Som tum Salad (Thai papaya salad)
Som tum Salad (Thai papaya salad)

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Green papaya salad, called tam som (Lao: ຕໍາສົ້ມ) or tam maak hoong (Lao: ຕໍາໝາກຫຸ່ງ, pronounced [tàm.maːk.hūŋ]) is a spicy salad made from shredded unripe papaya. Originating from ethnic Lao people, it is also eaten throughout Southeast Asia. I hope you like this video! It would mean so much to me if you shared this recipe with your friends.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook som tum salad (thai papaya salad) using 10 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Som tum Salad (Thai papaya salad):
  1. Make ready raw papaya, 1/2 swede or khorabi
  2. Get carrots
  3. Prepare small bag of french beans
  4. Take baby red tomatoes
  5. Get small bag of salted peanut or cashew nuts
  6. Take Limes
  7. Prepare brown sugar or palm sugar
  8. Take Thai Birdseye red chillies
  9. Make ready fish sauce
  10. Prepare garlic

The two most popular types of green papaya salad have either dried shrimp or salted crab. Green papaya salad with dried shrimp and peanuts is called som tum thai. In Isan (and the rest of Thailand), green papaya salad is called som tum, with "som" meaning "sour" and "tum" referring to the pounding sound of the large pestle used to crush ingredients It is eaten by itself as a snack, or with marinated Green Papaya Salad. Som Tam is a popular Thai salad featuring green papaya and a spicy chile pepper dressing.

Instructions to make Som tum Salad (Thai papaya salad):
  1. Use the vegetable crinkle peeler to peel carrot and papaya (or swede or kohlrabi).
  2. Cut up French beans, tomatoes, lime juice, finely chopped garlic and chilli.
  3. On medium heat, put peanuts or cashew nut on small pan to roast them for a few minutes
  4. Pound garlic and chilli in pestle and mortar then add some beans, tomatoes. add some lime juice and fish sauce then mix well. Taste it, it should be sweet, sour, salty and spicy.
  5. Add some shredded papaya (or swede or kohlrabi) and carrot and mix well. Add roasted peanuts before serve.

In Isan (and the rest of Thailand), green papaya salad is called som tum, with "som" meaning "sour" and "tum" referring to the pounding sound of the large pestle used to crush ingredients It is eaten by itself as a snack, or with marinated Green Papaya Salad. Som Tam is a popular Thai salad featuring green papaya and a spicy chile pepper dressing. The multitude of flavors from this salad explode in your mouth—sweet, tart, crunchy, and a touch of spiciness—the perfect side dish or a light entree. Traditionally, Som Tam is pounded with a mortar. This recipe was provided by Tanja Rogers.

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