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Som Tum (ส้มตำ) — Green Papaya Salad

Thai · Southeast Asia Top Pick NO_COOK
9/10

Shredded green papaya pounded with dried shrimp, peanuts, tomatoes, and long beans in a fiery lime-fish sauce dressing.

Vegetarian Salad Home Cook Friendly V Vegetarian E Egg-Free G Gluten-Free

Why It Works

Pounding in a mortar bruises the papaya just enough to absorb dressing while staying crunchy; the technique releases allicin from garlic and capsaicin from chilies simultaneously.

Key Ingredients

green papaya dried shrimp peanuts cherry tomatoes long beans bird's eye chilies fish sauce lime juice

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