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Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1 (275g) Recipe makes 4 servings The following items or measurements are not included below: 1 tablespoon dried shrimp
Calories 124
Calories from Fat 24		(19%)
Amount Per Serving		%DV
	Total Fat 2.7g	4%
	Saturated Fat 0.4g	2%
	Monounsaturated Fat 1.2g
	Polyunsaturated Fat 0.9g
	Trans Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol 0mg		0%
Sodium 370mg		15%
Potassium 767mg		21%
Total Carbohydrate 24.4g		8%
	Dietary Fiber 4.1g	16%
	Sugars 15.4g
Protein 4.2g		8%
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Thai Green Papaya Salad aka Som Tam

Recipe #31232 | 20 min | 20 min prep | add private note

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By: ummi77
Jun 14, 2002

Definitely a must have for Thai food fans. I always serve it during BBQ and it is verrrryyy delicious.

SERVES 4 (change servings and units)

Ingredients

300 g julienned really green unripe papayas
3 tomatoes, wedges
3 cloves garlic
1 tablespoon dried shrimp, fried with little oil
8 fresh birds eye chiles, sliced
1 tablespoon fish sauce
1 tablespoon lime juice
1 tablespoon brown sugar or palm sugar
1 tablespoon roasted peanuts, pounded coarsely
1 tablespoon roasted cashew nuts
fresh long beans, cut into 2 inch
cabbage

Directions

1
Pound garlic until fine.
2
Add garlic, lime juice, fish sauce,brown sugar in a bowl.
3
Mix well.
4
Add papaya, tomato wedges and chili into a big mixing bowl.
5
Stir in the garlic mixture into papaya bowl (item 3).
6
Adjust seasoning if necessary.
7
It should be mixture of sweet, sour and salty.
8
Toss in dried shrimp, groundnut and cashew nut.
9
Served with long beans, cabbage or other raw vegetables.

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From: ssinderella

On Jun 25, 2009

I had been wanting to try this at my local Thai restaurant, but had not gotten around to ordering it. I found pre-julienned green papaya, so I bought that and made this recipe (shockingly enough, I had most of the other ingredients!). This was really great, no one overpowering flavor. They all work together really well and it tasted fantastic. What a great, quick, light dish. Perfect for this Las Vegas heat.

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From: Kayarich

On Mar 2, 2009

Perfect sauce recipe! I threw in some green onions too. I omitted dried shrimp (allergy reasons), still great taste!

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From: Emmas_Mom

On Dec 27, 2007

Very good. Having grown up with best friends from Thailand, I ate this daily and learned to make this the traditional way of the Thai people. It best to have large mortar and pestle. Then the only things I do suggest is that for the most part, Som Tom is made with pickled mud fish sauce or shrimp paste versus the fish sauce. Also, we usually use cherry tomatoes or grape tomatoes. We normally leave out the cashews. This is very good recipe though. Like all recipes, there are as many versions of Som Tom as there are soups! Many times you can use mango or cucumber or even carrots instead of Papaya! One of my all time favorites!! I love it with sticky rice best of all!

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From: Chef #507714

On May 28, 2007

This is exactly how it should be done. Although, I did substitute chili garlic sauce for the birds eye chilies.

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