Thai dish Papaya Salad (Som Tum)

After traveling to Thailand for few times,  I am in love with this dish. I’ve got chances to try papaya salad (locals call it Som Tum) from different places, high-end restaurants, shopping mall food courts .

Ingredients:

• -300 grams shredded raw papaya
• -200 grams shredded raw carrot
• -5 peeled garlics
• -5 chillies
• -2 tomatoes (cut in half)
• -2 tablespoons grilled peanut
• -1 Long bean (1 inch chopped)
• -2 tablespoons fish sauce
• -2 tablespoons dried shrimp
• -1/4 cup tamarind juice
• -1/2 key lime
• -1 tablespoon palm sugar

Steps:

1.Put chilies and garlic in mortar then pestle them until break into pieces.

2.  Add chopped tomatoes, long bean, peanut, dried shrimp then pestle again.

1. Add palm sugar then pestle it until thoroughly mixed.

2. Put shredded papaya and shredded carrot in and stir them with ladle until mixed.

3. Add fish sauce, key lime, and tamarind juice then stir until mixed.

4. Put on the plate and you are ready to eat!

PS: there is video showing how I smash the salad, no sure if I can share it. Please edit this if it is not allowed.

http://www.foodyfoodie.com/2018/11/18/recipe-thai-papaya-salad-som-tum-thai/

bon appetit