• National Papaya Day - 5

    From Dave Drum@1:3634/12 to All on Mon Jun 19 04:16:00 2023
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    Title: Thai Green Papaya Salad (Som Tum)
    Categories: Seafood, Squash, Vegetables, Greens, Nuts
    Yield: 6 servings

    10 sm Home-dehydrated or
    - store-bought dried shrimp
    2 sm Red Thai chilies; stemmed
    1 cl Garlic; peeled
    1/4 c Tamarind juice
    1 tb Grated palm sugar
    1 tb Thai fish sauce
    1 Lime; in 1" pieces
    4 Cherry tomatoes; halved
    3 Long beans or 6 regular
    - green beans; trimmed, in
    - 1" pieces
    1 Carrot; coarse shredded
    1/2 English cucumber; seeded
    - coarse shredded
    3/16 sm Green cabbage; cored, thin
    - sliced
    1 lb Unripe green papaya; peeled,
    - quartered, seeded, fine
    - shredded using a mandoline
    3 tb Unsalted roasted peanuts

    FOR HOME-DEHYDRATED SHRIMP: dry bay shrimp in dehydrator
    @ 155ºF/68ºC for 9 hours.

    Using a mortar and pestle, crush shrimp, chiles, and
    garlic. Add tamarind juice, palm sugar, and fish sauce.
    Squeeze three-quarters of lime pieces over the top and
    drop into mortar; grind to make a rough dressing. Add
    remaining ingredients, except peanuts, adding papaya
    last. Use pestle and a spoon to grind and mix salad
    until vegetables and fruit are bruised and coated in
    dressing. Transfer to a serving dish; garnish with
    remaining lime pieces and peanuts.

    By Poncharee Kounpungchart and Wiley Frank

    RECIPE FROM: https://www.saveur.com

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