Green Papaya Salad (Som Tum)

Name: Green Papaya Salad (Som Tum)
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Thai
Ingredients: 400g green papaya, peeled and julienned; 12 cherry tomatoes, halved; 4 long beans or green beans, cut; 3 bird's eye chillies; 2 cloves garlic; 2 tbsp dried shrimp; 4 tbsp fish sauce; 4 tbsp lime juice; 2 tbsp palm sugar; 50g roasted peanuts

Thai green papaya salad with chilli, lime, fish sauce, peanuts and dried shrimp. Pounding the ingredients gently with a pestle rather than crushing them hard bruises and releases their flavour while keeping the papaya and beans crunchy.

Total time

15 min

Prep

15 min

Cook

0 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

Thai

gluten-free

Ingredients

400ggreen papaya, peeled and julienned

12cherry tomatoes, halved

4long beans or green beans, cut

3bird's eye chillies

2 clovesgarlic

2 tbspdried shrimp

4 tbspfish sauce

4 tbsplime juice

2 tbsppalm sugar

50groasted peanuts

Instructions

Pound chillies, garlic and dried shrimp in a mortar.

Add long beans — pound gently.

Add tomatoes — pound gently to burst them.

Add papaya, fish sauce, lime and palm sugar.

Toss with a large spoon.

Adjust seasoning — sour, sweet, salty, spicy.

Top with peanuts.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

124

Protein

6.1g

Fat

6.4g

Carbs

13.1g

Fiber

1.7g

Sodium

1174mg

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