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Move over pad Thai, there’s another quintessential Southeast Asian dish you should know about – or better yet, learn to make yourself.
No cooking is required to make a green papaya salad, just a lot of mashing, smashing and kneading. Those without a mortar and pestle at home (who has one, really?) can use a mixing bowl and a broad wood spoon.
This is the go-to dish for Thai people when they aren’t sure what they want to munch on, according to chef Jam Naen-odon at the Terrace Restaurant and Bar.
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“All Thai people know how to make papaya salad,” adds Naen-odon, and now you do too.
Watch the video below to learn how Chef Jam Naen-odon mashes green papaya into a traditional Thai salad (VPN off):
Ingredients:
3/4 cup green papaya
2 red chilies
2 cloves garlic
2 Chinese long green beans (or about 8 regular green beans)
2tbsp fish sauce
2tbsp plum sugar
2tbsp lime juice
2g small dried shrimp
2g peanuts
5 baby tomatoes
1 large tomato
Directions:
1. Peel the papaya and discard the skin.
2. Shred straw sized strips from the papaya until you reach the desired amount for the salad.
3. Mash the red chili and garlic pieces in a mixing bowl using a wood spoon.
4. Put the plum sugar, fish sauce and lime juice into the bowl and mash it into the garlic and chili pepper.
5. Cut the baby tomatoes in half and cut the large tomato into thumb sized slices.
6. Use a wide spoon or blade to beat the green beans on a hard surface.
7. Put the tomato pieces and green beans into the bowl and mash.
8. Put the papaya strips into the bowl and mash lightly while using a spoon to mix it with the other ingredients.
9. Add the peanuts and dried shrimp, mash them into the salad and serve.
This recipe is courtesy of Chef Jam Naen-odon at the Terrace Restaurant and Bar.
[Images by Sky Thomas Gidge]
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