Thai Food- Papaya/Mango Salad
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Yummy Yummy Som Tum Salad
Papaya salad is almost as much a staple part of my diet as rice is. For sure if I eat out and am not given any som tam (papaya salad in Thai), I will soon after be found at a roadside food vendor, correcting the deficiency.
If you lived on a diet of som tam and not much else, it is highly unlikely you would ever become fat. This green papaya salad is light, cooling, full of natural herbs and spices and is really nutritious.
You can find som tam (papaya salad) in all Thai restaurants and thousands of street vendors making this dish fresh infront of you in their carts. I reckon that som tum is the most eaten food here in Thailand.
Some restaurants use mango instead of papaya. Personally though I find mango to be too acidic for this purpose.
Som Tum Tasting Poll
This is what a green papaya looks like.
Som Tum Cooking Essentials
6 Inch Stone Granite Mortar and Pestle 1.5 Cup Capacity
To crush and mix all the ingredients together.
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Ingredients for this super awesome salad
Ingredients to serve 4 people:
1 medium sized green papaya
4 small plum tomatoes
1 carrot
3 strands of green beans
10ml tamarind juice
25ml lime juice
2 cloves garlic
50gm prik kee noo (red chili peppers)
10gm brown sugar
25ml nam pla (fish sauce)
25gm dried shrimps
50gm unsalted roasted peanuts
Preparing your salad
Peel the papaya and shred the green flesh (if you don't have a suitable implement for the purpose a coarse cheese grater may work).
Also peel and shred the carrot.
Chop the green beans into 1 inch pieces.
Put the shredded papaya and carrot in the fridge for a few minutes while preparing the other ingredients.
Soften the dried shrimp in a few mls of boiling water.
Pound the garlic and the red chili peppers together in a pestle and mortar.
Separately pound the peanuts together with the shrimp, but only until coarsely broken up, not reduced to dust or paste.
Mix the tamarind, juice, lime juice, fish sauce and the sugar.
Chop the tomatoes into quarters.
Now mix the shredded papaya, carrot with all the other ingredients and gently pound them together.
Mix all the ingredients together and serve in a bowl. Most restaurants would drain off some of the excess juice before serving, but I usually keep it.
Note: You should reduce the amount of red chili peppers used if you do not like it spicy.
Have a Bite!
What to eat with your salad
Generally the som tum salad is eaten with sticky rice and grilled chicken. Thai's also have this with grilled or fried pork and green beans.
How To Make Papaya Salad Video Instruction
THAI FOOD Papaya Salad (som dum)
http://www.thaifoodtonight.com for more Thai cooking video recipes. Dim and Cathy Geefay prepare a Thai salad that's popular on every streetcorner and restaurant in Thailand. Thai recipes, Thai ingredients, Thai cooking instructions included
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Green Papaya vs Raw Mango
Fetching blurbs now... please stand byI prefer Green Papaya
Andre says:
I use carrots as the base as green papaya is not always availible in South Africa
Posted January 27, 2009
nickupton says:
Papaya with dried shrimp and peanuts, not too keen on the version with raw crab in it though. Sometimes it is prepared with raw carrot in place of the papaya.
Posted December 02, 2008
Nzz says:
I like green papayas! Actually, I've tasted a similar papaya salad called "Atchara".
Posted October 12, 2008
Mango for me
mulberry says:
I have to confess, I haven't tried papaya, but I know I like Mango.
Posted October 09, 2008
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Jimmie wrote...
When I visit Thailand, this is the ONE food I MUST eat. It's not a trip to Thailand without it.
Welcome to the Asian Foods group.
Posted May 15, 2009
Jimmie wrote...
Shame on you, Rajays! Why is this excellent lens not in the Asian Foods group? I welcome you to join if you want.
You're officially blessed!
Posted May 15, 2009
flighty02 wrote...
This sounds really nice, I haven't tried it before but I think this has to go on my list of things to make. Welcome to 'The Cooks Cafe' group
Posted January 12, 2009
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