Som tam

Make Som tam at home

Ingredients

• 2 cups shredded green papaya
• 2 garlic cloves
• 2-3 Thai chilies
• 1 tbsp palm sugar
• 2 tbsp fish sauce
• 2 tbsp lime juice
• 1 handful long beans, cut in 1-inch pieces
• 6 cherry tomatoes, halved
• 2 tbsp roasted peanuts
• 1 tbsp dried shrimp (optional)

How it's made

1. Pound garlic and chilies in a mortar into a rough paste.
2. Add the sugar and pound until dissolved, then add the beans and bruise lightly.
3. Add the shredded papaya and tomatoes and pound gently while turning with a spoon.
4. Pour in fish sauce and lime juice and mix.
5. Taste and adjust for hot, sour, salty, sweet balance.
6. Fold in peanuts and serve at once with sticky rice.