Thursday, August 20, 2009

Som Tam (Tami)

(Thai papaya salad)

½ of a large papaya julianed 4 – 5 cherry tomatoes

1 – 5 hot peppers 15 long green beans, raw

1/3 cup lime juice 3 tbsp fish sauce

2 – 4 peeled garlic cloves 3 tsp sugar

½ cup peanuts

Shread not quite ripe green, firm papaya. Break the grean beens into short segments. In a bowl, mash together: peppers and garlic, until crushed. Add peanuts and mash again. Add papaya, beans, sugar, tomatoes. Lime juice, and fish sauce. Season to taste:

To sweet: add more fish sauce or lime juice, to sour: add more sugar.

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