This light and refreshing Thai Green Papaya Salad Recipe (Som Tam Thai) tastes just like the one you get at a Thai restaurant in Thailand. This salad has a mouthwatering crunchy texture ,perfect flavours of sweet, spicy,sour and salty which make it perfect for a hot summer day.
Some of the ingredients used in this recipe are
Ingredients for the dressing
Raw brown sugar -1 tbsp
Tamarind juice-1 tbsp
Fish sauce -1.5 tbsp
Lemon juice -2 lemon
Ingredients for the salad
Thai chili -1
Garlic-1
Thai red chilli-1
Grated raw green papapa -1 small
Roasted peanuts -3 tbsp
Cherry tomatoes -8-10
Green beans (optional)blanched -5-6 slit.
Directions
1.For the dressing add all the ingredients in a bowl ,mix it well and keep it aside .
2.Using a mortar and pestle , pound the garlic and chilli until it’s a smooth paste.
3.In another bowl , add all the ingredients of the salad.add the pounded paste ,pour the dressing on top of it and toss it well. Serve cold .
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