Som Tum

Description
Thai raw papaya salad

Ingredients

 * 2 cups raw papaya - shredded
 * 4 nos cherry tomatoes - halves
 * ½ cup long bean or runner bean slices
 * 2 pieces garlic peeled- crushed
 * 4 hot bird chili (prik kheenoo)-crushed
 * 1 tsp fresh lime juice
 * 2 lime wedges
 * 1 tsp salt
 * 2 tsp fish sauce (naam pla)
 * 1½ tbsp palm sugar / brown sugar
 * 1 tbsp dried shrimps (goong haeng)-soaked
 * 1 tbsp tamarind juice - pure
 * 2 tbsp roasted peanut - crushed

Directions

 * 1) Crushed garlic, chile, beans, tomatoes, dried shrimps, peanut in mortar or mixing bowl
 * 2) Add shredded raw papaya, lime wedges, sugar and seasoning with lime juice, fish sauce, salt, tamarind juice taste to be spicy, sour, little nutty and sweet.
 * 3) Portion and serves as appetizer, salad with variation of fresh garden vegetables or side dish with other Thai dishes and steamed Thai sticky rice (khao niew nueng).