Fun and Flavorful Thai-Style Som Tum
Som Tum Thai is a healthy Thai salad dish that offers a burst of spicy, tangy, sweet, and savory flavors. Featuring both tamarind and lime juice, this recipe offers a mouth-tingling sourness that's best enjoyed with Thai sticky rice and BBQ chicken.
Ingredients
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1 ½ cups julienned green papaya, soaked in iced water then drained
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2 cloves garlic
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Thai chilies, to taste
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1 ½ tbsp palm sugar, finely chopped, packed
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2-3 long beans, cut into 2-inch pieces
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3 tbsp roasted peanuts
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1 heaping tbsp small dried shrimp, roughly chop if you have large ones
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2 tbsp fresh lime juice
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2 tsp tamarind juice
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1 ½ tbsp fish sauce
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½ cup grape tomato halves or tomato wedges
Directions
In a large mortar and pestle, pound garlic and chilies together.
Mash in palm sugar until you get a wet paste consistency.
Add the long beans and pound until broken apart.
Add dried shrimp and peanuts. Pound to slightly break the peanuts.
Stir in fish sauce, tamarind juice, and lime juice. Mix until sugar is dissolved.
Add the tomatoes and bruise slightly to squeeze a little juice.
Toss in the shredded papaya.
Top with more peanuts and serve with Thai sticky rice and glazed BBQ chicken.
