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Vermicelli Spicy Salad

In Thailand we like to eat spicy. When you walk on the street or restaurant you will see Sum Tum in the menu. Vermicelli in Thai is Khanom Jeen or khoa poon depend on which past of Thailand.

Tum Khanom Jeen not much ingredients you need and easy to make.

Ingredients

1 small carrot shards

3-4 cherry tomatoes Cut in half

1 1/2 table spoon lime juice

2 table spoon fish fermented or fish sauce

1 tea spoon sugar

150 g vermicelli

2 garlic cloves

Fresh red hot chilli depend on how much spicy you need

If you want more ingredients you can also add Cabbage picker, Thai eggplant, pork

balls or chicken balls in.

Instructions

Sum tum and Tum khanom Jeen important equipments you need is Pastors and Mortar. Add chilli and garlic into the pastor and proud thoroughly. Then add fish fermented, lime juice, sugar, carrot and tomatoes and then mixing ingredients together. Lasting add khanom jeen ( vermicelli ) mix gently in the mortar ready to serve

Jinny’s food journey

Let start with who I am.

Jinny comes from Norteathern Thailand or what some people call Isan. My family are farmers and I am so proud to be a Farmer girl. Where I was born and grew up was just so far away from Bangkok. Our family is a big family and we’re very close. When my grandma was alive our family always has dinner together almost every night at my grandma’s house. My Aunty and my mother are good cooks but I never want to learn how to cook when I was younger.

About my story when I started to cook.

I left my country in August 2012. I came to Australia to study at first while I was studying I met my Husband there. I made the decision to stay in Australia with My Aussie Husband. But I’m always missing my mother and my family, and one thing make me feel like I am at my hometown is traditional Isan Food. Of course I first started cooking Som Tum ( green papaya salad) and other Isan foods. I called my mother and my Aunty asked them for recipe and I learned from there. Everytime when I go back to Thailand I always spend time in the kitchen with my Mother and my Aunty to learn how to cook and remember all the secrets from the recipes they taught me.

I have been practicing to cook for over six years and I have learned a lot. But there still more to learn. I have not tried all the cuisine and food from around the world, but I would love to try to eat and cook variety of course, and it’s wonderful if I can make other country’s cuisine.