Title
Som Tam (Thai Salad)
Meal
Side Dish
Ingredients
2 cups shredded green papaya
2 tablespoons fish sauce
1 1/2 teaspoons palm sugar
3 tablespoons lime juice
1/2 cup tomato wedges
1/3 cup dried shrimps
1/4 cup peanuts
10 green chilies
5 cloves fresh garlic
Directions
1. Use a mortar and pestle to crush the chilies and garlic, add shrimps, continue crushing, add sugar, continue beating with the pestle, add the papaya, beat, beat, beat, add fish sauce, beat, beat, add lime juice, still beat, beat, beat, add tomato, beat, beat, beat, add peanuts, beat, beat, beat.
2. You may need to add either sugar, fish sauce, or lime. The final taste is the balance between sweet, (pepper) hot, salty, and sour.
3. Serve with vegetables (for example cabbage and green beans). Many northern or northeastern Thais like to eat this with sticky rice.