Papaya Salad

Papaya salad som tam

Som Tam

Serves 2 Cooks in 30 minutes Difficulty EASY

Ingredients

  • 1 papaya
  • 10 small cloves of garlic
  • 1 handful of peanuts
  • 1 long bean, chopped
  • 1/2 handful sun-dried shrimp
  • 2 – 5 chillies (depending on taste)
  • 1 tomato
  • 2 tbsp palm sugar
  • 2 tbsp fish sauce
  • 2 lime

Method

  1. Smash chilli and garlic in a large pestle and mortar.
  2. Add the the long bean and peanuts and lightly smash.
  3. Add palm sugar and fish sauce and smash.
  4. Squeeze in the lime.
  5. Add tomato, papaya and shrimp and smash.
Smashing the papaya salad
Smashing the papaya salad

To Serve

Serve on a plate and sprinkle with peanuts.

Hope you enjoy my sour and spicy som tam. Khop Khun Ka from Apple 🍎 Riverside Thai Cooking in Khao Lak.