Thai papaya salad, also called som tum or som tam, is a tasty and spicy side dish. Thai Veg Papaya Salad is a recipe that uses neither onion nor garlic and it is an easy and quick salad. To prepare this recipe, you will basically require a food processor or mortar pestle.
This papaya salad is made from green papaya. It is a form of orange papaya, it is not ripe, it is raw. Comparatively, green papaya is crisp (but not juicy) and has a very mild flavor, more light than cucumbers.
This Salad recipe made with Lemon raw papaya, roasted peanuts & green beans, has a crispy texture and combines wonderfully with the spice of green chilies, sourness of the lemon juice and the sweetness of brown sugar.
In Thailand, this Veg Papaya Salad Recipe is generally served as a side dish to any Thai entrée and if this is your main course, you can serve with sticky rice on the side.
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Thai Veg Papaya Salad
Print RecipeIngredients
- 1 Raw papaya , thinly chopped
- 1 cup Tomato , sliced
- 1 cup Red Yellow and Green Bell Peppers (Capsicum) , thinly chopped
- 1/2 cup Roasted Peanuts (Moongphali) , or roasted cashew
- 5 Green beans (French Beans)
- 1 Green Chilli , sliced, seeds removed (to taste)
- 2 tablespoon Soy sauce
- 2 tablespoon Cooking oil
- 3 tablespoon Lemon juice
- 2 tablespoon Brown Sugar (Demerara Sugar)
- 1/4 cup Basil leaves
Instructions
How to prepare Veg Thai Papaya Salad
- First, cut the ends of the green papaya. Using a vegetable peeler, peel off the outer skin. Split the papaya into two portions. Then cut the papaya carefully into thin slices.
- Second, add green chili, soya sauce, lime juice, oil and brown sugar in a food processor or chopper and turn into a paste
- Now cut the beans into pieces and churn them lightly in a chopper or processor.
- In a large salad bowl, pour the thinly sliced papaya, and other vegetables like tomatoes, bell peppers and beans, toss them lightly.
- Finally, add the nuts and toss again.
- As per requirement adjust spices and taste.
- To garnish, place some basil leaves on top of the salad.