Thailand - Thai Green Papaya Salad (Som Tam)

Thai Green Papaya Salad 

(Som Tam)

Ingredients

-       2 cups shredded green papaya

-       2 tablespoons fish sauce

-       1 1/2 tablespoons palm sugar  (if not available can substitute it with regular sugar)

-       3 tablespoons lime juice

-       1/2 cups tomato (wedged)

-       1/3 cups dried shrimps

-       1/4 cup peanuts

-       10 of them green chilli

-       5 pieces fresh garlic

Directions

-       Use mortar and crush the chilli and garlic,

-       Add shrimps, continue crushing,

-       Add sugar, continue beating with the pestle,

-       Add the papaya, beat, beat, beat,

-       Add fish sauce, beat, beat,

-       Add lime juice, still beat, beat, beat,

-       Add tomato, beat, beat, beat,

-       Add peanuts, beat, beat . you may need to add either sugar, fish sauce, or lime.

-       The final taste on the balance between sweet, (pepper) hot, salty, and sour.

-       Goes well with Thai style BBQ chicken and steamed sticky rice.

Makes about 4-1/2 cups of salad, about 4 servings.