Som tum (Thai green papaya salad)

Name: Som tum (Thai green papaya salad)
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 1 small green papaya, peeled and shredded; 2 carrots, shredded; 1/2 cucumber, shredded (optional); 2 teaspoons dried shrimp (optional, or leave out for a vegetarian alternative); 3-4 red or green bird’s eye chillies or 5-7 finger chillies (more mild); 2 garlic cloves; 3 tablespoons palm sugar (or granulated sugar); 2 yard-long beans (or green beans), cut into 2.5cm (optional); 4 cherry tomatoes, sliced in half; Juice of 2 fresh lime (or tamarind paste mixed with water); 2 tablespoons Thai fish sauce (or 2 teaspoons salt or light soya sauce); Handful salted or roasted peanuts (optional)

Nadine Schweitzer @deanyeatsworld

This is a very traditional Thai dish and there are so many variations of this.

This dish originates from Laos and it is also eaten throughout Southeast Asia. Thailand this is called as som tam.

Green papaya salad is a spicy salad made from shredded unripe papaya.

This is a dish I grew up eating when I was a child and it has remained with me ever since.

My mum used to make this at home very often and because we couldn't always get green papaya, she would add a green mango instead. This still gives it the same bite and texture as the green papaya.

The sauce and vegetable ingredients can be substituted to preference and likeness. If you prefer it hotter or milder, with or without nuts and vegetables you have at home.

I hope you enjoy you making and and eating this as much as we do.

#healthysalad
#springdish
#Somtum
#papayasalad
#Thaifood
#greenpapayasalad
#Traditionalthaicuisine
#kitchenwordsearch
#seasonalvegetable
#seasonalingredient
#cookeverypart

This is a very traditional Thai dish and there are so many variations of this.

This dish originates from Laos and it is also eaten throughout Southeast Asia. Thailand this is called as som tam.

Green papaya salad is a spicy salad made from shredded unripe papaya.

This is a dish I grew up eating when I was a child and it has remained with me ever since.

My mum used to make this at home very often and because we couldn't always get green papaya, she would add a green mango instead. This still gives it the same bite and texture as the green papaya.

The sauce and vegetable ingredients can be substituted to preference and likeness. If you prefer it hotter or milder, with or without nuts and vegetables you have at home.

I hope you enjoy you making and and eating this as much as we do.

#healthysalad
#springdish
#Somtum
#papayasalad
#Thaifood
#greenpapayasalad
#Traditionalthaicuisine
#kitchenwordsearch
#seasonalvegetable
#seasonalingredient
#cookeverypart

Nadine Schweitzer @deanyeatsworld

This is a very traditional Thai dish and there are so many variations of this.

This dish originates from Laos and it is also eaten throughout Southeast Asia. Thailand this is called as som tam.

Green papaya salad is a spicy salad made from shredded unripe papaya.

This is a dish I grew up eating when I was a child and it has remained with me ever since.

My mum used to make this at home very often and because we couldn't always get green papaya, she would add a green mango instead. This still gives it the same bite and texture as the green papaya.

The sauce and vegetable ingredients can be substituted to preference and likeness. If you prefer it hotter or milder, with or without nuts and vegetables you have at home.

I hope you enjoy you making and and eating this as much as we do.

#healthysalad
#springdish
#Somtum
#papayasalad
#Thaifood
#greenpapayasalad
#Traditionalthaicuisine
#kitchenwordsearch
#seasonalvegetable
#seasonalingredient
#cookeverypart

This is a very traditional Thai dish and there are so many variations of this.

This dish originates from Laos and it is also eaten throughout Southeast Asia. Thailand this is called as som tam.

Green papaya salad is a spicy salad made from shredded unripe papaya.

This is a dish I grew up eating when I was a child and it has remained with me ever since.

My mum used to make this at home very often and because we couldn't always get green papaya, she would add a green mango instead. This still gives it the same bite and texture as the green papaya.

The sauce and vegetable ingredients can be substituted to preference and likeness. If you prefer it hotter or milder, with or without nuts and vegetables you have at home.

I hope you enjoy you making and and eating this as much as we do.

#healthysalad
#springdish
#Somtum
#papayasalad
#Thaifood
#greenpapayasalad
#Traditionalthaicuisine
#kitchenwordsearch
#seasonalvegetable
#seasonalingredient
#cookeverypart

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Ingredients

6 servings

Vegetables:
1small green papaya, peeled and shredded
2carrots, shredded
1/2cucumber, shredded (optional)
2 teaspoonsdried shrimp (optional, or leave out for a vegetarian alternative)
Sauce:
3-4red or green bird’s eye chillies or 5-7 finger chillies (more mild)
2garlic cloves
3 tablespoonspalm sugar (or granulated sugar)
2yard-long beans (or green beans), cut into 2.5cm (optional)
4cherry tomatoes, sliced in half
Juice of 2 fresh lime (or tamarind paste mixed with water)
2 tablespoonsThai fish sauce (or 2 teaspoons salt or light soya sauce)
Garnish:
Handfulsalted or roasted peanuts (optional)

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Steps

1

Prepare all of the ingredients, shred the green papaya, carrots and cucumber (optional) using a shredder. Cut the beans (optional) tomatoes and lime and set aside.
2

In a pestle and mortar roughly pound and bash the chillies and garlic together. Add the palm sugar, beans (optional), tomatoes and dried shrimp (optional). Then lightly pound all the ingredients together to combine.
3

Squeeze in lime juice (or tamarind paste mixture) and fish sauce. Again lightly pound (avoid over bashing the ingredients). Add the sauce to the mixing bowl with the green papaya, carrot and cucumber (optional). Mix with a spoon to combine and incorporate all of the ingredients and taste. Tip: it should be sweet, salty and also have a sharp, sour and spicy tang (adjust as needed, add more lime for tang, sugar for sweetened, fish sauce for saltiness etc).
4

Transfer the somtum salad into a serving bowl. Garnish and sprinkle over the peanuts (optional).

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Nadine Schweitzer @deanyeatsworld

on April 14, 2021 14:46

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