How to Prepare Ultimate Som tum (Thai green papaya salad)

Som tum (Thai green papaya salad).

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To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have som tum (thai green papaya salad) using 15 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Som tum (Thai green papaya salad):

1. {Prepare of Vegetables:.
2. {Make ready 1 of small green papaya, peeled and shredded.
3. {Prepare 2 of carrots, shredded.
4. {Get 1/2 of cucumber, shredded (optional).
5. {Take 2 teaspoons of dried shrimp (optional, or leave out for a vegetarian alternative).
6. {Make ready of Sauce:.
7. {Make ready 3-4 of red or green bird’s eye chillies or 5-7 finger chillies (more mild).
8. {Prepare 2 of garlic cloves.
9. {Take 3 tablespoons of palm sugar (or granulated sugar).
10. {Get 2 of yard-long beans (or green beans), cut into 2.5cm (optional).
11. {Take 4 of cherry tomatoes, sliced in half.
12. {Get of Juice of 2 fresh lime (or tamarind paste mixed with water).
13. {Take 2 tablespoons of Thai fish sauce (or 2 teaspoons salt or light soya sauce).
14. {Make ready of Garnish:.
15. {Take Handful of salted or roasted peanuts (optional).

Steps to make Som tum (Thai green papaya salad):

1. Prepare all of the ingredients, shred the green papaya, carrots and cucumber (optional) using a shredder. Cut the beans (optional) tomatoes and lime and set aside..
2. In a pestle and mortar roughly pound and bash the chillies and garlic together. Add the palm sugar, beans (optional), tomatoes and dried shrimp (optional). Then lightly pound all the ingredients together to combine..
3. Squeeze in lime juice (or tamarind paste mixture) and fish sauce. Again lightly pound (avoid over bashing the ingredients). Add the sauce to the mixing bowl with the green papaya, carrot and cucumber (optional). Mix with a spoon to combine and incorporate all of the ingredients and taste. Tip: it should be sweet, salty and also have a sharp, sour and spicy tang (adjust as needed, add more lime for tang, sugar for sweetened, fish sauce for saltiness etc)..
4. Transfer the somtum salad into a serving bowl. Garnish and sprinkle over the peanuts (optional)..

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