Thai Mango Salad

Posted by My Cooking Hut in Featured Articles, Other Asian Food, Salad on 6 March, 2010 | 52 Comments


Mango is such an amazing fruit that you can use it in making dessert or even in main/side dishes. Let me tell you, when I was young, I hated ripe mango. Unripe mango is always my preference. I eat it by itself. What? Yeah, just slice it, dip with salt (or without) and put it in my mouth. Sometimes, I like to pickle unripe mango too, then eat it as a snack. ;) Or use it to make into salad. Apart from Som Tam – Thai papaya salad, Thai mango salad is also my favourite.


So, why is it that I like unripe mango so much? Errr.. it’s kind of hard to explain. My tolerance to acidity is pretty high compared to others in my family. I love sour, sweet and sour stuff. The rest would wait for the mango to ripe but, for me, unripe mango suits my palates. However, as time goes by, I kind of open my mind a little and give ripe mango a go. Well, it tastes pretty good too. So, I slowly accepted ripe mango later in my life. Now that I am a very ‘mango’ person, I like to use both ripe and unripe in my cooking.


Thai mango salad can be a great side dish. Like its sister, Thai papaya salad, both of them share pretty much the same features – sweet, sour, and spicy. In terms of ingredients, you can pretty much make your own version of Thai mango salad. The standard version is always a mixture of thinly sliced unripe mango with roasted peanuts, dried shrimps, shallots, and chopped bird’s eyes chili. My version – I always like to top some toasted crispy anchovies! This dish is pretty much about flavours and textures. I love the crunch of the anchovies, while having the sweetness, sourness, and spiciness of other ingredients. Given just Thai mango salad, I can eat it with rice. Yes, just white plain rice. You can serve Thai mango salad with just about anything – chicken, meat, prawns… or eat on its own. :)



Recipe: Thai Mango Salad

Serves 3-4


Ingredients:


Mango (shredded), 400g

Shallots (thinly sliced), 2

Red Thai chili, 2-3

Fish sauce, 3-4 tsp

Lime juice, 4-5 tsp

Dried shrimps, 20g

Peanuts (toasted), 40g

Palm sugar, 3-4 tbsp

Dry anchovies (toasted), a handful (this is optional)

Coriander, to garnish


Method:

1. Peel the green mango and shred with a zigzag peeler.

2. Soak the mango in ice cold water to make it crispy.

3. Slightly crush the chilies, shallots, dried shrimps and peanuts in a mortar. Then, put in fish sauce, lime juice, and palm sugar. Mix well.

4. Pour in the above mixture into the sliced mango. Mix well.

5. Garnish with some toasted anchovies and coriander. Serve as a side dish.


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52 Comments »

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    Gorgeous and delicious! This salad is my favourite…very appetising! Beautiful photos.

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    I go googoo gaga over mangoes…. lovely salad and photo… :)

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    A salad with so much flavour and kick! Just look at the chili on top. :) Beautiful photos as always!

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    Lovely. I do have some green mangoes available and this would be really refreshing for the summer. The photos are very inviting.

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    Lee Mei,
    Your dish made my mouth water :-)
    I like the addition of toasted anchovies.

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    Thanks! It's very addictive though.

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    Hehe..the addition of anchovies adds different dimension to this salad ;)

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    Thank you! :)

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    Yeah, I know! You made some really nice desserts with them I saw ;)

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    Thanks, Mary!

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    Looks perfect! Definitely one of my favorite salads of all time.

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    In Mexico they eat the core of the pineapple with salt and lime. Kind of the same thing.

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    If it is mango vs papaya salad appearing right in front of me at the same time, I would pick the mango first!

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    This is one of my fave Thai foods. Yours look spicy and colourful!

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    I love mango salad. It’s very close to thai papaya salad. One of my sister’s best friends is Thai and she made this dish once and my sister came home and asked me if I’ve ever had mango salad. Of course I never so the friend made a big bowl for us. It’s absolutely delicious. Your recipe is perfect. Palm sugar is hard to find in my city but I’d use brown sugar or sugar cane as substitute.

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    Oh my!!!! This is one of our must order dish whenever we visit any thai restaurant…. and yours look so appetising!!!!

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    I love mangoes, but I must say I prefer ones that are not too unripe – my tolerance for sour food is pretty low, not helped by the fact that my teeth can't handle too much acidity.

    I order this very often, but have never tried recreating it in the kitchen. When I do, I'll definitely have to add the ikan bilis, such a good idea! :)

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    Looks so fresh and delicious. Your picture so reminds me that spring is just around the corner!

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    This is my favourite Thai salad! Looks so appetizing! Must learn to make one (without chilli) for my son soon. ;)

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    Thanks Ellena.

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    Same for me too. :)

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    That is very interesting. I learn something new..

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    Same for me… LOL

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    Yeah, my fav too. Kind of spicy.. a lot of chili.. hehe.

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    Brown sugar should be ok. It's really easy to prepare.

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    I tend to recreate recipes that I can easily get at restaurants when I lived in Malaysia. I absolutely encourage the addition of ikan bilis. hehe

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    Thanks.. I hope the spring is coming soon..

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    I believe do without Chili is just as nice.. ;)

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    Your ‘Hut’ looks awesome! I have just enjoyed surfing around, reading your posts and seeing all the beautiful pictures. Great to know you as well : ).

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    Hi First time here, after I saw your recipe in a some blogroll..salad looks really fresh and colourful..

    cheers

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    Lovely mango salad. I love mango salad especially THAI….

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    refreshing and healthy! what more can you ask for???

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    I love, love green mango salad! I also love eating green mango with alamang (shrimp paste).

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    I like mango too: ripe or green. I remember eating green mango with salt and dry hot pepper when I was a child…
    Your thai salad looks delicious !

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    I love thai mango salad. Actually I'm nuts about raw mango n this is juts a perfect way to have them. Kudos – great recipe and stunning pic to go with it !

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    same ;)

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    Thanks. :)

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    Hi,
    Thanks for dropping by and your comment! :) Please stay tuned for more recipes ;)

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    Hi there,
    Thanks for dropping by and your comment! :)

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    Yeah, with shrimp paste.. yum!

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    That reminds me of eating green mango with crushed bird's eye chilies with sweet dark soya sauce..

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    Hi Kajal,
    Thanks! Raw mangoes are yummy… despite the sourness… hehe

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    Your mango salad looks great. I love green unripe mangoes too. We used to have a mango tree, and there'd be so much fruits that we'd give them away by the bags, and pickle jars of them. i love slices of green mango with asamboi powder.

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    This is definitely the most popular Thai salad; Thais are just so fond of their mangoes =)

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    Yes, I totally agree.. it's really a great dish!

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    Thanks for your comment. I like pickled mangoes.. yum… asamboi powder, another good choice!! Goes well with Jambu too ;)

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    Looks great! Love the added anchovies for the extra crunch!

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    Definitely! Anchovies are my all time favs ;)

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    Well that just looks heavenly. Yet another thing to add to my list of things to try and prepare :-) // Great eye for photos too. Makes the the salad look lush.

    I've tried green (unripe) mangoes in the past and they're nice, but I'm more of a ripe mango person myself.

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    Hi there,
    Thanks for your comment! Glad that you like this recipe.

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    Wow great photos!

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    Thanks!

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