Thai Winged Bean Salad (Yum Tua Ploo)

This is about the tastiest Thai dish I can make.  I try to order it often from different restaurants around town (Nakhon Ratchasima) to see what people are putting in, and have come up with my own vegetarian ultra-delicious version.

Enjoy!

Step 1 Gather Ye ingredients!

The 2 main ingredients are winged beans and 'nam prik pao', which is a type of chili paste made with roasted chilis and sour tamarind.
Outside of Thailand, these 2 ingredients may be hard to find, so I've included substitutions here to let you still amaze people with the breadth of your culinary skills ;)

There are a few ingredients, but nothing too complicated!

You're gonna need:

1 large egg
1/2 kilo winged beans (tua ploo) <substitute: 1/2 kilo fresh greenbeans, snowpeas, and/or carrots)
2 tbsp vegetable oil
1 cup coconut milk
1/2 cup peanuts (shelled, skinned)
1 large clove garlic
1 small handful of shallots
1/2 lime
dry and fresh chilis
sugar
vinegar
seasoned soy sauce
1 1/2 tbsps nam prik pao chili paste

<< 'Nam prik pao' chili paste is available for sale outside of Thailand, such as the brand pictured here, but may be hard to find.
To make your own, here's a simple recipe to make about 3 tbsps:
2 tbsp vegetable oil
1 1/2 tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp sugar
1 tsp miso (fermented soy bean paste)
1 tsp sour tamarind <substitue: 1 tsp lime juice>
1 tsp dried chili peppers
1 small shallot

Easy and quick!  Crush the dried chili peppers to flakes.  Heat, stirring constantly in a dry frying pan.  Make sure you have good ventilation to do this!  Dry fry until the chilis start to darken to a deep reddish brown.  Add to all other ingredients in a blender or food processor and blend to a paste.  Done!>>

Comments

[bajablue]

Excellent!!!

[eyewalk]

Thanks! Hope you can find some winged beans to try it for real ;)