Salad Pepaya Hijau Thailand (Som Tum)
Recipe video above. In Thailand, Green Papaya Salad is traditionally made in giant mortar and pestles large enough to hold the entire salad. The dressing is pounded first, and the rest of the salad is added, pounded a little and finally tossed. For this home version, we use an ordinary size mortar i
Ingredients
4 servings
Instructions
- Crush peanuts: Place peanuts in a mortar and pestle. Pound lightly to break them up into largish pieces, not into powder. Transfer to bowl.
- Garlic and chilli paste: Place garlic and chilli in the mortar. Pound into a paste. Add shrimp and pound to crush them – no need to grind them to a paste.
- Dressing: Stir in palm sugar, lime and fish sauce until sugar dissolves. Pour Dressing into a large bowl.
- Bruise snake beans: Add snake beans to mortar (in batches if needed). Pound to bruise, split and soften (they are raw, so they need to be bashed to soften). Add to Dressing.
- Crush tomato: Grab handfuls of tomato, crush with your hands then add into the bowl.
- Add papaya: Add papaya and 3/4 of the peanuts. Toss well with 2 wooden spoons or tongs.
- Serve immediately (Note 7): Once everything is coated in Dressing, immediately pile up onto plates. Spoon over some dressing (there will be a bit of dressing still left in the bowl, that's normal). Garnish with Thai basil leaves, sprinkle with remaining peanuts. Serve immediately (Note 7).
Nutrition per serving
Protein32g
Carbs51g
Fat20g
467kcal
32gProtein
51gCarbs
20gFat
💰 Cost Estimate
Total Ingredients
$6878.00
$6878.00
Per Serving
$1720.00/serving
$1720.00/serving
🏠 Savings
~$13756.00 vs buying!
~$13756.00 vs buying!
📋 Price Breakdown (100% ingredients detected)
| Ingredient | Amount | Subtotal |
|---|---|---|
| garlic | 2 tbsp | $59.00 |
| bird eye chillies | 6 | $2906.00 |
| dried shrimp | 6 tbsp | $218.00 |
| palm sugar | 1 cup | $13.00 |
| lime juice | 0.5 cup | $80.00 |
| fish sauce | 0.5 cup | $260.00 |
| roasted peanuts | 1 cup | $188.00 |
| snake beans | 20 | $471.00 |
| grape tomato | 3 cups | $158.00 |
| / 4 cups green papaya | 500 g | $273.00 |
| Thai basil leaves | 0.5 cup | $2252.00 |
*Estimated market prices, may vary by region
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