Healthy Village Food - Tamarind Leaves Salad + Tomato Chili Dip! | Mae Hong Son, Thailand

MAE HONG SON (แม่ฮ่องสอน), THAILAND - Welcome to Muang Pon Village (เมืองปอน) in the northern Thailand province on Mae Hong Son, isolated in the mountains. This village is home to an amazing Shan, or a Thai Yai (ไทใหญ่) community who are originally from Myanmar. They have very unique food and ingredients that they use.
Today we are focusing on some of the amazing healthy salads of Shan food. Most of the ingredients were harvested right within the backyard or within the surrounding hills of the village.
They made a number of different combination salad including chilies, garlic, shallots, and fermented soy bean discs for that boost of plant based umami - which is a huge key to the deliciousness of the food.
There was a salad made with lablab or Hyacinth bean, a salad mixed with green young shoots of tamarind leaves - one of my personal favorites - and another salad made with blanched ferns and sesame seeds. They also made a chili dip with roasted tomato and fermented soy beans and a soup with mustard greens and ginger.
An amazing, fully plant based vegan meal in this incredible village in Thailand!
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[@amberh3077]

Mark, I can't begin to convey how much your Big on Spice series means to me. I've wanted to visit Thailand (and SEA) for so long but have been anxious about food since I don't eat meat or fish. Postpandemic I am planning a trip using all this information and am SO EXCITED!!! I just love seeing all the produce and herbs that are so integral to a local region. And the LOVE these Aunties put into these amazing dishes! Thank you Mark and family

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I feel the same way! The channel puts me at ease when it comes to food in Thailand 🇹🇭...

[@karan_hiremath]

the best thing to do in Asia is to say you are Buddhist and most restaurants understand that and will be able to direct you to food which doesn't have meat or fish!!!

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@@karan_hiremath I am more Buddhist than anything else :)

[@CyberMachine]

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[@jitsak1977]

All 7eleven in Thailand have Vegan food, they are everywhere. Local food is also vegan friendly.

[@alyssarosengard6674]

I’m a vegetarian of over thirty years. Thanks for including this episode. Amazing amounts of flavor. I’m totally inspired.

[@J-A-A-K]

This is incredible filmmaking Mark - never stop capturing the wonders and personalities of Earth’s under-celebrated cultures.

[@LoveIsTheMainKey]

Yesss veggie healthy meals; I know I'm going to learn a lot from this video. Thank you for sharing this with us. You, your family and everybody watching have an amazingly beautiful day and evening.

[@BigOnSpiceMarkWiens]

Thank you very much for watching!

[@traveller6940]

Mark , my late grand mom was Shan and we ate those salad and veggies all the time in our childhood . Our dad loved those traditional Shan dishes . Thank you Mark . ( from Myanmar)

[@1life1kitchen]

Mark you and your big smile. Are just the best . It's so relaxing and comforting to watch Please never stop and thank you for bringing your other channels back 🙏

[@allatones]

As a loyal vegan viewer of all your channels and videos, I absolutely love every kind of dish and cuisine you enjoy; I don't shy away from meat dishes, especially the variety and complexity of some foods you have found all over the world. (In fact, its almost a trick I play, when I eat my vegan food and watch you enjoy all the meats, b/c then it's like I am eating the chicken, pork, seafood etc). Plus, I've eaten many meats throughout my life, so I'm glad I can dream a little. BUT, when you profile plant based foods like these, it's the meals I most wish I could actually share with you and those who prepare them. ESPECIALLY when I see TAMARIND LEAVES?? Those are stunningly beautiful! Makes me veggie green with loving envy. Earth is Amazing. Thank you, and yum!!!

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[@sing759]

this is what we eat when we were young... during weekends... visiting paddy farm and tamarid leave salad, small jackfruit salad, rice salad (Hta Min Tok-ထမင်းသုပ်) , Shrimp Paste with Green Marian Pulm : Ma Yan Thee Nga Pi Htaung...sooo many memories.. thank you so much for sharing and bring back those good old days ..... amazing...

[@bellywood7688]

These are probably the best looking salads in the world

[@lmccal25]

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[@noahderrington5156]

So much to love about northern Thai cuisine and food culture. I think it really is the worlds most sophisticated in terms of flavour, texture and complexity with balance.

[@kyawswehan]

Obviously those are Myanmar food. duh?

[@redbloody946]

@@kyawswehan thai made is thai food, She probably didn't know that was Myanmar food or not because It's her original idea of ingredients combination for the dish

[@DougDennis]

Oh I didn’t notice that this was a separate channel. Cool! Like the healthy videos :)

[@EnglishmaninMalta]

Hey Mark...awesome village and food again, thank you 🙏🙏 greetings from Englishman

[@BigOnSpiceMarkWiens]

Thank you very much!

[@judalinebeale1804]

Amazing video Mark....watching your big on spice i have started giving my kids a lot of fresh veggies everyday...thank u mark

[@BigOnSpiceMarkWiens]

Great to hear that Judaline!

[@indradey5442]

Mark should get a guiness award fr eating all the dishes in the world

[@saikyawsoehein2945]

I Love thai yai (Shan ) Food and Unique Traditional Food , and Culture

[@trishabidesi8604]

I Absolutely Enjoyed Every Second of this video. Watching your Big On Spice Channel in your series in Thailand has made me strongly realize that I LOOOVVEEEE THAI CUISINE of any kind. I grew up eating South Asian Food, so my Pallete looks for chillie and spice. Usually South Asian Food has that dried spices turned into paste which i love, yet i find myself drifting more towards Thai way of Fresh and Dried Spices. Absolutely Amazing Mark, all your series. Mark Aboard, Big On Spice and your main channel, are all OUR saving Grace. Its always soothing, refreshing, calm and het adventurous watching all your videos. Above all, i LOVE watching you and your beautiful family.We all literally watched Little Michah Grow up in front of us and Your Gorgeous Wifes Laugh is always a treat in your videos. GodBless You and Your Family Mark and again thankyou for bringing some type of comfort to us especially during these tuff times. Means alot to us all 💟

[@anthonyanderson9326]

I'm quickly beginning to realize that Big On Spice is my favorite Mark Weins channel. Well done..like the others have mentioned, Mark is bringing so many new ingredients into our worlds...because of Mark we started making tempoyak from fermented durian here on the big island of hawaii and so many people are completely blown away. Your influence is changing the world for the better Mark!! Many thanks. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@dechenchodon1319]

Wow 🤩 . Everything looks so delicious. Especially the red chilly with soybean. And the tamarind leaves salad 🥗. Thanks for this video.

[@AndreTraveler]

Great video the food looks healthy and delicious.

[@kyawswehan]

Definitely! Theose are Myanmar (Shan) food.

[@daniellegloveskeanu]

I love this channel. 😁👍

[@frankmacleod2565]

Amazing. You are very fortunate Mark

[@marichularavillegas1741]

I love vegies❤️❤️❤️ In the Phil, we also cook young tamarind leaves with flowers with chicken, or milkfish(bangus) and with morning glory with finger chilies(3pcs) onions and a few taro roots. It's called Sinampalukan (tamarind fruit and leaves and flowers) bangus (milkfish) or sinampalukang (cooked in with tamarind fruit with young leaves and flowers) manok (chicken). It's another style of Sinigang, a sour soup , a well known soup in the Philippines!

[@cookingfour1606]

Look so good. Great video Mark.

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That's Delicious and healthy. Nice sharing. 👍👍Stay connected🔔🔔👍🤝😍😍😍

[@khinnanoo]

Great to see you tasting our local shan food

[@ShyKay]

FIRST ... yippeee

[@SonniasSpotlight]

Wow! So many new ingredients I’ve never heard of - young tamarind leaves, lablab, and fermented soy disks … Now I’ll be on the hunt to see how to get those in the states! - Mark, this channel has such a tremendous impact on people on how to incorporate more veggies into their dishes. Keep up the great work!

[@katuapawarisa208]

I'm not sure if you find this soybean powder in the State. I live in Maehongson and even in Thailand this is quite a unique dish, most of Thai in other provinces don't know about this menu. It is easy to buy this soya powder( Tua Nao) from local markets here as a ready made packet. It give you salty taste and protein at the same time.😋

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Gee I wish I had my own Thai aunty to cook for me. That food looks delicious 👍👍🇦🇺🇦🇺

[@Ladpielcanela2010]

Love all those veggies!! Look so good. Great video Mark.

[@EatingRy]

Everything looks delicious

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Mark I really love your videos. I can”t wait to visit Thailand one day!

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Thank you, Mark. Awesome video !!

[@iamurmakteh]

Thai food is awesome

[@Malini108]

Namprik tua nao is my most favorite kind of nam prik, but I have only ever had it with the fresh fermented tua nao, not the dried discs. If you haven't tried it fresh yet Mark I have to recommend that you do! Thanks for a great video- this one really made me homesick for northern Thailand.

[@IndayMarikit]

nice village healthy food

[@effie-montreal]

Thank you for sharing this with us Mark

[@Aba_Ifeoma]

Looks DELISH 🤤 Another food destination for Thailand bucket list! Thank you Mark!!

[@BigOnSpiceMarkWiens]

Thank you Aba!

[@kyawswehan]

Shan are People from Myanmar.

[@flyinsaucer138]

Love this !

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[@sb.1035]

a lot of asian food is very healthy lots of vegetables yum

[@nongyaoh6226]

Hello Mark from Germany. Thank you for your lovely video .

[@Billbobaker]

Thanks Mark I just love salads.

[@blakskot]

Blessed Love Plant Based Family❤️💛💚

[@deanawells4395]

Wow you are on a roll with so many videos……thank you so much!!!!!

[@emiliegoethals3769]

it looks all SO good. a lot of product are not available where I live. But this gives so much inspiration to make salads of my own. Thank you for sharing this .

[@jessieawesomeblog3588]

I like vegetables yummy foods🌟

[@stilllearning5098]

Karen food is simple but delicious Non fat food

[@ItsYourLocalFamilyRitaKhrisna]

Wow, looks delicious

[@luvlivefoods]

Mark, you really got me excited with this video. There is clearly lots of unhealthy food in Thailand and I love, love that you are showing us that there is delicious healthy food to be found in Thailand. Those salads look phenomenal.

[@uttermil]

Now this is amazing veggie content! I much prefer this type of cuisine to more westernized vegetarian food that seems to be missing something. All the versions of fermented beans and unusual vegetables were a real revelation to me and gave me some more pandemic home fermenting ideas! I especially love the idea of drying fermented bean paste for long term storage and making a powder from it. Umami sprinkles! And the sassy aunt must have added a little extra flavor to the meal!

[@dondobbs9302]

WOW Big change from the U.S.A cross country diet! Yeah; the Tua Gnow Peng (disks of dried, fermented soybean) seem to be ubiquitous in Northern Thai cooking, not just Thai Yai. My wife used to make them with her mother from Soy beans that they grew. She explained the long, complex process. You see them at every store and market out in the country up north here. I'm lucky enough to have had at least 1/2 of that meal Mark is eating there. I love that place and have watched most of the other videos from there! Would love to visit Pe (Aunti,) there!

[@UdrajiChannel]

Cool Food! Lovely!

[@cigdemulsgvn6686]

that chili dip and green soup👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻 would love too try one day 💟

[@sermsck3730]

Aroi mak mak! Healthy village food

[@PREPFORIT]

That place is a total Shan : ) and I love it.

[@RIASAKURACHANNEL]

This salad many many Chili but tasty delicious👍🏻👍🏻

[@angellin4191]

Look so delicious Fresh and healthy foods

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I’ll never stop watching your videos

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Awsome mark

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Enjoyed

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Wow 🤩 . Everything looks so delicious 😍😘😍😘

[@canadianeskimogirl]

Mark I love the sound quality on your videos I can hear the lady literally cutting through the herbs and it's kind of satisfying LOL

[@jigneshdevganiya]

One day I will travel to Thailand to try these things for sure..

[@saiblair8590]

Mark, thanks for promoting Shan Pe Pote! Love it- home sick 😊

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Great content Mark.. 👏✨

[@BigOnSpiceMarkWiens]

Thank you very much!

[@RealChristianTV]

Wow I like such types of food 😍

[@kyawswehan]

Those are Myanmar (Shan) food.

[@aaronjameshorne]

mustard greens are one of my best favorites

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Heck yes more big on spice ! Love this channel

[@chogyelk9981]

Food looks amazing

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New Chanel Right? Awesome.....

[@kawplerdesjardins6775]

Looking yummy

[@annwatrous1289]

Love veggies

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Nice foods. I felt “Umami” from your video too. Thank you for your sharing

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Healthy and fresh good always❤❤❤❤

[@maix139]

Wow look so healthy and delicious! my mouth watered

[@Jayapullani]

Yummy, I need these recipes, look super delicious.

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Sawadi khaaa 😁🙏 iheeaaa 🐊 paycacay tin 🚶

[@joyous8248]

Aww what beautiful grandma .. she reminds me of mine !!’ The cooking get aura so similar!!! Buddha bless & ty for the share of delicious foods & amazing family ❤️🙏🏽💐

[@pclaltlanmawii3941]

Hello Mark..from Mizoram, India. We have been watching your videos for a while now..I love the recipes of Thai cuisines..some very similar to Mizos..And I’m surprised when you mention Mizo in this video..my son used to imitate your reaction when you taste the foods..😀 We love your channel!

[@001tgc]

Really happy that you’re featuring more vegan / vegetarian options

[@BigOnSpiceMarkWiens]

Thank you very much, I really enjoy it!

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Miss it🤤🤤

[@joyouscasa609]

Very healthy

[@rolandeskye9330]

“Oh, Wow!” Amazing episode, Mark! 🤩 I wish I could teleport to the Muang Pon Village and hang out with this talented Auntie. I would never stop eating!! 🤤

[@Darkstar001]

All of them looked amazing.

[@kyawswehan]

Shan (Myanmar) food are good..

[@themessengacross1581]

God Bless them

[@88divinegrace]

This was a great one! Thank you for sharing.👽

[@oftedahlh]

wow looks so good

[@rosukhontaylor9574]

Magical powers of food and you're amazing you can eat anything it's healthy food i love it thanks for sharing your experience absolutely beautiful xx

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Luv u idol Mark from philippens. 💞

[@Sakratic]

Mark!!! I knew you were gonna go right for the chili dip, for your first taste!!! Haha! 😂😂😂 Love this type of Thai food! Correction: I love every type of Thai food as long as it's not sweet - the more sour, spicy, and tart, the better!!

[@starkvideoproduct4626]

Super video

[@achukmvlid.johnson9588]

Yummy 😋

[@drissaudia1323]

Very healthy eating & definitely very unique salads I have not seen before. You should show us how they make the soy disc, awesome idea to add to foods.

[@BigOnSpiceMarkWiens]

Glad you enjoyed it!

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Yummy 🤤