Papaya Salad (in Thai: Som Tam)

I guess the Papaya Salad is the most popular salad in Thailand. Even
across the borders of Thailand the Papaya Salad is famous. The fresh
tasty flavor, combined with the sharpness of little chilies makes this
salad a unique experience on hot summer day. Thais do eat this salad
as a snack or together with chicken or fish from the barbeque.

There are very many different kinds of preparing. Many of these
creations have their origin in the rural areas of Thailand. I would
like to present here the most frequently occurring variant, the Som
Tam Thai.

This spicy salad can be prepared completely simply as a recreating
tasting cucumber salad. In the parentheses the specified supplements
can be used as spare products for the Papaya salad.

1 green Papaya ( 1 big cucumber)
2-3 Chilies (can be more or less)
2 Carrots, 3 long Beans
2 Tomatoes
20 gr. dried Scrimps (dried Fish in very small pieces)
20 gr. Peanuts
1 Tablespoon Palm sugar (can be brown Sugar as well)
1 Teaspoon Fishsauce (Salt)
1/4 Lemon with pale, 1-2 Garlic pieces

Put the Garlic, Scrimps, Peanuts, Chilies, the sliced Tomatoes, the fine
sliced Carrots and Beans in your mortar and grind this softly. Now add the
Lemon, Sugar and the Fish sauce into it and mix everything together. Cut
the Papaya (Cucumber) into small and fine stripes and mix it within the
mortar together with the other ingredients. During the mixing everything
should be slightly grinded.

Tip: The salad will be served on a flat plate and it is decorated with
salad or cabbage. This salad you can eat as a snack or with sticky rice.

Try it! :-)

Mon
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