Central Thai ThaiLunch

🌶️Som Tum (Green Papaya Salad)

Name: Som Tum (Green Papaya Salad)
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 1 servings
Cuisine: Thai (Central Thai)
Ingredients: 2 cup green papaya; 0.5 cup long beans; 0.5 cup cherry tomatoes; 1 tbsp dried shrimp; 2 tbsp peanuts; 3 piece thai bird chilies; 2 clove garlic; 1 piece lime; 1.5 tbsp fish sauce; 1 tbsp palm sugar

Authentic central thai thai lunch you can cook at home in about 15 minutes. 10 simple ingredients, step-by-step.

Total time

15 min

Serves

Per serving

280 kcal

Difficulty

Easy

Ingredients (1 servings)

2 cupgreen papaya
0.5 cuplong beans
0.5 cupcherry tomatoes
1 tbspdried shrimp
2 tbsppeanuts
3 piecethai bird chilies
2 clovegarlic
1 piecelime
1.5 tbspfish sauce
1 tbsppalm sugar

Instructions

1
Pound garlic + chilies in mortar. Add palm sugar + fish sauce + lime; mash.
2
Add long beans; bruise. Add papaya shreds and tomatoes; pound lightly while folding.
3
Mix in dried shrimp and peanuts. Taste — should be hot/sour/salty/sweet in balance.

Nutrition per serving

280

kcal · Calories

g · Protein

g · Carbs

g · Fat

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