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Som tam

Name: Som tam
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Thai
Ingredients: 1 small green papaya peeled and shredded raw papaya (green papaya); 2 cloves garlic; 2 to 4 bird's eye chillies green chilli; 4 long beans in 4 cm pieces green beans; 6 cherry tomatoes halved tomato; 2 tbsp roasted peanuts; 1 tbsp dried shrimp; 1 1/2 tbsp fish sauce; 2 tbsp lime juice lemon juice; 1 tbsp palm sugar jaggery

Pound, squeeze, toss, sweat. Green papaya salad with the volume turned all the way up.

15 minTime

9 gProtein each

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Grandma's waySom tam Thai, with peanuts and dried shrimp.

The original

199kcalsame

9 gproteinsame

5 gfibresame

15minutessame

Som tam.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Raw papaya (green papaya)1 small green papaya, peeled and shredded

Garlic2 cloves

Green chilli2 to 4 bird's eye chillies

Green beans4 long beans, in 4 cm pieces

Tomato6 cherry tomatoes, halved

Peanuts2 tbsp, roasted

Dried shrimp1 tbsp

Fish sauce1½ tbsp

Lemon juice2 tbsp lime juice

Jaggery1 tbsp palm sugar

Method

4 steps

1Shred the papaya into long thin strands and keep in iced water while you prep.
2In a mortar pound garlic and chillies, then the dried shrimp and half the peanuts, to a coarse paste.
3Add palm sugar, fish sauce and lime juice and pound until the sugar dissolves. Add beans and tomatoes and bruise lightly.
4Add the drained papaya and pound gently while turning with a spoon. Serve at once, topped with remaining peanuts.

Serve it like this

Heap onto a plate with cabbage wedges and long beans on the side to cool the heat. Serve cold with sticky rice and grilled chicken.

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Som tam

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