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Som Tam (Green Papaya Salad

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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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Difficulty: Advanced
Servings: 2
Calories: 93.1
Dietary: Vegetarian
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
  • 4 oz Green papaya
  • 1 Garlic Clove
  • 3 small Red or green chilis
  • 1 oz Long beans; chopped into
Directions
  1. 1
    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
  2. 2
    Peel the outer skin from the green papaya and finely shred the flesh on a cheese grater or
  3. 3
    chop very finely into long thin shreds.
  4. 4
    Set aside.
  5. 5
    In a mortar, lightly puond the garlic,
  6. 6
    add the chilis and lightly pound while occasionally stirring with a spoon to prevent the resulting paste from thickening.
  7. 7
    Add the long beans and slightly bruise them.
  8. 8
    Add the shredded papaya, lightly pound and stir until all the ingredients are blended together.
  9. 9
    Add the lemon juice, soy sauce and sugar and stir into the mixture.
  10. 10
    Finally add the tomato, stirring once.
  11. 11
    Arrange the Chinese cabbage leaves on a serving dish and turn the yam on to them.
  12. 12
    Diners should tear off a section of cabbage leaf to use as a scoop for the yam, the two being eaten together.
  13. 13
    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.

Keywords: beans, blending, chilis, chopped, clove, green, long, papaya, peanuts, red, roast, salad, som, tam, thai, title, vegan, vegetables
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