Yum Woon Sen, or Thai glass noodle salad, with translucent mung bean noodles dressed with minced meat and shrimp, and a spicy dressing made of lime juice and fish sauce.
Unlike other Thai noodle dishes, Yum woon sen is a noodle salad, so the noodles are not fried.
Glass noodles are a type of translucent noodle made of starch (such as mung bean starch, potato starch, sweet potato starch, tapioca, or cane starch) and water, in Thailand they are called wun sen, and they can also be stir-fried like phat wun sen.
The Korean ones are called dangmyeon, made from sweet potato starch and used to make japchae, while in India they make falooda from corn starch or arrowroot flour, used in the dessert of the same name:
- Difficulty: Easy
- Cost: Economical
- Rest time: 10 Minutes
- Preparation time: 5 Minutes
- Portions: 4 people
- Cooking methods: Boiling, Stove
- Cuisine: Thai
- Seasonality: All seasons
Ingredients
- 160 g wun sen
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 tablespoon palm sugar
- 3 tablespoons fish sauce
- 3 tablespoons lime (juice)
- 1 tomato
- 1/2 onion
- 1 stalk celery
- 1 tablespoon dried shrimp
- 6 shrimps
- 200 g ground pork
- to taste roasted salted peanuts
- to taste coriander
- 1 chilies (from 1 to 3)
- to taste salt
Steps
Soak the noodles in water for 7/10 minutes,
Prepare the sauce by pounding together the coriander with garlic, chili, palm sugar, 2 tablespoons of fish sauce, and lime juice.
Rehydrate the dried shrimps in water and pound them.
In a pot, sauté the shrimp powder with tomato, onion, and celery and set aside.
Boil the noodles and in the same water boil the shrimps for 45 seconds.
Cook the meat with some of the cooking water and 1 teaspoon of fish sauce. Add salt to taste.
Mix all ingredients with the noodles and serve with roasted peanuts and fresh coriander.
FAQ (Questions and Answers)
What is the difference between Yum woon sen and Pad thai?
For Pad Thai wide and flat rice noodles are stir-fried with shrimps, peanuts, eggs, and sometimes fried tofu.
The dressing is made of tamarind paste, fish sauce, garlic, chilies, and
palm sugar.How is Valentine’s Day celebrated in Thailand?
In Thailand, more than being the lovers’ festival, Valentine’s Day, which is simply called “Wan Valentine” (วันวาเลนไทน์), literally: “Valentine Day” or “Valentine’s Day”, is the festival of Love.
Thais wish each other “Suk-San Wan Valentine” (สุขสันต์วันวาเลนไทน์), which can be translated as “Happy Valentine’s Day” just like you might wish “Merry Christmas!” or “Happy New Year!”
