Name: Thai Green Mango Salad (Yum Ma Muang)
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Ingredients: 1 bird's eye chili; 4 cloves garlic (crushed and peeled); ½ teaspoon Thai shrimp paste (kapi); ¼ cup coconut cream; 1 teaspoon fish sauce; 2 tablespoons palm sugar; 4 cups julienned green mangoes; 1 cup thinly sliced fresh shallots; ½ cup sliced scallions; 2 cups cooked shrimps; fried shallots; crusted roasted peanuts; dessicated coconut ((see notes after the recipe))

Thai Green Mango Salad (Yum Ma Muang)

Connie Veneracion

Sweet and tart with umami lingering in the background, Thai green mango salad, or yun ma muang, relies heavily on the freshest ingredients

Tart and sweet are tempered with salty and umami courtesy of a little fermented shrimp paste used sparingly. In fact, unless you have an ultra-sensitive nose, you probably won't know it's there. The first sensation you get is the creaminess and sweetness of the coconut cream. As your teeth start to grind the green mango and fresh shallots, the tartness mixes with the sweetness, and the sharpness of the shallots jolts the taste buds. Then, the the shrimps, peanuts, scallions, toasted coconut and fried shallots blend it, and it's like the flavors and textures are happily dancing in perfect harmomy in your mouth.

Alex and I learned to make it at a cooking class in Chiang Mai.

Yum Ma Muang (Thai green mango salad) with whole shrimps in a bowl

Prep Time 10 mins

Cook Time 0 mins

Total Time 10 mins

Course Salad, Side Dish

Cuisine Thai

Servings people

Ingredients

For the dressing

1 bird's eye chili
4 cloves garlic crushed and peeled
½ teaspoon Thai shrimp paste (kapi)
¼ cup coconut cream
1 teaspoon fish sauce
2 tablespoons palm sugar

For the salad

4 cups julienned green mangoes
1 cup thinly sliced fresh shallots
½ cup sliced scallions
2 cups cooked shrimps
fried shallots
crusted roasted peanuts
dessicated coconut (see notes after the recipe)

Instructions

With a mortar and pestle (or a mini food processor), grind the chili and garlic with the shrimp paste.
Scrape the ground ingredients into a bowl. Stir in the palm sugar, fish sauce and coconut cream until the sugar is dissolved.
In a large mixing bowl, toss the green mango, fresh shallots, scallions and cooked shrimps to distribute evenly.
Stir the salad dressing before drizzling over the mango mixture. Toss well.
Divide the salad among four bowls (or serve in a large salad bowl, if you prefer) and top with the fried shallots, peanuts and toasted coconut.

Notes

Dessicated coconut is sold toasted or untoasted. We prefer the toasted kind for making Thai green mango salad. The nutty aroma and flavor are wonderful.

Keyword Mango

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