Green Papaya Salad (som Tum) (vegan W/ Raw Option)

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 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)

Recipe

• 1 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.
• 2 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.
• 3 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.
• 4 let flavors marinate for at least 30 minutes. garnish with basil and serve with sticky rice.