Green Papaya Salad Recipe (Som Tum)

Name: Green Papaya Salad Recipe (Som Tum)
Ingredients: 8-12 Thai chillies (bird peppers), each cut into 3-4 segments; 8 cloves garlic, peeled and cut each into 2-3 pieces; 2 Tbs. small dried shrimp; 4 cups julienned peeled unripe green papaya - in strips 2-3 inches long and 1/8 inch thick; 1 cup cut long beans - 1 1/2-inch-long segments (or substitute with regular green beans); 1 julienned carrot (optional); 1/4 cup tamarind juice the thickness of fruit concentrate; Juice of 2-3 limes, to taste; 2-3 Tbs. fish sauce, to taste; 2-3 Tbs. palm sugar, melted with 1 Tbs. water into a thick syrup - use as needed; 2 small tomatoes, cut into bite-size wedges; or 12 cherry tomatoes, halved; 1/4 cup chopped unsalted roasted peanuts

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Green Papaya Salad Recipe (som tum) - a classic North East Thai (Isan) dish from cooking instructor Kasma Loha-unchit. Temple of Thai recipes.

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Ingredients

8-12 Thai chillies (bird peppers), each cut into 3-4 segments
8 cloves garlic, peeled and cut each into 2-3 pieces
2 Tbs. small dried shrimp
4 cups julienned peeled unripe green papaya - in strips 2-3 inches long and 1/8 inch thick
1 cup cut long beans - 1 1/2-inch-long segments (or substitute with regular green beans)
1 julienned carrot (optional)
1/4 cup tamarind juice the thickness of fruit concentrate
Juice of 2-3 limes, to taste
2-3 Tbs. fish sauce, to taste
2-3 Tbs. palm sugar, melted with 1 Tbs. water into a thick syrup - use as needed
2 small tomatoes, cut into bite-size wedges; or 12 cherry tomatoes, halved
1/4 cup chopped unsalted roasted peanuts