Som Tum

Ingredients

• 10 ounces (300g) green papaya
• 5 cloves of garlic, chopped
• 4-6 bird’s eye chilies
• 4 cherry tomatoes
• 3 ounces (100g) long beans, cut into 1 inch pieces
• 2-4 tbsps roasted peanuts
• 2 tbsps dried shrimp (optional)
• 2 tbsps fish sauce
• 2 tbsps palm sugar
• 3 tbsps lime juice
• To garnish: 1 cup shredded red cabbage, fresh bean sprouts, and ½ cup long beans, cut into small pieces

Directions

1. Peel papaya.Cut flesh into a fine julienne.Discard seeds. Reserve.

2. In a mortar and pestle,pound chilies and garlic together to form a chunky paste.

3. Add peanuts,dried shrimps,tomatoes and beans. Mix to incorporate.

4. Add fish sauce, palm sugar and lime juice.

5. Add shredded Papaya,fold it in.

6. Put on a serving platter and garnish with red cabbage, fresh bean sprouts and long beans.