Make This Vibrant Thai Rice Salad (Khao Yum) at Home!

Date: 2025-06-04 16:00:46

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Craving a vibrant Thai dish that’s as beautiful as it is delicious? Try this Southern Thai Rice Salad – Khao Yum! 🌈 A stunning mix of blue rice, punchy fermented dressing, and a rainbow of fresh herbs, veg, and toppings like toasted coconut and prawn floss.

This dish hits every flavour note: sweet, salty, sour, spicy and umami – and looks like a piece of art on your plate.

Ingredients:

Blue Rice:
1 cup jasmine rice
Butterfly pea flowers (or purple cabbage, for colour)
Water
Dressing (Nam Budoo-style):
1 tbsp fermented fish sauce or shrimp paste
1 tsp tamarind paste
1–2 bird’s eye chillies (adjust for heat)
Palm sugar to taste
Lime juice to balance

Veg & Herbs:
Long beans, finely chopped
Carrot, grated
Red cabbage, shredded
Lemongrass, finely sliced
Kaffir lime leaves, finely shredded
Coriander
Thai basil (optional)

Toppings:
Toasted coconut
Fried shallots
Prawn floss (or crushed dried shrimp)

Cooked protein (optional – prawn, chicken or tofu)

💡 Pro tip: Make it ahead and assemble just before serving to wow your guests

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– Make This Vibrant Thai Rice Salad (Khao Yum) at Home! –

00:08 – Welcome & Ingredients Overview
01:10 – Prepping the Aromatics
01:51 – Making the Flavour Paste
05:18 – Cooking the Blue Jasmine Rice
06:28 – Toasting Coconut & Dried Shrimp
07:33 – Making the Dressing
09:15 – Final Assembly & Toppings