Som Tam (Green Papaya Salad)

Ingredients

• 3 cups shredded green papaya
• 2 cloves garlic
• 2-4 Thai chilies
• 2 tbsp dried shrimp
• 1/4 cup long beans, cut into pieces
• 2 tomatoes, wedged
• 2 tbsp palm sugar
• 3 tbsp fish sauce
• 3 tbsp lime juice
• 1/4 cup roasted peanuts

Instructions

1. 1Pound garlic and chilies together in a large mortar and pestle until roughly crushed.
2. 2Add dried shrimp and long beans and lightly bruise with the pestle.
3. 3Add tomatoes and gently pound to release their juices.
4. 4Add palm sugar, fish sauce, and lime juice, stirring and pounding lightly to dissolve the sugar.
5. 5Add the shredded green papaya and pound and toss with a spoon to combine well, bruising slightly to absorb the dressing.
6. 6Top with roasted peanuts and serve immediately with sticky rice.

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