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Som Tam/ Som Tum ( Thai Green papaya Salad) – Veg version

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For letter S I thought of sharing this delicious and a very healthy thai salad for Blogging Marathon . I am so surprised and happy that we have entered the last week of BM and having so much fun . This A-Z theme has been really helpful for me to try more n more international recipe and explore the world cuisine in my Kitchen :). I see so much difference  in my blogging technique and keep my self engaged always . Yes my H might be lil jealous about it 😛 But at the same time he is only specimen i have who always is so supporting and a great critic. 

Now Moving on to the recipe for Letter S .. I chose a very very delicious salad S for Som Tum/ Som Tam under street food theme. Thai papaya salad, also called “som tum” or “som tam” is a  juicy and lip smacking salad  which I enjoyed a lot and  didn’t even share with my H . This is a street food from Thailand which is with fish sauce and shrimp over there , But here is the vegetarian / Vegan som tum which we enjoyed a lot. You can adjust the spice level depending on you taste.

Ingredients

1 cup Firm green papaya, grated
3 tbsp carrots, grated
2 shallots / small onion
2 tbsp soy sauce
2-3 cherry tomatoes, sliced in half
1 cloves garlic, minced
1 tsp Grated Ginger
1 small green or red chili, minced
1/4 tsp Red chilli sauce ( Optional – u prefer them spicy )
1/2 tsp lemon or lime juice
1 tsp honey or sugar
 salt to taste
1 tbsp roasted peanuts (partly crushed )

Method

  • In a Mortor pestle smash garlic, chillis, lemon juice , shallots nicely till crushed.

Note : Since I did n’t have a mortar and pestle I made use of rolling pin as a smasher and in a bowl i smashed the ingredients with rolling pin .

  • In a bowl Combine all ingredients, except peanuts and toss them well. 
  • Mash together with a mortar and pestle or do as i did with a rolling pin  .Chill for at least 1/2 an hour.
  • Add crushed peanuts and serve cold.
  • Enjoy your vegetarian som tam/ som tum salad!

Tips 

You can add green long  beans / french beans to the recipe . Traditionally they add beans but haven’t added .

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  16. Kalyani says

    yum yum yum ! thats all I can say to this veg version.. lovely to see all ur recipes, Manjula 🙂 and lovely to know u as well thru BM !