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Pla ra with mixed freshwater fish

ปลาร้า · pla ra · pla daek · ปลาแดก

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Mixed freshwater fish are soaked, repeatedly washed, salted and packed with toasted ground paddy rice; the creator gives a 1.5 kg fish batch and an unmeasured ladle dose.

Illustrative Thai pla ra ferment with mixed freshwater fish and toasted rice sediment in an earthenware crock; appearance varies and this is not a photograph of the cited source batch.

History

This creator batch is modern; the video does not establish the food's earliest history or origin.

Ingredients

Scaling: source batch only

Mixed freshwater fishAbout 1.5 kg after washing/draining; exact species shares not weighed.
1.5 kg
Crushed coarse salt350 g per 1.5 kg washed/drained fish; no finished salt concentration stated.
350 g
Paddy rice, roasted, ground and siftedAbout five ladles per 1.5 kg fish; ladle capacity/mass unknown.
5 ladles

Method

Risks and precautions · High risk
Preserved-fish hazards

FDA CPG 540.650 addresses botulism hazards in uneviscerated fish products that are salt-cured, dried or smoked. The captions here describe other or unresolved preparations; whether the guidance applies to this batch has not been established. It is general context, not a batch hazard assessment, control or validation.

Hazard source

Creator statements about flavour, aging time, lack of spoilage or storage life are not validated safety controls. No qualified process review or source-specific critical limits are established.

  1. Scale, head, gut and prepare the mixed fish. Captions name pla mor, pla kradee, pla ta-pien, pla nil, pla chon and pla soi; the species and their shares are not independently verified. (source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdQhxsZ97QU&t=60s; captions 01:00–01:15)
  2. Soak the fish in water for about one to two hours, wash it about five times, then press out water. The creator describes the fish as softening during the soak. (source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdQhxsZ97QU&t=94s; captions 01:34–01:57)
  3. Roast paddy rice until fragrant, grind it and sift it through mesh. Keep the fine fraction; the creator uses about five ladles per 1.5 kg fish, but gives no ladle capacity. (source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdQhxsZ97QU&t=120s; captions 02:00–03:38)
  4. Knead 350 g crushed coarse salt into 1.5 kg of washed, drained fish. The source gives no finished salt concentration. (source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdQhxsZ97QU&t=385s; captions 06:25–07:18)
  5. Mix in about five ladles of toasted ground rice per 1.5 kg fish. (source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdQhxsZ97QU&t=452s; captions 07:32–08:05)
  6. Press the mixture firmly into a jar. Close it with two plastic-bag layers, secure them and place the creator’s weighted bag on top. (source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdQhxsZ97QU&t=498s; captions 08:18–09:10)
  7. Store away from direct sun and flies. The creator reports at least three months, about six months for preferred flavour, and an older one-to-two-year batch; none is a validated limit. (source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdQhxsZ97QU&t=585s; captions 09:45–10:10)

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