Thai Som Tum Recipe (Thai Green Papaya Salad)
A vegetarian Thai recipe with cherry tomatoes, dried shrimps - optional, fresh red chillies. Ready in 25 min, serves 4.
Curated byChatchai Siri🇹🇭
Instructions
22 steps- 1
To begin making the Thai Som Tum recipe, take a raw papaya which is green and very crisp
green beans (french beans)(6)papaya - unripened(2 cups) - 2
You must aim for a papaya which is white in colour from inside
papaya - unripened(2 cups) - 3
Peel off its skin
- 4
Cut it into thin sticks or julienne it with a sharp knife
- 5
I have used this peeler which makes juliennes for zucchini, papaya, radish and carrots
papaya - unripened(2 cups) - 6
Take some fresh beans and trim its ends and then cut them into 1 inch pieces
fresh red chillies(2)green beans (french beans)(6) - 7
Take thai red birds eye chilli and chop it finely and place it in a mortar along with clove of garlic
cloves garlic(2) - 8
With the help of a pestle crush it and grind it into a paste
- 9
If you don't have mortar and pestle you can use a food processor
- 10
Add the chilli garlic paste into a bowl and add some lemon juice to it
cloves garlic(2)tablespoons lemon juice(2) - 11
Also add fish sauce, if you are a vegetarian or don't like the smell of fish sauce you can replace it with soya sauce
-/2 tablespoons fish sauce - or soya sauce(1) - 12
Also add brown sugar or palm sugar to the lemon sauce and mix everything together
-/2 tablespoons fish sauce - or soya sauce(1)tablespoons lemon juice(2)-/2 tablespoons palm sugar - or brown sugar(1) - 13
You can add dried shrimps at this stage for an authentic flavour but if you are a vegetarian you can give it a pass
dried shrimps - optional(1 tablespoon) - 14
Place the chopped beans in the mortar and bruise them slightly with the pestle so that the juices can run out and it can absorb the dressing better
green beans (french beans)(6)tablespoons lemon juice(2) - 15
Take tomato and scoop out its pulp using a spoon
- 16
Cut the tomato into juliennes or into cubes, as you like
- 17
Add the papaya juliennes to the dressing bowl along with beans and tomato
green beans (french beans)(6)papaya - unripened(2 cups) - 18
Toss everything together and transfer it to a serving bowl
- 19
Toss on top toasted salted peanuts
tablespoons roasted peanuts (moongphali)(2) - 20
If you like you can crush the peanuts I just used them halved
tablespoons roasted peanuts (moongphali)(2) - 21
Indulge in the most amazing and healthy salad from Thailand
- 22
Serve Thai Som Tum Recipe as a side dish along with Vegetarian Thai Red Curry and Steamed Rice for a weekend dinner
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Thai Som Tum Recipe (Thai Green Papaya Salad)
A vegetarian Thai recipe with cherry tomatoes, dried shrimps - optional, fresh red chillies. Ready in 25 min, serves 4.
Curated byChatchai Siri🇹🇭
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Directions
22 steps- 1
To begin making the Thai Som Tum recipe, take a raw papaya which is green and very crisp
green beans (french beans)(6)papaya - unripened(2 cups) - 2
You must aim for a papaya which is white in colour from inside
papaya - unripened(2 cups) - 3
Peel off its skin
- 4
Cut it into thin sticks or julienne it with a sharp knife
- 5
I have used this peeler which makes juliennes for zucchini, papaya, radish and carrots
papaya - unripened(2 cups) - 6
Take some fresh beans and trim its ends and then cut them into 1 inch pieces
fresh red chillies(2)green beans (french beans)(6) - 7
Take thai red birds eye chilli and chop it finely and place it in a mortar along with clove of garlic
cloves garlic(2) - 8
With the help of a pestle crush it and grind it into a paste
- 9
If you don't have mortar and pestle you can use a food processor
- 10
Add the chilli garlic paste into a bowl and add some lemon juice to it
cloves garlic(2)tablespoons lemon juice(2) - 11
Also add fish sauce, if you are a vegetarian or don't like the smell of fish sauce you can replace it with soya sauce
-/2 tablespoons fish sauce - or soya sauce(1) - 12
Also add brown sugar or palm sugar to the lemon sauce and mix everything together
-/2 tablespoons fish sauce - or soya sauce(1)tablespoons lemon juice(2)-/2 tablespoons palm sugar - or brown sugar(1) - 13
You can add dried shrimps at this stage for an authentic flavour but if you are a vegetarian you can give it a pass
dried shrimps - optional(1 tablespoon) - 14
Place the chopped beans in the mortar and bruise them slightly with the pestle so that the juices can run out and it can absorb the dressing better
green beans (french beans)(6)tablespoons lemon juice(2) - 15
Take tomato and scoop out its pulp using a spoon
- 16
Cut the tomato into juliennes or into cubes, as you like
- 17
Add the papaya juliennes to the dressing bowl along with beans and tomato
green beans (french beans)(6)papaya - unripened(2 cups) - 18
Toss everything together and transfer it to a serving bowl
- 19
Toss on top toasted salted peanuts
tablespoons roasted peanuts (moongphali)(2) - 20
If you like you can crush the peanuts I just used them halved
tablespoons roasted peanuts (moongphali)(2) - 21
Indulge in the most amazing and healthy salad from Thailand
- 22
Serve Thai Som Tum Recipe as a side dish along with Vegetarian Thai Red Curry and Steamed Rice for a weekend dinner
Rate this recipe
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