Recipes · Thai · Soups and Broths
Kaeng Som (Sour Curry)
One serving has 256 kcal and 29 g protein, and at least a fifth of a woman's daily need of cobalamin (165%), selenium (94%), vitamin D (D2 + D3) (88%), vitamin C (56%), pyridoxine (52%) and phosphorus (43%). Ready in 35 minutes.
- Preparation: 15 min
- Cooking: 20 min
- Makes: 1 serving (547 g)
- Difficulty: Medium
- Diets: Pescatarian, Dairy-free
- Contains: fish, gluten, shellfish
Ingredients
- 130 g Snapper, raw
- 300 g Water
- 6 g Chilies, dried red
- 12 g Shallots, raw
- 5 g Oyster sauce
- 20 g Tamarind pulp
- 8 g Fish sauce
- 5 g Sugar
- 60 g Papaya, raw
- 0.5 g Salt
Method
- Pound the dried chili and shallot with the oyster sauce, a shrimp paste stand-in, into a paste.
- Bring the water to a boil, stir in the paste, and simmer 5 minutes.
- Add the tamarind, fish sauce, sugar and salt and simmer 3-4 minutes to build the sour, salty broth.
- Add the papaya, green and unripe if you can find it, and simmer 6-8 minutes until just tender.
- Slide in the fish and simmer 4-5 minutes more until it flakes easily and is cooked through.
Nutrition per serving
| Nutrient | Per serving | Share of a day's need |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 256 kcal | 12% |
| Carbohydrates | 31 g | |
| Water | 478 mL | |
| Fiber | 4.2 g | 14% |
| Protein | 28.9 g | 60% |
| Tryptophan | 0.32 g | |
| Threonine | 1.2 g | |
| Isoleucine | 1.3 g | |
| Leucine | 2.2 g | |
| Lysine | 2.5 g | |
| Methionine | 0.8 g | |
| Cystine | 0.3 g | |
| Phenylalanine | 1.1 g | |
| Tyrosine | 0.92 g | |
| Valine | 1.4 g | |
| Histidine | 0.81 g | |
| Fat | 2.4 g | |
| Monounsaturated | 0.44 g | |
| Polyunsaturated | 0.84 g | |
| Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) | 0.34 g | |
| Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA) | 0.07 g | |
| Omega-6 | 0.23 g | |
| Saturated | 0.53 g | |
| Trans-Fats | 0 g | |
| Cholesterol | 48.1 mg | |
| Calcium | 89.8 mg | 9% |
| Copper | 0.15 mg | 17% |
| Iron | 1.5 mg | 9% |
| Magnesium | 97.6 mg | 31% |
| Manganese | 0.15 mg | 8% |
| Phosphorus | 304 mg | 43% |
| Potassium | 955 mg | 20% |
| Selenium | 51.6 µg | 94% |
| Sodium | 1,071 mg | |
| Zinc | 0.7 mg | 9% |
| Thiamin (vitamin B1) | 0.17 mg | 15% |
| Riboflavin (vitamin B2) | 0.14 mg | 13% |
| Niacin (vitamin B3) | 1.8 mg | 13% |
| Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5) | 1.2 mg | 24% |
| Pyridoxine (vitamin B6) | 0.68 mg | 52% |
| Folate (vitamin B9) | 43.5 µg | 11% |
| Cobalamin (vitamin B12) | 4 µg | 165% |
| Choline | 97.5 mg | 23% |
| Vitamin A | 150 µg | 21% |
| Vitamin C | 42.2 mg | 56% |
| Vitamin D (D2 + D3) | 530 IU | 88% |
| Vitamin E | 1.6 mg | 11% |
| Vitamin K | 8.8 µg | 10% |
Shares of a day's need are for a woman of 30, 165 cm, 60 kg, lightly active, by the US and Canadian Dietary Reference Intakes. SustainBite works out each person's own needs, by the standard where they live: the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations in Norway, the UK's, EFSA's in the EU.
Climate footprint
0.8 kg CO2e a serving: about average for main dishes on SustainBite. Source: ADEME, Agribalyse 3.2.
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