Bitter vegetable food: Nhaom Sdoa
Nhaom Sdoa
Some like eating this food but some people do not like it because S’dao is a kind of a bitter vegetable and is available seasonally between October and March. To help reduce the bitterness many people blanch the S’dao stems in boiling water for 2-3 minutes, then they use only the young leaves and blossom in the salad.
Blanch the S’dao and boil the bacon, then toss with the fish, tomato and cucumber in a large bowl. To make the dressing, mix the crushed grilled garlic, prahok, sugar, fish sauce and tamarind juice, then add to salad.
Note: Depending on how bitter the s’dao, the amount of tamarind juice and sugar can be adjusted. If tamarind juice is unavailable, lime juice is a good substiture.
Ingredients:
- 6 bunches of S’dao
- 50 g bacon, cut into thin strips
- 50 g smoked fish, broken and coarsely pounded 1 ripe red tomato, julienned
- 1 medium size cucumber, julienned
Dressing:
- 4 large cloves garlic, grilled and crushed
- ½ – 1 tbsp prahok, steamed and crushed
- 1 tbsp sugar
- ½ tbsp fish sauce
- 1½ tbsp tamarind juice
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