By Christine Gilbert
Som Tum, Green Papaya Salad
This dish requires no cooking and is very fast to make… if you have green papayas (unripe papaya). But green papaya is very similar to cucumber, so if you wanted to make a spicy cucumber peanut salad, you could probably modify this recipe.
2 cups shredded fresh green papaya
6 cherry tomatoes
2 tablespoons dried shrimp (optional, if you like the salty fishy taste)
1/4 cup roasted peanuts
4-6 fresh Thai chiles, remove stems
3-4 cloves garlic
2 tablespoons fish sauce
2 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
Prep:
Use the flat side of your knife to crush the garlic. Crush the chillies too. Then chop them all up — roughly. (This recipe really calls for a mortar and pestel but... More...
