Som Tum Salad(Thai Raw Papaya Salad)
This is a salad with No mayo and No oil in the dressing. It’s a tangy and spicy cold salad made with green papaya, carrot, and French beans. Green papaya is simply unripened papaya and has a juicy and slightly crunchy texture with no taste of its own. When shredded, the flavor clings to the green papaya. The tangle of threads becomes the perfect vehicle for carrying the tastes in the dressing: sweetness from brown sugar, salty savouriness from the tamarind pulp and cherry tomatoes, fresh tang from the lime, crunchiness of the roasted peanuts, and fiery pungency from a generous one-two punch of garlic and chili.
Servings: 2 yield(s)
Prep Time: 60 mins
Ingredients
  • 2 cup Shredded Raw Papaya
  • 1/2 cup Shredded Carrot
  • 4 qt Cherry Tomatoes (Cut into halves)
  • 6 qt French beans (You can add as per your liking.)
  • 2 tbsp Crushed Salted Peanuts
  • 1/2 tbsp Chopped Coriander
    • For Dressing of Salad:
  • 1 1/2 tbsp Tamarind Pulp
  • 1 tsp Brown Sugar
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 1 tsp Lemon juice
  • 1 qt Thai Red Chili
  • 1 qt Garlic Clove
Instructions
  1. In a mortar add garlic clove and Thai-red chili and crush it with a pestle to make it like a paste.
  2. Add tamarind pulp, brown sugar, lemon juice, salted peanuts and salt and crush it with motor and pestle.
  3. Peel the raw Papaya and remove the seeds. Shredd the papaya and carrot with the help of a shredder.
  4. Dip the shredded Papaya and Shredded Carrot in Ice Cold Water for 30 minutes.
  5. In a mixing bowl add the shredded papaya, shredded carrot, half cut cherry tomatoes, half cut French beans, and mix well. Pound it properly.
  6. Add the tamarind pulp dressing to it. Give it a toss. Knead it little with your palm like we knead a dough.
  7. Mix it again and serve immediately. Your Som Tam Salad is ready.