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This Thai salad features Green papaya, Clove, Red or green chilis, Roast peanuts, Long beans; chopped into. It delivers a pleasant kick of heat. Perfect for lunch, picnics, or as a light side dish. Simple to make with ingredients you likely already have on hand, this is a recipe you will come back to again and again.
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Som Tam (Green Papaya Salad
Description
This Thai salad features Green papaya, Clove, Red or green chilis, Roast peanuts, Long beans; chopped into. It delivers a pleasant kick of heat. Perfect for lunch, picnics, or as a light side dish. Simple to make with ingredients you likely already have on hand, this is a recipe you will come back to again and again.Ingredients
Directions
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inch (2.5 cm) lengths - OR - French beans 2 tb Lemon juice 3 tb Light soy sauce 1 ts Sugar 1 md Tomato -- chopped into segments 2 lg Chinese cabbage leaves
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Peel the outer skin from the green papaya and finely shred the flesh on a cheese grater or
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chop very finely into long thin shreds.
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Set aside.
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In a mortar, lightly puond the garlic,
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add the chilis and lightly pound while occasionally stirring with a spoon to prevent the resulting paste from thickening.
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Add the long beans and slightly bruise them.
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Add the shredded papaya, lightly pound and stir until all the ingredients are blended together.
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Add the lemon juice, soy sauce and sugar and stir into the mixture.
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Finally add the tomato, stirring once.
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Arrange the Chinese cabbage leaves on a serving dish and turn the yam on to them.
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Diners should tear off a section of cabbage leaf to use as a scoop for the yam, the two being eaten together.
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This dish is especially good with sticky rice
Nutrition Facts
Servings 2
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories 93.1kcal
- % Daily Value *
- Total Fat 2.4g4%
- Saturated Fat 0.3g2%
- Cholesterol 0.0mg0%
- Sodium 9.1mg1%
- Total Carbohydrate 15.6g6%
- Dietary Fiber 6.1g25%
- Sugars 4.6g
- Protein 4.8g10%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily value may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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