Som tam, Thai green papaya salad

Name: Som tam, Thai green papaya salad
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4 portions
Ingredients: 1 pc papaya; 150 g cherry tomatoes; 100 g green beans; 2 cloves garlic; 2 pcs chilli peppers; 2 pcs lime; 3 tablespoons fish sauce; 15 g coconut sugar; 50 g peanuts; 30 g shrimp

Eduard LáskaSpicyThai Cuisine x se líbilo

Bold, refreshing and full of contrasts, that is som tam, the most iconic salad of Thai cuisine. Green papaya shredded into thin strips meets cherry tomatoes, green beans and a zingy dressing of lime, fish sauce and coconut sugar. A perfectly balanced harmony of sweet, salty, sour and spicy in a single bowl.

Příprava: 20min

Vaření: 0min

CELKOVÝ ČAS: 20min

Step by step process

Preparation

1
Peel the papaya, cut it lengthwise and scoop out the seeds with a spoon. Using a grater or mandoline, shred into thin long strips.
2
Halve the cherry tomatoes. Wash the green beans, trim the ends and cut into pieces about 4 cm long.
3
Peel the garlic. Trim the stems from the chilli peppers and, for a milder version, remove the seeds.

Dressing and pounding

4
Place the garlic and chilli peppers in a mortar and pound into a rough paste.
5
Add the coconut sugar, fish sauce and freshly squeezed lime juice. Stir until the sugar dissolves. Taste and balance the sweet, salty, sour and spicy flavours.
6
Add the green beans and cherry tomatoes to the mortar. Gently bruise them with the pestle, the goal is not to crush them but to help them absorb the dressing.

Assembly and serving

7
Add the shredded papaya and toss gently so the dressing coats the entire salad evenly.
8
Transfer to plates or bowls, sprinkle with toasted peanuts and optionally add dried shrimp. Serve immediately.