Thai Green Papaya Salad Aka Som Tam
- 300 g julienned really green unripe papayas
- 3 tomatoes, wedges
- 3 cloves garlic
- 1 tablespoon dried shrimp, fried with little oil
- 8 fresh birds eye chiles, sliced
- 1 tablespoon fish sauce
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar or 1 tablespoon palm sugar
- 1 tablespoon roasted peanuts, pounded coarsely
- 1 tablespoon roasted cashew nuts
- fresh long beans, cut into 2 inch
- cabbage
- Pound garlic until fine.
- Add garlic, lime juice, fish sauce,brown sugar in a bowl.
- Mix well.
- Add papaya, tomato wedges and chili into a big mixing bowl.
- Stir in the garlic mixture into papaya bowl (item 3).
- Adjust seasoning if necessary.
- It should be mixture of sweet, sour and salty.
- Toss in dried shrimp, groundnut and cashew nut.
- Served with long beans, cabbage or other raw vegetables.
tomatoes, garlic, shrimp, chiles, fish sauce, lime juice, brown sugar, peanuts, nuts, long beans, cabbage
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/thai-green-papaya-salad-aka-som-tam-31232 (may not work)