Thai Food with LoVE..LOvE... for you..."Green PaPaYa Salad"
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GREEN PAPAYA SALAD
It is a Northeastern food that is eaten with sticky rice and other Northeastern dishes such as laab, beef salad and bamboo shoot salad.
The two most popular types of green papaya salad have either dried shrimp or salted crab. Green papaya salad with dried shrimp and peanuts is called som tum thai. The green papaya salad with salted crab is called som tum pbooh. The majority of the ingredients are the same.
INGREDIENTS (For 2 Servings)
1 1/2 tablespoons sugar
3/4 lime
2 cups green papaya, shredded
6 green beans
1 clove garlic
1 1/2 tablespoons fish sauce
1 tablespoon dried shrimp
2 chili peppers
5 cherry tomatoes
2 tablespoons peanuts, toasted
PROCEDURE
In Thailand, green papaya salad is made using a clay mortar, wooden pestle and a spatula. Smash a clove of garlic first. Then add green beans and halved cherry tomatoes. Pound a few times just to bruise the beans and get the juice out of the tomatoes. Add chili peppers and crush them just enough to release the hotness, unless you like your salad really hot. Add the green papaya, dried shrimp, toasted peanuts, fish sauce, lime juice and palm sugar. Use the pestle to push the mixture up in the mortar and the spatula to push it down so that the mixture is mixed well.
However, if you do not have a big enough mortar you can crush garlic, tomatoes, green beans. Set them aside in a large bowl. Add dried shrimp, fish sauce, lime juice and palm sugar to the bowl. Add green papaya and mix well. Serve with sticky rice and a sliver of cabbage, green beans and Thai basil.
For som tum pbooh, omit the dried shrimp and toasted peanuts and add salted crabs instead. I microwave the salted crabs for 30 seconds before adding them to the papaya salad to kill any residual bacteria. Add only half of the fish sauce called for because the salted crab can be quite salty.
TIPS
The balance of fish sauce, lime juice, palm sugar and peppers listed here are guidelines. Som tum is an individual dish that you will find you might like your with more, say, lime juice than what the recipe calls for.
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Thai Jasmine (Smile..smile...Smile..) (62 months ago | reply)
Better viewed large : Green Papaya Salad..Som Tum Thai...It is one of famous Thai food.
Don't forget to sweet smile today..Have a
sweet day..
This is the first time for cooking Som Tum Thai. I have never cooked it before. Hope you like it..I confirm it is very delicious.
[Core'ngrato] [deleted] (62 months ago | reply)
must be very good! Good appetite!!!!
Thai Jasmine (Smile..smile...Smile..) (62 months ago | reply)
Hi Giovanni,
Yes!! of course!! It is very delicious!! I confirm by myself..
Jasmine..
luxfar (62 months ago | reply)
yummy!
*Megumi* (62 months ago | reply)
it looks so yummy Jasmine! and thank you for sharing the recipes ! anyway i plan to go to thai resto with some friends for lunch tomorrow!
☆linus☆ [deleted] (62 months ago | reply)
What a good food, my bosom friend! How are you? I am always happy to feel you and to read your adorable comments Jasmine!!! A big hug from your friend Gigi (linus) ... Sa wad dee ... Ciaooooo!!
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Pier* (62 months ago | reply)
I believe you Jasmine, i'll be really fantastic.
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Thai Jasmine (Smile..smile...Smile..) (62 months ago | reply)
Dear Luxfar,
Thanks for your nice words..Yummy! Yummy!!
Dear Magumi,
However, I would love to suggest you for
other famous Thai food such as Thai Green
Curry Chicken (Gang Keaw Warn), Hot and sour
soup with shrimp (Tom Yum Kung), Red curry
with roast duck (gaeng pet bet yaang) , Pork
fried in basil (pat ga-prao) and Satay pork
(moo sa-teh). Hope you enjoy eating Thai
food!!
Ah!! It is so nice to know about that, my friend. Maybe you could try this one there.
Dear Linus,
So nice to see you again. I am fine and very happy. You know I always sweet smile, my dear friend. Thanks for your kind comment as always. I wish you and your family all the best. Have a sweet day..
Dear Pier,
Thanks for trusting me. You are right!! My dear friend. It is very delicious..Have a great day, Pier..
Jasmine...
Gary* (62 months ago | reply)
Yummmmm very nice, send me some please! ;)
bernardstyrc [deleted] (62 months ago | reply)
I am hungry my friend
Road Fun (62 months ago | reply)
Jasmine this looks delicious. This is one of my Better Half's favorite dishes. But she likes it VERY spicy! Personally I prefer to larb, some of the beef salads and crying tiger. We all like sticky rice a lot, including the little Princess. Hope you had a great Thursday!
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Ollie_57 (62 months ago | reply)
Wow.. I want to come and eat it right now... looks delicious... super work Jasmine my friend.. both the photo & the wondeful Green Papaya Salad that you have so lovingly prepared.. Great Great.. work..:))
Thai Jasmine (Smile..smile...Smile..) (62 months ago | reply)
Dear Gary,
I am sending it to you..but you have to pay
for delivering..Just kidding you..
Thanks for liking, my friend..
OK!!! I send you right now..Are you ready??
Dear Bernard,
Come on..you can join with us..I also prepare for you, my friend.. Hope you like it and enjoy eating. Have a nice day..
Dear Ron,
I also like it very spicy and of course, I
love to eat it together with larb, grilled
chicken and sticky rice. So delicious!! Nice
to know you also like it very much. Thanks
for sharing your nice time there. Have a
great day, my dear friend..
You know about Thai food very well, my dear friend because you have beautiful Thai wife who always cook Thai food for you..You are so lucky, Ron.
Dear Ollie,
Welcome to my stream and join with us. I prepare my delicious food for you and also other lovely friends here. We could enjoy eating together.Come on..Come on...
Jasmine...
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Redroom Studios (62 months ago | reply)
oooh! such a tempting and delicious looking dish! I am sure I would love to taste this delight! Here I have just woken up and not yet had my breakfast, so you are getting the juices flowing in my mouth and tummy.... I will have to eat right now, but I will be disappointed after seeing your delicious meal!
~ Sunshinelady ~ (62 months ago | reply)
So yummy, love this Jasmine, thanks
daiseedeb (62 months ago | reply)
This looks scrumptious! I can imagine it with wonderful sticky rice (a favorite of mine!) all of the savory ingredients together. A very artistic representation as well. Lovely jasmine! ; )
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Adettara Photography (62 months ago | reply)
Wow yummy....! I love Thai food, Tom Yam kung is my favorite. This is great work Jasmine.
JPL Nitro IN/OUT :( (62 months ago | reply)
Hmm.. very delicious I'm hungry now hehehe.. Thanks for sharing your hometowns food and culture, hope you have a nice day ahead of you..
JPL
i_still_believe_in_u (62 months ago | reply)
delicious capture!
Peggy Collins (62 months ago | reply)
Thai food is my favorite and now you've gone and tempted me, Jasmine! Is green papaya salad good for breakfast? I hope so! You make it look so good in your photograph!
Lamerton. (62 months ago | reply)
You made me starrrrrvin now... :( ! Great colours.
kotunygn (62 months ago | reply)
Hi, my Dear Jasmine,
Let me taste it. I guessed it will be very delicious food.
Have a Beautiful Time.
f650biker [deleted] (62 months ago | reply)
That looks good. Michael gets appetite.
meejOrd (62 months ago | reply)
wow...this 1 looks delicious....yummy
Monty 73 (62 months ago | reply)
uhmmmmmmmmm, que apetitoso. Estupenda fotografía
Lorenzo Salas [deleted] (62 months ago | reply)
I'll try to do it. Thanks.
Klaus Franck (62 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Your Preferred Picture, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
!Heidi! (62 months ago | reply)
Jasmine,
If it taste just as good the picture is .................. We've eat it last year in Thailand and we love it. All the Thai food is lovely, special the food that you can buy on the street.
Heidi
AnotherSaru - Off and on for a few weeks (62 months ago | reply)
This looks so amazing!!! I am way to hungry to see such a tempting food. I really could go for a plate right now. =D
HP-TEACHER (62 months ago | reply)
Jasmine, that looks really tasty, delicious.... You are not only a fantastic photographer, you also seem to be a great cook. Thanks for the recipe. I think I'll try to make that.
Steeve Lane (Please Read Profile) (62 months ago | reply)
Jasmine, you are making me hungry agan. Lovely looking food. Yum.
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Artistic A!!ure (62 months ago | reply)
Yummm That looks delicious, Jasmine! You seem to be a great cook! :-) Great work, my dear! Keep it up! :o)
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jmtimages (62 months ago | reply)
Sa wad dee ka, dear Jasmine! Your photos and images are always full of color, love and life, and these pictures of the lovely salad are no exception!
This salad looks so yummy and delicious, I almost started eating my laptop screen...lol!
These are wonderful ...you have so many talents and gifts to share with us and your Dearest! I know we all want to try this salad...especially when made by our wonderful Jasmine!
Have a beautiful Friday and thank you always for your friendship and kindness! I hope we are able to repay you in kind! Take care!!
Minkum (62 months ago | reply)
Oh boy...another recipe! Yum
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Edoray (62 months ago | reply)
Makes me wish I were back in Thailand again, you just can't get food that good here. Gotta run, I'm starved now ;)
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Wow this looks delicious, and mouthwatering. I am so hungry, i sat down to look and my friends photostreams, i say this is the last one but i see yours i had to stop by and thank you for your visits and comments! Have a beautiful night
Joe Cashin Photography (62 months ago | reply)
This looks very appetising dear Jasmine.
I wish you a nice and safe weekend my friend.
andie.smith (62 months ago | reply)
yum
J.^2 (62 months ago | reply)
Looks very yummy.
Thai Jasmine (Smile..smile...Smile..) (62 months ago | reply)
Dear All my lovely friends,
It is very great inspiration for me to keep
on shooting and continue growing my skills.
I promise I will cook Thai food and desserts
for you again..Also Chinese food and
desserts!!
So sorry!! I could not individual reply.
Hope you understand me. I am so busy.
Please know I keep you all in my mind all
the time. You are my great friends. Have a
beautiful day..Keep smiling!! Love you so
much...
Thank you so much for your very great encouraging words for my very delicious Thai food. I am so apprecitaed and really happy when I read all your words.
Dear Peggy,
Yes!! Green papaya salad is good for breakfast, Peggy. It is also good for lunch and dinner. For me, I would love to eat it for my lunch. It depends on your desire. Enjoy eating Thai food, my nice friend..
Jasmine..
NatuurfotoRien (62 months ago | reply)
Yummy!Getting hungry when I see this!:-)
Have a nice weekend!
migognikon (62 months ago | reply)
Yummy thai food are good Jasmine, thank for recipe ;0))
have a nice weekend my dear !!!
The Challenge (62 months ago | reply)
beautiful and inviting
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Jimmy - home now (62 months ago | reply)
Wow! You make me hungry! :-)
Have a great weekend, my friend.
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S e l v i (62 months ago | reply)
Yummy!!!!!!!!!!!
Sir Mervs (62 months ago | reply)
wow.. delicious.. bon appetite..
Thai Jasmine (Smile..smile...Smile..) (62 months ago | reply)
Dear Rien, Annie, Boris, Jimmy, Selvi and Ser Merve,
Thank you so much for your very nice words for my delicious Thai food. I am really appreciated. Send you nice sunshine and sweet smile form Thailand. Have a great weekend..Keep smiling. Love to see you all the time.
Jasmine..
Melinda ^..^ (62 months ago | reply)
yummmm... i love Thai food, i always cook TomYam soup.. :)))
Thai Jasmine (Smile..smile...Smile..) (62 months ago | reply)
Dear Melinda,
Thank you so much for your visit and very nice words. I am so appreciated. So nice to know you love Thai food very much especially with Tom Yum soup. I also like it. Maybe you could try Green Papaya Salad. It is really good for your health and of course, very delicious..
Jasmine...
dennis largo schulz (62 months ago | reply)
oooooy.. yaak kin a. som dtam aroy iliiii norrrrrrrrr ;-)