Tuesday, December 08, 2009
Som Tum ~ Green Papaya Salad
One of my favorite salads is the Thai Som Tum. I just can't describe how delicious it is. It's spicy, citrusy and has low calories! Just perfect for a meal. It really doesn't have a lot of ingredients in it, but the main ingredient is unripe papaya. Unripe papaya is hard to find in places like Bahrain. But I have discovered a couple of Thai stores in town that have wonderful Thai stuff =D
(This picture is taken when I was @ Monsoon last week)
Ingredients (good for 2 servings)
- 2 cups green papaya, shredded
- 5 green beans
- 1 tablespoon palm sugar
- 1 clove garlic
- 2 chili peppers
- 5 cherry tomatoes
- 1 1/2 tablespoon fish sauce
- 3/4 of lime
- 2 tablespoons of toasted peanuts
It's best if you buy a shredded papaya, but if you could not find that, just peal the skin of a whole papaya and shred it with a cheese grater. Using a clay mortar, crush the garlic and add the green beans and halved cherry tomatoes. Make sure you softly pound on the tomatoes to get the juice out of it and maintain it's shape. Add the chili peppers and start crushing. If you don't like it hot, remove the seeds from the peppers and crush them tenderly. Add the shredded papaya, lime juice, fish sauce, peanuts and palm sugar. Use the pestle and the spatula to push the mixture up and down. This way, the juice will seep through the mixture.
Really easy to make, isn't it?
Enjoy.
Labels: Bahrain, monsoon restaurant, som tum
: 10:29 AM, December 10, 2009 
The Tid Bits appetizer is amazing, especially the wontons. Believe it or not I never tried their shrimp Tom Yum, but I'll definitely will next time. I'll try to recreate it at home and tell ya how it's done. :)
Pam~ thanks! it's colorful as well, so it looks and tastes good =)
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