Thai Salad Kaek

Name: Thai Salad Kaek
Yield: For 2 Servings
Cuisine: Thai
Ingredients: ## Ingredients {#ingredients-gai-pad-hed}; 40g roasted peanuts; 2 ½ tbsp red curry paste; 400ml coconut milk; 1-2 tbsp tamarind paste; 1 tbsp fish sauce; ½ tsp sesame oil; 2 tbsp palm sugar or brown sugar; 100g chicken breast; 100g shrimp; 2 eggs; green salad; 2 tomatoes; half a cucumber; a handful of soybean sprouts or other sprouts; a handful of Casava; or Potato chips

Colorful salad with peanut dressing

Jens (Der Reiskoch)

2025-05-09

Recipes

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I recently came across the exciting southern Thai “Salad Kaek” ( สลัดแขก ). This has its origins in Indian or Indonesian cuisine and the name can also be translated as “Indian salad”.

It typically contains a mixture of fried or deep-fried ingredients as well as a selection of fresh vegetables and crispy potato sticks or chips. It is served with a peanut dressing and poured over the salad just before eating.

The selection of ingredients that I present to you here is an example, and you can add to it as you wish or replace individual ingredients with others . The important thing is to create a colorful salad plate that whets the appetite for this unusual salad with its appearance alone.

Ingredients for 2 servings

For the dressing

40g roasted peanuts
2 ½ tbsp red curry paste
400ml coconut milk
1-2 tbsp tamarind paste
1 tbsp fish sauce
½ tsp sesame oil
2 tbsp palm sugar or brown sugar

For the salad

100g chicken breast
100g shrimp
2 eggs
green salad
2 tomatoes
half a cucumber
a handful of soybean sprouts or other sprouts
a handful of Casava- or Potato chips

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Preparation

Dressing

crush the peanuts in a mortar until a coarse paste is formed
heat the solid part of the coconut milk in a pan until it thickens
add the red curry paste and stir-fry until the oil separates
add the rest of the coconut milk
add the tamarind paste, fish sauce and sesame oil
add the palm sugar and stir until it is completely dissolved
simmer everything together for about 5 minutes
stir in the crushed peanuts
simmer for a further 2 minutes
pour the dressing into a small bowl and leave to cool

Salad

boil the eggs for 8-10 minutes until they are hard
cut the meat into bite-sized pieces and fry
fry the prawns
cut the green salad into strips
slice the tomatoes and cucumber
peel and quarter the eggs
place the green salad in the center of a large plate
arrange the other ingredients around it
serve the salad with the dressing and potato chips