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Intermediate | Spicy | 15 min | x2

Green papaya salad (Som Tam) is an extremely popular dish in Thailand. It's fresh, and balances all the flavors of sweet, spicy, salty, and sour, to perfection on a single plate.

INGREDIENTS

Som Tam Salad ingredients
 Underripe Papaya (or Mango) 1 piece
Carrot 1 piece
Green Beans 50g
Cherry tomatoes (quartered) 5 pieces
 Chillies 1 or 2 pieces
Garlic 1 clove
Fish sauce (or Soy sauce) 2 Tbsp
Coconut Sugar 2 Tbsp
Tamarind Paste 15g (1 sachet)
Lime 1 piece
Unsalted chopped peanuts 20g

INSTRUCTIONS

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Slice the vegetables

Peel the papaya (or mango) and the carrot. Then with a sharp knife, cut into julienne strips. You can also attempt to cut into thin strips with your peeler if you feel comfortable using one.

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Pound the spices

Pound the garlic and chilli together with a pestle and mortar. Cut the green beans into short lengths, throw into the mortar and pound very lightly, just to soften and bruise them. Place the contents into a mixing bowl.

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Prepare the dressing

Add the coconut sugar, lime juice, fish sauce (or soy sauce) and tamarind paste into the mixing bowl.

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Make the salad

Then add the papaya (or mango) and cherry tomatoes into the bowl. Mix all the contents together. Sprinkle the salad with chopped peanuts before serving.