Thai money bag

Thung thong (Template:Lang-th, pronounced [tʰǔŋ tʰɔ̄ːŋ]), also known in English as Thai money bag, is a Thai savory snack. It is a traditional appetizer of Thai people. The name thung thong comes from the Thai word meaning golden bags. When people give it to each other it means they wish them to have money or gold. It is usually given during the New Year festival.

History

Thai money bag is part of the Thai Royal Cuisine. The food is created by people who are members of the royal family. Thai royal cuisine is acknowledged in the Rattanakosin Period. Usually, Thai royal cuisine is made by commoners but the ingredients are fresher and the preparations are more complicated. Lalubare, the King's envoy of France said, “At the Phra na rai Maharaj, there is a record that Thai royal cuisine is a normal food for commoners but have a beautiful presentation e.g. they serve fish with no bone.” After a royal moves out to form their own family, they created their own unique recipe.

In the past, thung thong used to be served on occasions such as weddings, but nowadays thung thong is more likely to be served at a luxurious party or Chinese banquet.

Ingredients

The ingredients include:

• Wrapper
• Medium-sized shrimps, cleaned, shelled and deveined
• Minced Pork
• Chestnuts, cut into small cubes
• Shitake mushroom, cut into small cubes
• Sugar
• Coriander root, finely chopped
• Minced garlic
• Fish sauce
• Soy sauce
• Chinese chive leave (Bai-Kui-chai), scald in hot water and slice into a thin line for binding wonton wrappers
• Sweet plum sauce or sweet chili sauce (for dipping)

External links

• "'ถุงทองทอด' ของว่างมงคลยังน่าสน". dailynews (in Thai). 2017-04-12. Retrieved 2018-05-10.
• "อาหารไทยชาววัง | ThaiFoodCulture". thaifoodculture.wordpress.com (in Thai). Retrieved 2018-05-10.
• วิธีทำ“ถุงทอง”อาหารว่างไทยโบราณชื่อดีมีความเป็นมงคล