is a salad made from raw yard long beans that originates from Isaan. The yard long beans are pounded and mixed
in a mortar together with garlic, chilis, palm sugar, lime and fish sauce. Depending on the recipe, other vegetables such as raw Thai eggplants are mixed with
the yard long beans. This salad can also be found under the names “Tam Thua” (
) or “Yam Thua Fak Yao”
(
).
Name
Tam Thua Fak Yao (ตำถั่วฝักยาว)
Tam ()
Pound
Thua Fak Yao ()
Yard long beans
Alternative names
Tum Thua Fak Yao,
Som Tum Tua,
Yam Thua,
Yam Thua Fak Yao
