Som Tum (Spicy Green
Papaya Salad)
This salad is delicious served with steamed sticky rice
(khao neow). The papaya must be dark green and firm.
1 medium dark green papaya/pawpaw
4 garlic cloves (kratiem)
6 green Thai chilies (prik khee noo)
2 tomatoes, cut into wedges
1/2 cup chopped green beans, in 1-in (2.5-cm) pieces
2 tablespoons anchovy sauce
1/2 teaspoon sauce
1/4 cup (2 fl oz/60 ml) lime juice or tamarind juice
(ma-kaam piag)
How to cook:
1. Peel the papaya and rinse with running water to
remove the acid. Remove the seeds and shred the papaya with a grater. Set
aside.
2. Place the garlic
cloves and the chilies in a mortar and mash with a pestle until crushed into
chunks. Place the papaya and the remaining
ingredients in the mortar and gently combine all
ingredients by mixing with the pestle and a spoon. Serve cold.
Hailing from the Northeast state of Isaan, this outlandish
dish is both great divider - some can't get enough of its bite, some can't
handle it - and greatly distinctive. Garlic, chilies, green beans, cherry
tomatoes and shredded raw papaya get dramatically pulverized in a pestle and
mortar, so releasing a rounded sweet-sour-spicy flavour that's not easily
forgotten. Regional variations throw peanuts, dry shrimp or salted crab into
the mix, the latter having a gut-cleansing talent that catches many newcomers
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Som tom is perhaps
Thailand's most famous salad. Garlic and chilies are first pounded with a
mortar and pestle (krok). Tamarind juice, fish sauce, peanuts, dried shrimp,
tomatoes, lime juice, sugar cane paste, string beans and a handful of grated
green papaya are tossed in the krok (som tam thai). The sweet, salty, and spicy
flavors paired with the crisp crunch of the green papaya and sticky rice is
utterly luscious. Many variations are available including one made with crab
(som tam boo) and one made with fermented fish sauce (som tam plah lah).
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