Thai Som Tum Recipe (Thai Green Papaya Salad)

Step 1: To begin making the Thai Som Tum recipe, take a raw papaya which is green and very crisp

Step 2: You must aim for a papaya which is white in colour from inside

Step 3: Peel off its skin

Step 4: Cut it into thin sticks or julienne it with a sharp knife

Step 5: I have used this peeler which makes juliennes for zucchini, papaya, radish and carrots

Step 6: Take some fresh beans and trim its ends and then cut them into 1 inch pieces

Step 7: Take thai red birds eye chilli and chop it finely and place it in a mortar along with clove of garlic

Step 8: With the help of a pestle crush it and grind it into a paste

Step 9: If you don't have mortar and pestle you can use a food processor

Step 10: Add the chilli garlic paste into a bowl and add some lemon juice to it

Step 11: Also add fish sauce, if you are a vegetarian or don't like the smell of fish sauce you can replace it with soya sauce

Step 12: Also add brown sugar or palm sugar to the lemon sauce and mix everything together

Step 13: You can add dried shrimps at this stage for an authentic flavour but if you are a vegetarian you can give it a pass

Step 14: Place the chopped beans in the mortar and bruise them slightly with the pestle so that the juices can run out and it can absorb the dressing better

Step 15: Take tomato and scoop out its pulp using a spoon

Step 16: Cut the tomato into juliennes or into cubes, as you like

Step 17: Add the papaya juliennes to the dressing bowl along with beans and tomato

Step 18: Toss everything together and transfer it to a serving bowl

Step 19: Toss on top toasted salted peanuts

Step 20: If you like you can crush the peanuts I just used them halved

Step 21: Indulge in the most amazing and healthy salad from Thailand

Step 22: Serve Thai Som Tum Recipe as a side dish along with Vegetarian Thai Red Curry and Steamed Rice for a weekend dinner