Green Papaya Salad (Som Tam)

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Ingredients

4 ounces green papaya
1 clove garlic
3 small chilies red or green
1 tablespoon peanuts roasted
1 ounce beans long, chopped into 1 inch lengths or french beans
2 tablespoons lemon juice
3 tablespoons soy sauce, light
1 teaspoon sugar
1 medium tomato chopped into segments
2 large chinese cabbage leaves

Directions

Peel the outer skin from the green papaya and finely shred the flesh on a cheese grater or chop very finely into long thin shreds.

Set aside.

In a mortar, lightly pound the garlic, add the chilis and lightly pound while occasionally stirring with a spoon to prevent the resulting paste from thickening.

Add the long beans and slightly bruise them.

Add the shredded papaya, lightly pound and stir until all the ingredients are blended together.

Add the lemon juice, soy sauce and sugar and stir into the mixture.

Finally add the tomato, stirring once.

Arrange the Chinese cabbage leaves on a serving dish and turn the yam on to them.

Diners should tear off a section of cabbage leaf to use as a scoop for the yam, the two being eaten together.

This dish is especially good with sticky rice.

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 127g
Amount per Serving
Calories 80 30% of calories from fat
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 3.0g4%
 Saturated Fat 0.0g2%
 Trans Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol 1mg0%
Sodium 968mg40%
Total Carbohydrate 12.0g4%
 Dietary Fiber 2.0g9%
 Sugars 5.0g
Protein 4.0g8%
Vitamin A 10%  Vitamin C 26%
Calcium 3%  Iron 7%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

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