Som Tam Recipe (Thai Green Papaya Salad)
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Som Tam Recipe (Thai Green Papaya Salad)
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This delicious vegan recipe for Thai Green Papaya Salad also known as Som Tam Salad is everything you could possibly want from a salad: crunchy, sweet, sour, spicy, salty and healthy. Easy to make and delicious to taste.
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Ingredients
For tamarind water
- ½ teaspoon tamarind - dried
- 2 tablespoons water
Other ingredients
- 2.5 cups shredded unripe papaya - 400 grams
- ½ teaspoon chopped garlic or 2 medium garlic cloves
- 3 to 4 bird's eye chillies can add less or more as required
- 1 tomato - small sized or 2 to 3 cherry tomatoes
- 2 to 3 long beans or green beans - optional
- 2 tablespoons roasted peanuts
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce - naturally brewed or fermented
- 2 tablespoons palm sugar or as required
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice or as required
- sea salt as per taste
For garnish
- 1 tablespoon chopped roasted peanuts or crushed peanuts
- 1 to 2 tablespoons cilantro - optional
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Instructions
Making tamarind water
- For tamarind water, soak the dried tamarind in the hot water for 15 to 20 minutes. Squeeze the tamarind and add the pulp to the water. Set aside.
Grating green papaya
- Rinse, pat dry and peel the unripe green papaya. Halve it vertically. Remove any of the tiny white seeds and pith. Grate or shred using a food processor or a box grater.
Making salad dressing
- In a mortar, take the birds eye chillies and garlic cloves. Using a pestle and mortar, mash the bird's eye chilies and garlic together. If using long beans, then add 2 to 3 beans (chopped) at this step.
- Add the prepared tamarind water, palm sugar, soy sauce, lemon juice and sea salt as needed to the mortar. Mash and mix everything to a loose paste.
- Add chopped tomato or halved cherry tomatoes. Mash the tomatoes a bit, but not too much.
Making papaya salad
- Pour dressing mixture in the bowl containing the shredded papaya. Mix very well and mash a bit to soften the unripe papaya. Check the taste and add more salt, palm sugar, lemon juice, crushed bird's eye chillies or tamarind pulp if needed.
Serving suggestions
- Serve garnished with chopped roasted peanuts and cilantro.
- Som tam tastes awesome as it is. But you can choose to serve it as a side or as a starter with a Thai main course.
- The papaya salad flavors pair well with pan fried tofu, fried rice, stir fried noodles, grilled or sautéed mushrooms, tofu steaks, or fresh, blanched, sautéed or roasted vegetables like carrots, potatoes, brussels sprouts, corn on the cobs, cabbage, green beans, cauliflower, bell pepper or lettuce.
Storage
- The salad will keep in the refrigerator for up to two days. You can eat it cold or let it come to room temperature before serving.
Notes
- The spices, seasonings and sweeteners can be adjusted to your tastes.
- Add more lemon juice if you do not have tamarind or tamarind paste or sauce.
- You could use Bragg liquid aminos or tamari in place of soy sauce.
- I have not added long beans as we do not eat raw beans. But you can add these green beans if you like.
- Additionally add carrots to the papaya salad if you like them.
- Opt to use table salt or kosher salt instead of sea salt. You could even use pink salt.
- If using packaged tamarind pulp, then add ½ to 1 tablespoon or according to taste depending on the inherent sourness in it.
Nutrition Information
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Calories
470kcal
(24%)
Carbohydrates
78g
(26%)
Protein
15g
(30%)
Fat
16g
(25%)
Saturated Fat
2g
(10%)
Sodium
2277mg
(95%)
Potassium
1304mg
(37%)
Fiber
11g
(44%)
Sugar
51g
(102%)
Vitamin A
4503IU
(90%)
Vitamin B1 (Thiamine)
1mg
Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin)
1mg
Vitamin B3 (Niacin)
8mg
Vitamin B6
1mg
Vitamin C
264mg
(293%)
Vitamin E
3mg
Vitamin K
21µg
Calcium
120mg
(12%)
Vitamin B9 (Folate)
206µg
Iron
3mg
(17%)
Magnesium
161mg
Phosphorus
235mg
Zinc
2mg
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 470 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 470kcal | 24% |
| Carbohydrates | 78g | 26% |
| Protein | 15g | 30% |
| Fat | 16g | 25% |
| Saturated Fat | 2g | 10% |
| Sodium | 2277mg | 95% |
| Potassium | 1304mg | 28% |
| Fiber | 11g | 44% |
| Sugar | 51g | 102% |
| Vitamin A | 4503IU | 90% |
| Vitamin B1 (Thiamine) | 1mg | |
| Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin) | 1mg | |
| Vitamin B3 (Niacin) | 8mg | |
| Vitamin B6 | 1mg | |
| Vitamin C | 264mg | 293% |
| Vitamin E | 3mg | |
| Vitamin K | 21µg | |
| Calcium | 120mg | 12% |
| Vitamin B9 (Folate) | 206µg | |
| Iron | 3mg | 17% |
| Magnesium | 161mg | 40% |
| Phosphorus | 235mg | |
| Zinc | 2mg |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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