • 1/4 cup peeled green papaya, cubed

Instructions

  1. Cut up the dried chili peppers and soak in warm water for at least 20 minutes or until soft.
  2. When the peppers are soft, squeeze out the water and place them in a food processor.
  3. Add salt, which helps with the grinding.
  4. Grind the peppers until the paste becomes smooth.
  5. Add Chinese Keys (if using) and turmeric. Grind until mixed in.
  6. Add garlic, Thai chilis and shallots. Grind until smooth. Add shrimp paste and grind to mix it in.
  7. Add the fish meat and grind until you have a smooth paste.
  8. Put the fish stock in a pot and bring it to a gentle boil.
  9. Stir in the prepared paste, followed by tamarind pulp, fish sauce, and palm sugar.
  10. Once the palm sugar completely dissolves, taste and correct the seasoning as necessary. The flavor should be predominantly sour, then salty, and a little sweet.
  11. Your kaeng som curry base is now ready to be used right away or frozen.
  12. Bring 2 cups of the curry base to a boil in a medium pot, add vegetables. Once the vegetables are almost ready, add cubes of fish fillets or peeled and deveined shrimp and gently cook until the fish or shrimp is done.
  13. Serve immediately with plenty of white rice!
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Nutrition

  • Calories: 226.19 kcal
  • Sugar: 13.82 g
  • Sodium: 1018.19 mg
  • Fat: 4.09 g
  • Saturated Fat: 1.18 g
  • Trans Fat: 0.01 g
  • Carbohydrates: 19.13 g
  • Fiber: 2.88 g
  • Protein: 30.05 g
  • Cholesterol: 66.76 mg

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  1. Andy Fairley

    October 11, 2020 at 12:32 PM

    Really enjoyed this recipie, easy to cook and went down a treat with everyone. Made it with cubed Salmon steaks and wiĺ be making it again with added button mushrooms. Thanks

    ★★★★★

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    • The Generalissimo

      October 11, 2020 at 3:53 PM

      I’m so glad you enjoyed it, Citizen Andy! 🙂

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