Green Papaya Salad (Som Tam)
4 oz green papaya
1 clove garlic
3 small red or green chiles
1 tablespoon roast peanuts
1 oz long beans chopped into 1-inch pieces
or - french beans
2 tablespoon lemon juice
3 tablespoon light soy sauce
1 teaspoon sugar
1 medium tomato chopped into segment
2 large chinese cabbage leaves
Directions:
Peel the outer skin from the green papaya and finely shred the flesh on a cheese grater or
chop very finely into long thin shreds. Set aside. In a mortar, lightly pound the garlic, add the
chiles and lightly pound while occasionally stirring with a spoon to prevent the resulting paste
from thickening. Add the long beans and slightly bruise them. Add the shredded papaya, lightly
pound and stir until all the ingredients are blended together. Add the lemon juice, soy sauce and
sugar and stir into the mixture. Finally add the tomato, stirring once.
Presentation:
Arrange the Chinese cabbage leaves on a serving dish and turn the yam onto them. Diners should
tear off a section of cabbage leaf to use as a scoop for the yam, the two being eaten together.
This dish is especially good with sticky rice.
Yield: 2 servings
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