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Tam Sua (Papaya Salad With Vermicelli)
Enjoy a healthy Thai salad with this tam sua recipe, featuring papaya salad and rice vermicelli noodles, prepared in only 15 minutes.
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
15 mins
Servings: 3 people
Calories: 89 kcal
Course:
Side Dish , Salad
Cuisine:
Thai
Ingredients
- 3 cloves garlic
- 2 Chilies to taste
- 3 tablespoons fermented fish sauce
- 2 tablespoons fish sauce
- 2 tablespoons tamarind paste
- 1 tablespoon palm sugar
- 1 lime
- 1/4 cup small tomatoes sliced
- 2/3 cup green papaya shredded
- 1 1/2 cups fresh rice vermicelli see notes
- 5 culantro leaves chopped
- 1 handful bean sprouts
Instructions
- Finely slice the culantro leaves, quarter the lime, and chop the tomatoes into quarters or smaller, based on size.
- Peel the green papaya and thinly shred it into slivers.
- In a mortar, pound the garlic and chilies until they’re broken down.
- Add fish sauce, fermented fish sauce, tamarind paste, palm sugar, and squeeze in the lime juice, tossing the lime peels into the mix. Use the pestle to mash and mix until palm sugar is dissolved.
- Drop in the tomatoes and gently stir.
- Add the shredded papaya to the mortar, mixing thoroughly to ensure every slice is flavor-soaked.
- Carefully mix in the rice vermicelli, use a rice spoon to help if needed.
- Mix in the culantro and bean sprouts, then serve immediately.
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Notes
- Use the nutrition card in this recipe as a guideline.
- Fresh rice vermicelli: The 7 oz of fresh rice vermicelli used in this recipe is equivalent to the weight of dry vermicelli noodles once they are cooked.
Nutrition Information
Calories
89kcal
(4%)
Carbohydrates
22g
(7%)
Protein
2g
(4%)
Fat
0.4g
(1%)
Saturated Fat
0.1g
(1%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
0.1g
Monounsaturated Fat
0.1g
Sodium
962mg
(40%)
Potassium
341mg
(10%)
Fiber
3g
(12%)
Sugar
13g
(26%)
Vitamin A
1002IU
(20%)
Vitamin C
82mg
(91%)
Calcium
42mg
(4%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 3people
Amount Per Serving
Calories 89
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 89kcal | 4% |
| Carbohydrates | 22g | 7% |
| Protein | 2g | 4% |
| Fat | 0.4g | 1% |
| Saturated Fat | 0.1g | 1% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 0.1g | 1% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 0.1g | 1% |
| Sodium | 962mg | 40% |
| Potassium | 341mg | 7% |
| Fiber | 3g | 12% |
| Sugar | 13g | 26% |
| Vitamin A | 1002IU | 20% |
| Vitamin C | 82mg | 91% |
| Calcium | 42mg | 4% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.