Thai green papaya salad recipe (som tam ส้มตำ) – Thai Recipes

Thai green papaya salad recipe (som tam ส้มตำ) - Thai Recipes
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Click here http://www.eatingthaifood.com/2014/01/thai-green-papaya-salad-recipe/ for the full Thai green papaya salad recipe (som tam ส้มตำ) ingredients and cooking instructions.

Thai green papaya salad, known better as “som tam” (ส้มตำ) is one of the most popular Thai street food dishes available. Though it’s an Isaan, northeastern Thai dish, som tam can be found throughout the entire country, and is widely popular in Bangkok where you’ll find it being served at just about every street corner in the entire city.

So today, in this video, I’ll be showing you how to make this Thai green papaya salad recipe. There’s actually no cooking involved in this Thai recipe, and as long as you can get the ingredients fresh, you’ll be able to make this salad and it will taste wonderful. Probably the hardest part of making som tam would be combining the exactly right combination of dressing ingredients together – it’s a ratios and a balance thing – and it’s also up to your own personal taste buds the way you like it. I personally enjoy my Thai green papaya salad spicy and sour. But many people like it less spicy and sour, and more sweet. Even when you order your Thai green papaya salad on the streets of Thailand, the vendor will occasionally reach in with the spoon and motion to give you a sample so you can taste if it’s the way you like it, and if not, you can tell them to add more chili, more fish sauce, or anything else to make it the way you like it. So make sure you taste test!

Ok, so anywhere, this recipe makes just one big plate of som tam, which you can share with others along with other dishes for a full meal, or you can eat the whole thing yourself. Thai green papaya salad is a very common lunchtime dish in Bangkok, often eaten with a skewer of grilled chicken and a bag of sticky rice for starch.

Here are the ingredients:

2 cloves of garlic
5 Thai chillies
2 tablespoons roasted peanuts
1 tablespoon fish sauce
½ – 1 tablespoon palm sugar
1 – 2 limes
1 tablespoon of dried shrimp (optional)
1 – 2 small tomatoes (in Thailand I used sida tomatoes, but you could probably use roma tomatoes)
1 green papaya
Long-beans or green beans
Green cabbage
Thai sweet basil

Make sure you check out the Thai green papaya salad recipe for further ingredients and instructions: http://www.eatingthaifood.com/2014/01/thai-green-papaya-salad-recipe/
Thai recipes: http://www.eatingthaifood.com/thai-recipes/
Free Thai street food guide: http://www.eatingthaifood.com/free-bangkok-dollar-menu-guide/
Eating Thai Food Guide: http://www.eatingthaifood.com/eating-thai-food-guide/
Bangkok 101 Guide: http://migrationology.com/ebook-101-things-to-do-in-bangkok/

Music in this video is Opium by Igor Dvorkin

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48 Comments

  1. Omg you look so different here, lol, I'm use to seeing you try food already cooked. This is my first time seeing you prepare anything. Love it!

  2. Mark! Thanks. I had this salad, rice ball deep fried and then they crush it and make a salad. What is the name of that dish?

  3. Mark ur the winner I really like ur video n I'm a big fan of urs. I alys feel happy when I watch ur video. U r a v cheerful guy. Thank you v much for letting us get the opportunity to experience ur beautiful n enjoyable video

  4. Love this salad, always ate this in Thailand. Just have to see if I can get the green papaya in UK.
    Thanks for the video, great stuff.

  5. I love papaya salad! I like to add the sauce afterward to avoid splashes but I make the Lao version and it tastes just as good

  6. your salad is realy good, I am sad I can not find dry shrimp here in germany and make in original way. have a look to my video

  7. Thanks Mark I will show your vdo when my friends keep asking for recipe your vdo very clear to understand:-)

  8. อันนี้คือ ส้มตำไทยครับ รสชาติออกหวานๆ ส้มตำมีอีกหลากหลายครับผม ไม่ต่ำกว่า 10 แบบ

  9. I don't happen to make it this way but some of my relatives do make it this way. I usually start with the peppers, salt and garlic then add papaya, sugar, tamarind sauce, crab paste, shrimp paste, lime,peanuts or peanut butter, fish sauce..Damn, I'm salivating just thinking about it.

  10. ตำลาวครับถึงกินกับข้าวเหนียว ไม่ใช่ตำไทยจิ้มข้าวเหนียว55555

  11. Have you ever tried Laos Papaya Salad, where you add Tamarind sauce, Shrimp Paste, and Crab paste to everything you used? It taste really yummy.

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