Thai Green Papaya Salad - Som Tum
Green papaya salad is a very popular dish in Thailand and it is one of my favourite dishes as well.
2 Servings
1 1/2 tablespoons palm sugar
Some people use tamarind in place of lime. Regular sugar can be substituted for palm sugar.
The balance of fish sauce, lime juice, palm sugar and peppers listed here are guidelines. Som tum is an individual dish that you will find you might like your with more, say, lime juice than what the recipe calls for I for example like to put more garlic and chilli peppers.
3/4 lime
2 cups green papaya, shredded (ask for a hard non ripe papaya)
6 green beans
4 cloves of garlic
1 1/2 tablespoons fish sauce
1 tablespoon dried shrimp
4 chili peppers
5 cherry tomatoes
2 tablespoons peanuts, toasted Optional
The papaya can be peeled with a potato peeler, after you peel it cut it into half and spoon out the seeds and shred the papaya using a regular cheese grater. The papaya should be light green.
In Thailand, green papaya salad is made using a clay mortar, wooden pestle and a spatula. Smash the garlic and chilli first. Then add green beans and dried shrimps. Pound a few times just to bruise the beans and shrimps. Add the green papaya, halved cherry tomatoes, toasted peanuts, fish sauce, lime juice and palm sugar. Use the pestle to push the mixture up in the mortar and the spatula to push it down so that the mixture is mixed well.
Aroy Makma (very tasty in Thai)!
Some people would prefer to use less garlic and chilli peppers but I like to eat it the original way! If you find it too hot after you prepare it, add palm sugar, this will make it less hot!
enjoy,
Said
Green papaya salad is a very popular dish in Thailand and it is one of my favourite dishes as well.
2 Servings
1 1/2 tablespoons palm sugar
Some people use tamarind in place of lime. Regular sugar can be substituted for palm sugar.
The balance of fish sauce, lime juice, palm sugar and peppers listed here are guidelines. Som tum is an individual dish that you will find you might like your with more, say, lime juice than what the recipe calls for I for example like to put more garlic and chilli peppers.
3/4 lime
2 cups green papaya, shredded (ask for a hard non ripe papaya)
6 green beans
4 cloves of garlic
1 1/2 tablespoons fish sauce
1 tablespoon dried shrimp
4 chili peppers
5 cherry tomatoes
2 tablespoons peanuts, toasted Optional
The papaya can be peeled with a potato peeler, after you peel it cut it into half and spoon out the seeds and shred the papaya using a regular cheese grater. The papaya should be light green.
In Thailand, green papaya salad is made using a clay mortar, wooden pestle and a spatula. Smash the garlic and chilli first. Then add green beans and dried shrimps. Pound a few times just to bruise the beans and shrimps. Add the green papaya, halved cherry tomatoes, toasted peanuts, fish sauce, lime juice and palm sugar. Use the pestle to push the mixture up in the mortar and the spatula to push it down so that the mixture is mixed well.
Aroy Makma (very tasty in Thai)!
Some people would prefer to use less garlic and chilli peppers but I like to eat it the original way! If you find it too hot after you prepare it, add palm sugar, this will make it less hot!
enjoy,
Said
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