this is one dish I will always order
when getting Thai food and that dish is
Som thumb also known as papaya salad
once you peeled your unrip green papaya
and carrot you can Julian it two ways
the more authentic but scary way or use
a Julian peeler to get thin even strips
I will say the knife method results in a
better texture but both work great now
to a mortar or a Ziploc bag add Thai
chilies and garlic go easy on yourself
here because raw chilies pack an extra
punch I ended up adding extra tii chili
but immediately regretted it roll your
to get the max amount of juice out of it
and squeeze it into the mortar and add
palm sugar or regular sugar to balance
the heat acid and Umami in the dish then
add in your shredded papaya and carrots
fish sauce for salty Umami and long
beans you can also use regular green
beans but just blanch them for 30
seconds before the method is to pound
the flavor into the papaya so you want
to smash it few times then toss the
salad so you get contact with each strip
of the fruit and with each turn of the
spoon and pestle we co the flavors to
mingle with one another at the very end
you want to add in tomato
