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Thai Sour Curry Recipe •Climbing Wattle Omelette and Shrimps •Gaeng Som Chaom Goong. Today's recipe is a typical Thai soup from Southern Thailand called Gaeng Som (or Kaeng Som). It's a sour and spicy soup with fresh shrimps, omelette and herbs. Sour Curry w/ Shrimp and Green Papaya (Gaeng Som) แกงส้ม. Sour Curry, or "Gaeng Som" as the Thais call it, is one of my favourite recipes. Some people call it yellow curry, but actually if you buy yellow curry paste it is more like the indian curry powder taste than that of gaeng som. Make Thai Sour Curry Recipe •Climbing Wattle Omelette and Shrimps •Gaeng Som Chaom Goong using 16 ingredients and 3 steps easily.

Kaeng Som is eaten all over the country, from the north to the northeast, central and the south. Each region has their own version that is slightly. Gaeng som (also sometimes spelled kaeng som แกงส้ม) in Thai means sour curry or sour soup. Firstly, if you order gaeng som in central Thailand, it's a completely different looking curry / soup and flavor. It's reddish in color and tastes almost like sweet and sour soup – typically too sweet for my taste.