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thai-som-tum-salad
Jamie Raftery

Green Papaya Salad - Thai Vegan 'Som Tum'

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A vegan version of the classic Thai Som Tum
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Servings: 4 people
Course: Salad
Cuisine: Thai
Calories: 186
Ingredients Equipment Method Nutrition Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 400 g Green Papaya
  • 100 g Carrots
  • 100 g Green beans
  • 100 g Tomato - cherry
  • 4 each Red chili - Thai
  • 4 each Garlic cloves
  • 4 each Lime to taste
  • 20 g Palm sugar to taste
  • 20 g Soy sauce to taste
  • 20 g Tamarind paste optional
  • 60 g Peanuts

Equipment

  • Chopping board
  • Chefs knife
  • Thai vegetable peeler
  • Peeler
  • Mixing bowl
  • Serving bowl
  • Spoon
  • Mortar and Pestle

Method
 

  1. Assemble all the ingredients
  2. Peel papaya and carrot
  3. Julienne papaya and carrot.
    Slice green beans, cut cherry tomato in half.
  4. Add garlic and chili to mixing bowl - crush together.
  5. Add palm sugar, lime juice, tamarind paste and soy sauce to the mixing bowl and mix together well.
  6. Add the green beans, green papaya and carrot - mix well.
  7. Check the seasoning and adjust sweetness, sourness, saltiness or spicyness as you like.

Nutrition

Calories: 186kcalCarbohydrates: 27gProtein: 6gFat: 8gSodium: 385mgPotassium: 528mgFiber: 5gSugar: 17gVitamin A: 5421IUVitamin C: 73mgCalcium: 59mgIron: 1mg

Notes

Recipe variations:
  • If you cannot source green papaya, you can use turnip, radish or carrots.
  • Try adding pineapple, apple, sweetcorn or tomato for recipe variations.

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