Som Tam Salad - By Chef Rohit Anand

This vibrant salad originates from Laos and is a delightful explosion of sweet, spicy, sour, and salty flavors.

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This vibrant salad originates from Laos and is a delightful explosion of sweet, spicy, sour, and salty flavors.

 

Ingredients:

• Raw Papaya: 200 gm

• Toasted Peanuts: 30 gm

• Peeled Garlic: 5 gm

• Bird Eye Chilli: 5 gm

• Dried Shrimp: 10 gm

• Palm Sugar: 5 gm

• Cherry Tomato: 15 gm

• Lemon: 1 No.

• Fish Sauce: 20 gm

• Thai Snake Beans: 10 gm

           

Method:

1. Roughly crush the peanuts using a pestle.

2. Melt palm sugar in a small pan, adding 4 tsp of water until it forms a shiny, thick syrup.

3. Peel the papaya and cut it into thin strips. Soak the strips in cold water.

4. Cut the beans into one-inch pieces, blanch them, and set them aside.

5. Crush the peeled garlic and bird eye chilli with a pestle. Add the dried shrimp and crush them further. Mix in the crushed peanuts.

6. Add the shredded papaya to the mixture, ensuring it absorbs the flavors.

7. Mix in the palm sugar syrup, cherry tomatoes, beans, lime juice, and fish sauce.

8. Serve the salad in a large bowl and top it with additional crushed peanuts.



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