Green Papaya Salad (Som Tum) (Vegan W/ Raw Option)

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- Ready In:
- 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Serves:
-
2
ingredients
- 1 garlic clove
- 6 long green beans, cut into 1 inch pieces
- 8 cherry tomatoes, halved
- 1 -2 chili pepper
- 2 cups papayas, shredded
- 2 tablespoons peanuts, toasted or 2 tablespoons raw cashews, chopped
- 1 1⁄2 tablespoons soy sauce (shoyu)
- 1 lime, juice of
- 1 1⁄2 tablespoons sugar or 1 1/2 tablespoons agave nectar
- Thai basil (garnish)
directions
- If using fresh papaya peel and deseed it (use the seeds for dressing!) and then shred or cut into matchsticks. You can use a grater, spiralizer, mandolin or by hand.
- Mortar & pestle: Smash a clove of garlic first, add green beans & halved cherry tomatoes. Pound a few times to bruise the beans & get the juice out of the tomatoes. Add chili peppers & crush them to release the hotness. Add the green papaya, toasted peanuts, soy sauce, lime juice & sugar. Use the pestle to push the mixture up in the mortar and the spatula to push it down so that the mixture is mixed well.
- No M&P: Crush garlic, tomatoes, green beans, and minced chili peppers in large bowl. Fold in papaya and peanuts. Mix soy sauce, lime juice and sugar in a small bowl and pour over salad mixing it in well.
- Let flavors marinate for at least 30 minutes. Garnish with basil and serve with sticky rice.
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