THE IRONY OF MEDICINAL COOKING is that when you need it most, you often have the least capability, desire or energy to do it for yourself. At which point one either needs to engage (or upgrade!) one's lover, or engage any available, vaguely willing hands. And so it was. Miss 13 @nabithecat was recruited to assist her injured solo mama, just out of the hospital with a triple fracture in the elbow after a recent car accident.
Thai-Fusion Spicy-Sour Green Mango Salad, it was. Quick, nutritious, cleansing to the liver & gallbadder after too many pain meds and hospital food. Incredibly high in vitamin C for bone healing. Tangy & spicy on a hot, monsoonal-deluge night. How to do?
Start with one large rock-hard organic green mango. Miss 13 ran out in the dark to pick it from one of our trees.
Already freshly rain-washed, it just needed peeling.
Apologies for the image quality and lighting. :) Our 100 year old Thai teak house blew two lights in yesterday's storm (ancient electrics) and the one handed photo thing not as easy as it seems. :)
Take a razor sharp cleaver and create loads of tiny deep vertical cuts. Thai-style. :) Nervous westerners have been known to use a grater.
And then simply shave off slivers of green mango. What does it taste like? Reminiscent of tart green apple, but a gentler, more rounded flavor.
A pure Thai version would add small ripe cherry tomatoes, sliced beans, herbs and maybe red onion. In tourist centres you often also see grated carrot. But seeing we are global girls and not enslaved by tradition, last night we opted for this:
Long beans, rocket, mild green chilies, coriander (cilantro), green spring onions and fresh lime juice.
Toss it all together. We sometimes use the traditional Thai fish sauce for authentic flavour, but a pinch or two of himalayan salt works just fine too. And a generous sprinkle of dried chili flakes (called 'prik bon' in thai) for added zing.
What did we eat it with? Very typical Thai fast food from a roadside place on the way home - a grilled fish and sticky rice. Because medicinal cooking also needs to be EASY! The fish phenomenal for helping my bones to heal.
So, a real-life, real-time glimpse into our Thai world and the type of medicinal cooking we share when one of us is in need. Actually, we eat like this most of the time, although I would normally have steamed some black organic riceberry rice instead.
Starting to feel a little better.
Grateful for nourishment and the willing hands of my sweet daughter, Ploi.
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Healing
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Delicious Papaya Salad. My Thai wife from the Isaan asked where is the " Pla Ra "? Thank you @artemislives for this great article.
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Hey Billy - it's a mango salad, not papaya. Same same but different. :) We don't use pla-ra as it carries dangerous liver flukes which are well documented to cause liver cancer. Google it. Not that we dislike pla-ra, just we only take the best of Thailand and leave the crap-dangerous stuff. :) 16 years here in Chiang Mai now. And you? Following you. :)
Appreciate the resteem. Thank you!! :)
Oh, my mistake with the payaya salad. But my wife is using the pla ra also for mango salad. ;-).
I´m here since 12 years. But I´m new on Steemit.
pla-ra is dangerous stuff. delicious but not smart, in the end. Where do you live, Billy? My daughter, Ploi, is half-thai and I run a herbal biz here in Chiang Mai.
Yes, I know that about the pla ra. But you know. The isaan people love it. So, you can´t change it. We stay near Hangdong. And you?
Baan Rim Tai in Mae Rim. We have a pretty active steem-fam here in Chiang Mai, led by the lovely and super-smart @kenistyles Next time we have a steem brunch, come & join us.... :)
That sounds interesting. Where do you meet and how can I find out about it?
hello @artemislives
well the way you describe it , is indescribable.....
i would recommend this way to my wife.....thanks
Now a wonderful gesture would be if YOU make it as a surprise for your wife. :) Thanks for the support. :)
wow, great to read. Never thought of it with medical purposes. With that we dutchies can learn a lot from other cultures. Thanks for sharing..
the whole medicinal-cooking collective on @ecotrain is based on the simple knowledge that #foodismedicine One of my fav hashtags actually. This mango salad would also be very delish with smoked paling. :)
MMM. goad u pulled this off in the end.. i remember making this salad once in Thailand.. mMmm. nice combo with that fish.. that looks Super healthy and tasty with the Thai seasonings.. <MMM miss chiang mai now!
Ok - we'll make it together when next you wander by this way... :)
haha yes! lets see Maybe November time ;_)
oooh fun!! Loy Kratong and my birthday month. :) steem fam party! :)
Thai green mango salad is very protein and delicious.
Thanks for stopping by! :) yes, all those fab amino acids get synthesized into proteins in our bodies - is Mother Nature not amazing? Following you.
that is a huge manggo.
I havexnever seen one that big
haha... yes... the witchy juju garden-goddess thing (and a little know how) WORKS! We get massive and seriously yummy mangoes on our trees. :)
Looks yummy. Hope your arm mends soon. One armed photos? Where is @nabithecat?
Haha.... @nabithecat was the kitchen slave in the pics!! :) Bone healing reminds me always that great foundations take time and invite a reduced pace. All good. :)
Thank you for the resteem LURVE @kenistyles :)
That is one huge mango you have there :) I do not think I have ever seen them big like that. The meal sounds lovely and very healthy, enjoy your meal and your day 💚