PAPAYA SALAD (Som Tam Thai)

Preparation Time: 35 mins
Cooking Time: 10 mins
Serves: 2

Ingredients

• 500g green papaya, shredded (peel off the green skin)
  
•  50g Thai long bean , cut into pieces
  
• 6-7 red chillies (less or more depending on how spicy you want it)
  
• 1-2 tablespoons lime juice
  
• 3-4 garlic cloves, peeled
  
• 1 tablespoon palm sugar
  
• 2 tablespoons dried shrimp
  
• 3 small tomatoes
  
• 1 tablespoon fish sauce
  
• 2 tablespoons roasted peanuts

Method

1. Add garlic and chillies to the mortar (krok). Pound them until the garlic and chillies are crushed.
2. Add long bean, tomatoes , dried shrimp , then gently pound.
3. Mix and pound the lime juice, fish sauce and palm sugar.
4. Add papaya and pound on them gently , then add roasted peanuts. Pounding lightly until everything mixed well.
5. Taste as your liking ,salty, sour , sweet or spicy.

           * Serve with raw vegetables and sticky rice and roasted chicken.