Central Thailand
In Northern Thai cuisine, "cha-om" is also eaten raw with Thai salads, such as "tam mamuang" (mango salad), and it is one of the ingredients of kaeng khae curry. In Central Thailand and Isan it is usually boiled or fried. "Cha-om" omelet pieces are one of the usual ingredients of "nam phrik pla thu" and commonly used in "kaeng som", a sour Thai curry.