Som Tam Thai (Green Papaya Salad with Peanuts and Dried Shrimp)
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Ingredients
- 300 g green papaya (or grated carrot and cucumber)
- 80 g cherry tomatoes, halved
- 50 g fine green beans, trimmed
- 2 garlic cloves
- 2 fresh red chillies
- 30 g roasted peanuts, roughly chopped
- 15 g dried shrimp
- 2 tbsp fish sauce
- 2 fresh lime
- 1 tbsp palm sugar
Nutrition (per serving)
- Calories
- 111 kcal
- Protein
- 5.9 g
- Carbohydrate
- 10.6 g
- of which sugars
- 7 g
- Fat
- 4.1 g
- of which saturates
- 0.7 g
- Fibre
- 3.3 g
- Salt
- 2.11 g
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Method
- 1
Peel and finely shred the green papaya, or coarsely grate the carrot and cucumber if using instead.
- 2
Trim the green beans and cut into short lengths.
- 3
Pound the garlic and chillies to a rough paste in a mortar, or finely chop them.
- 4
Add the green beans, tomatoes and dried shrimp and bruise lightly to release their juices.
- 5
Stir in the shredded papaya, fish sauce, lime juice and palm sugar, and toss everything together well.
- 6
Scatter with the roasted peanuts and serve immediately with sticky rice.
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