#SaveKaengSom! The Healthy Dish That Deserves the Top Spot

It’s time to save Kaeng Som after a famous food website ranked Thailand’s beloved Kaeng Som (sour curry) as the 12^th worst dish in the world. Wait—worst? Are we all hearing this right? But hey, we won’t let this bring us down! Who cares about the ranking when Kaeng Som is both delicious and incredibly healthy?

Today, Muang Thai Life Assurance is here to highlight this flavorful, low-calorie dish. Not only is it tasty, but it’s packed with nutrition and surprisingly easy to make. Ready to whip up your own bowl of goodness? Let’s dive into the recipe!

Kaeng Som recipe – a healthy favorite! One of the most popular and nutritious variations is Kaeng Som with mixed vegetables. Follow this simple recipe and prepare to impress your taste buds.

• Snakehead fish, cleaned and cut into pieces – 500 g
• Cooked snakehead fish meat, finely pounded – 100 g
• Vegetable hummingbird – 200 g
• Carrot, cut into flower shapes – 150 g
• Chinese kale, cut into chunks – 150 g
• Cauliflower – 100 g
• Long beans – 100 g
• Fish sauce – ¼ cup
• Tamarind juice – ½ cup
• Palm sugar – 2 tbsp
• Water – 5 cups
  

For the curry paste:

• Dried red chili peppers (seeded, soaked until soft) – 500 g
• Dried bird’s eye chilies, soaked until soft – 5 pieces
• Shallots, sliced – ¼ cup
• Garlic, sliced – 3 tbsp
  
• Fingerroot, sliced – ¼ cup
• Shrimp paste – 2 tsp
  

Now that the ingredients are ready, it’s time to get cooking! No need to worry—just toss everything into the pot and season it to your taste. Let’s go step by step:

• Let’s make the curry paste first. Use a blender to blend all the curry paste ingredients with 1 cup of water until smooth and well combined.
• Boil 5 cups of water in a pot. Once boiling, add the blended curry paste.
• When the water boils again, add the pounded snakehead fish meat, carrots, and cauliflower. Next, carefully place the cleaned and cut snakehead fish pieces into the pot. Avoid stirring at this stage to prevent the broth from becoming fishy. Let it boil again, then add the fish pieces back in.
• Flavor the broth with tamarind juice, fish sauce, and palm sugar. Stir until everything is well mixed.
• Add the vegetable hummingbirds, long beans, and Chinese kale. Let it boil until the vegetables are tender. Then, serve hot in a bowl.
  

Feel free to add your favorite veggies like water mimosa, morning glory, or young watermelon. You can even swap the snakehead fish for fried fish or shrimp for a different twist!

Kaeng Som is low in fat, containing only 150 calories per serving, and it's packed with nutrients from the fish, curry paste, and vegetables.

• Long beans: Promote healthy bones and teeth, relieve bloating, and aid in carbohydrate and fat metabolism, reducing the risk of weight gain.
• Vegetable hummingbirds: Boost immunity, reduce fever, nourish the liver, and lower cancer risks.
• Chinese kale: Enhances immunity, supports eye health, and strengthens bones and teeth.
• Cauliflower: Protects against various health issues like scurvy, osteoporosis, menopause symptoms, diabetes, heart diseases, and cancer.
• Carrots: Great for improving eyesight.
  

Additionally, the tamarind juice in the broth serves as a gentle natural laxative, while the fish provides an excellent source of protein. Although Kaeng Som might seem like a complex dish due to its many ingredients, it’s actually much easier to prepare than it looks! Follow the steps above, and you’ll not only enjoy a dish perfectly suited to your taste but also get to include a variety of vegetables of your choice.

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