My favorite Thai salad.  I use to love watching local food vendors on the streets of Bangkok pounding all the ingredients on a large pestle. I sometimes substitute the raw papaya to raw mango to make the Som Tam and it taste absolutely delicious.

INGREDIENTS

1 cup shredded papaya

1 tablespoon plam sugar

2 tablespoon water

1/4 cup crushed peanuts (roasted)

1 tablespoon tamarind paste

2-3 cloves of garlic

1-2 fresh red chili

1 tablespoon long beans

4-5 cherry tomatoes

2 teaspoon lemon juice

1 teaspoon soya sauce

1/2 teaspoon salt

5-6 cilantro leaves

Step 1

Pound or blend garlic and fresh red chilies in a mortar or blender

Step 2

Add cherry tomatoes and long beans and gently pound.  Then add lemon juice, pamsugar, tamarind paste, soya sauce, salt and mix all the ingredients gently. Add papaya and toss everything together.

Step 3

Add roasted peanuts and cilantro before serving.