Som Tum

Name: Som Tum
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Thai
Ingredients: 400g green papaya, shredded; 2 roma tomatoes, quartered; 100g snake beans, cut into lengths; 3 tbsp fish sauce; 3 tbsp lime juice; 1 tsp palm sugar; 3 Thai chillies; 2 cloves garlic; 30g roasted peanuts; 1 tbsp dried shrimp

A spicy, tangy green papaya salad, pounded together in a mortar with peanuts, dried shrimp and fresh lime.

Total time

20 min

Prep

20 min

Cook

0 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

Thai

gluten-free

Ingredients

400ggreen papaya, shredded

2roma tomatoes, quartered

100gsnake beans, cut into lengths

3 tbspfish sauce

3 tbsplime juice

1 tsppalm sugar

3Thai chillies

2 clovesgarlic

30groasted peanuts

1 tbspdried shrimp

Instructions

Pound garlic and chillies in a mortar.

Add dried shrimp, snake beans and tomatoes — pound gently.

Add papaya, fish sauce, lime juice and palm sugar.

Bruise with pestle to dress — don't mash.

Top with peanuts and serve with sticky rice.

Nutrition (estimated)

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

Calories

Protein

3.7g

Fat

3.8g

Carbs

5.6g

Fiber

Sodium

878mg

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