Green Papaya Salad (Som Tam)
Sweet and sour crunchy Thai Salad
Ingredients
- 2 small cloves fresh garlic
- 2 small Thai chili peppers or 1/2 tsp dried pepper flakes
- 3 tbsp roasted peanuts, divided
- 2 tbsp palm sugar or brown sugar
- 8 cherry tomatoes, halved or 4 Campari tomatoes quartered
- 1/2 cup green beans raw, cut into 2-3 inch pieces
- 3 tbsp fresh lime juice about 2 limes
- 2 tbsp fish sauce
- 4 cups shredded green papaya
- 1 cup shredded carrot
Instructions
- use a mortar and pestle to pound the garlic and chiles or a mini food grinder.
- add half of the peanuts and pound or blend lightly to still have peanut pieces. then add sugar and pound or grind lightly.
- if using mortar and pestle, add the green beans and lighlt pound. if not, move the mixture to a bowl and add the grren beans
- move mortar ingredients to a bowl and add tomatoes
- add lime juice and fish sauce and mix well.
- add shredded green papaya and carrots and mix well. let flavors meld together for about 30 minutes on countertop.
- crush the remaining peanuts and sprinkle on top. serve