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Tam Mak Hoong
Laotian green papaya salad pounded in a mortar with padaek (fermented fish paste), tomatoes and chilli — the original som tum.
Ingredients
Instructions
Pound chillies and garlic to a rough paste in a mortar.
Add padaek, lime and sugar. Mix.
Add papaya, dried shrimp and tomatoes. Pound and toss — not too smooth.
Taste — should be sour, salty, spicy and slightly pungent.
Serve immediately with sticky rice and grilled meat.
Nutrition (estimated)
Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement. Some ingredients in this recipe couldn't be matched to a reference value, so treat this as a rough estimate.
