PLA RA PADAEK FOR PAPAYA SALAD | FERMENTED FISH SAUCE น้ำปลาร้าปรุงสำเร็จ ใส่ส้มตำ ตำบักหุ่ง

This Seasoned Fermented Fish Sauce will add a layer of complexity and richness to your spicy Thai/Lao salads (such as papaya salad), and dips. Fermented Fish Sauce (a.k.a. unfiltered fish sauce known as Pla Ra in Thai and Padaek in Lao) on its own, is widely used in cooking, in both Laos and Isaan (Northeast region of Thailand). In this video, I show you how to season this fermented fish sauce to enhance its flavors and aroma, so that it's ready to inject blasts of umami and richness into anything you put it in. Is it supposed to be salty and funky? Yes.... Is it delicious? Yes :)
Also, please cook this outside, this will stink up your house!

*It's important to note that there are many variations of this seasoned fermented fish sauce and every family has their own recipe. In fact, I make it a bit different each time based on what’s available to me. Some people add specific types of olives, others add mulberry leaves, pandan, or krathin leaves. Others use chunky fermented fish sauce, while others may use something more watery, based on what is available to them. As you can imagine, each variation can taste a little different. Some add dried shrimp, and even sugar. I don't add sugar in mine because I don't treat this as a stand alone sauce, but more of an additional ingredient that is used to enhance flavors of food. That said, I generally don't like my food too sweet and rather add sugar separately so I can control the level of sweetness.

Now, this seasoned fermented fish sauce is good in Yum (salads made without a mortar & pestle) & Tum (salads made with a mortar & pestle), and dipping sauces for sour, crunchy fruits. Specifically for Yum & Tum salads, this seasoned fermented fish sauce does not act as a stand alone sauce but more of an additional ingredient to enhance the flavors and aroma in Yum & Tum salads.

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INGREDIENTS

Pla Ra/Padaek - 24.2 oz (2 small Pantai brand bottles) or whatever you have
Shrimp Paste - 1 cup
Crab Paste - 1/2 cup
Fish Sauce - 1 + 1/2 cups
Frozen River Crab or Salted Crab - 7 oz
Pineapple - 1/4 of entire fruit + the core
MSG - 1/4 cup
Tamarind Liquid - 1 + 3/4 cups
Pickled Garlic - 2 bulbs
Pickled Garlic Juice - 1 + 1/4 cups

*Adjust flavors to your liking!
Feel free to double, triple, ...++ the ingredients to make a larger batch.
I like to make smaller batches so that I can have it fresher.
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