GREEN PAPAYA SALAD (SOM TAM)

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Categories     Salad     Fruit     Side     No-Cook

Yield 2

Number Of Ingredients 12

3 ½ cups green papaya - peeled and grated into thin strips (cucumber can be
substituted)
3 cloves of garlic
7 small, green Thai chilies
2 long beans - cut into 1 inch pieces (string beans can be substituted)
2 tablespoons dried shrimps
2 tablespoons fish sauce
2 tablespoons lime juice
1 teaspoon palm sugar (brown sugar, maple syrup or honey can be substituted)
1 tablespoon anchovy sauce (anchovy mixed with water)- optional
1 tomato - cut in half and sliced
2 tablespoons peanuts - roasted

Steps:

  • Put the garlic, chilies, and long beans into a mortar and pound roughly. Add the papaya and pound again to bruise the ingredients. Then add the dried shrimps, fish sauce, lime juice and palm sugar and stir together using the pestle and a spoon until the palm sugar has melted. Add the anchovy sauce and tomatoes and pound to combine. Then add the peanuts and mix together. Serve with sticky rice.

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