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    Home » Recipes » All Recipes » Gluten Free » Corn Cucumber Salad ตำแตงข้าวโพด (tum tang kao poad)

    Corn Cucumber Salad ตำแตงข้าวโพด (tum tang kao poad)

    Published: Sep 5, 2014 · Modified: Jan 16, 2021 by Pailin Chongchitnant · This post may contain affiliate links

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    Corn Som Tum

    Corn Cucumber Salad ตำแตงข้าวโพด (tum tang kao poad)

    ★★★★★ 4.3 from 3 reviews
    • Author: Pailin Chongchitnant
    • Yield: Serves 2
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    Ingredients

    • 1 ear sweet corn (you will need about 165 g kernels, which may not be the whole ear)
    • A pinch of salt
    • 1 salted duck egg
    • 2 cloves garlic
    • 1-3 Thai chilies, to taste
    • 1.5 Tbsp palm sugar, finely chopped
    • 1 heaping tablespoon dried shrimp, roughly chopped if large
    • ⅓ cup long beans, cut into 2-inch pieces
    • 1 small tomato, cut into wedges on a bias (see video)
    • 1.5 Tbsp fish sauce
    • 3 Tbsp lime juice
    • 1 cup julienned cucumber

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    Bring a large pot of water to a full boil. Add corn and boil for 6 minutes. Remove from water, sprinkle the corn with salt on all sides and let cool completely. Once cooled, lay the corn on its side and slice the kernels off the cob, trying your best to keep the kernels together in big pieces; set aside. You will need roughly 165 g of corn kernels, so depending on the size of the ear, you may not need all of it.

    Cut the salted duck egg in half right through the shell and scoop out the egg in one piece with a spoon. Cut one half of the egg into chunks (for tossing into the salad), then cut the other half as nicely as you can into wedges (for putting on top of the salad).

    In a mortar and pestle, pound garlic and chilies until there are no more chunks. Add palm sugar and pound until mostly dissolved. Add dried shrimp and long beans, and pound briefly just to crush the long beans. Add tomatoes, fish sauce and lime juice, adding also a few pieces of the lime rind after juicing. Pound gently to mix and crush the tomato slightly, using a large spoon to help fold the mixture. Add cucumber, corn and the chunks of the salted duck egg, toss to mix with a spoon. Plate and arrange the wedges of salted duck eggs on top.

    Note:If you do not have a mortar and pestle, you can still make this salad in a mixing bowl with a few extra steps: 1) Mince the garlic and chilies 2) Finely grate the sugar so it dissolves easily, or make a palm sugar syrup by cooking it with just enough water to dissolve. 3) Crush the tomatoes with a wooden spoon or spatula to release their juices into the salad.

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    1. Chris J

      April 24, 2022 at 6:29 pm

      Big fan of your channel and website—good reference. We live in the Philippines and we try to get to Thailand every once in awhile. Looking forward to making this for a group of eight—coupled with coconut rice, baked cashews, ‘naked sheimp’ appetizers, and the ubiquitous ‘kai yang’ chicken. Dessert remains to be determined though!

      ★★★

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    2. Stephen Chan

      January 04, 2021 at 8:34 am

      I love Som Tum, but once for a while I like to twist a little bit, and this is a great variation of the Tum-style Thai salad to try. You can also combine the two and make your own version, like adding corn to a regular Som Tum!

      ★★★★★

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    3. Futile Resistance

      December 30, 2020 at 9:47 pm

      This is way better to make than the papaya version. I prefer the taste also, but this is sooooooooo much easier with less faffing around. If you can't get salted duck eggs just use normal eggs! Make this at home and order the papaya one when out and about!

      ★★★★★

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