Cooking with Nana: Larb Thao (Lao spicy seaweed salad)

In this episode of "Cooking with Nana," I show how to make larb thao (ລາບເທົາ), or literally, "spicy algae salad."

Thao (ເທົາ) is green algae that grows in ponds. The thao in Laos is a lot cleaner than in USA, unless you have a special clean pond to grow it..

Believe it or not, when Lao people first arrived in USA, we used real green algae to make this dish because the ponds and rivers used to be cleaner.

I will be using spinach instead of real green algae because I can't find any green algae that is clean enough to eat.

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• Cooking
• Nana
• Salad
• Seaweed
• Food
• Recipe
• larb
• thao
• thow
• Lao
• Algae
• spinach
• snails
• catfish
• kaffir
• lime
• leaves
• galangal

[viewsriras]

GOOD DEMONSTRATION NANA....! FOR NEXT TIME WOULD YOU PLESE MAKE YOURSELF MORE PROFESSIONAL FOR PEOPLE WHO WATCH YOUR VIDEO. THIS IS VERY HELPFUL FOR NEW LAO PEOPLE IN OVERSEA......

[nanaks801]

@viewsriras Thanks for watching and commenting. This video was meant to be casual for friends to share with friends, but I would be interested to know what I could do to make myself more professional. :)

[mykidsvideo123]

So glad to see someone making videos on Lao cooking. 

[khampethsumran]

Can u please show me how to make Nam Lao.