How to make delicious crispy Thai papaya salad at home like Ty Thy

Process
15 minutes Prepare
20 Minutes For
3-4 people

Papaya salad, also known as Som Tum, is always a dish that attracts tourists every time they come to Thailand, this is a unique and famous dish in Thailand.

If you are in Saigon, it is very easy to find delicious Thai papaya salad at her restaurant, Ty Thy. However, if you are not in Saigon, don’t worry, you can still make your own delicious papaya salad at home without having to go to a restaurant or go to Thailand to enjoy it!

Thai papaya salad ingredients

• 500g papaya
• 2 tomatoes
• 2 kumquats

• 2 lemons
• 50g cowpeas (or string beans)
• Fish sauce
• Roasted peanut
• Dried shrimp paste
• Chili, red onion, garlic
• Seasoning: salt, sugar, fish sauce, vinegar
• Tools: Mortar, pestle

Thai papaya salad ingredients

How to make Thai papaya salad

Step 1Process materials

Buy papaya, wash, peel off the outer skin, use a knife to grate the papaya fibers .

Next, you prepare a bowl of water mixed with 1 teaspoon of salt and 100ml of vinegar, stir together to wash the latex inside the papaya, right after shaving, you put the papaya in the bowl to wash.

Then put the papaya in a bowl of ice water to make the papaya more crispy.

Note: Papaya should choose green fruit when eaten, it will be crispy and delicious, do not choose overripe fruit.

Soaked cowpeas washed with dilute salt water, then cut into pieces about 4-5cm long.

Red onion, garlic peeled, washed, cut into small pieces to make it easier to pierce.

Wash the tomatoes, cut them into small pieces and remove the seeds inside.

Wash the zucchini, cut it in half, remove the seeds.

Process materials

Step 2Boiled cowpeas

Put the cowpeas in a pot of boiling water, the cowpeas are only slightly boiled, just cooked, but not thoroughly cooked. Then take out the cowpeas, let cool.

Boiled cowpeas

Step 3Piercing ingredients

First, put the red onion, garlic, and chili in the mortar and pound it, then add about 1/2 cup of dried cloves and continue pounding.

Next, you put 2 kumquats cut in half into the mortar, pounded to get water, seasoned with 4 teaspoons of sugar, 1 tablespoon of fish sauce, 1 tablespoon of fish sauce and pounded well.

Then add all the chopped tomatoes, note that you should pound them lightly to avoid making the tomatoes crushed, just pound and use a spoon to mix well for the tomatoes to absorb the spices.

Squeeze 1 lemon into the mortar and pound the peanuts together, then add the cowpeas, lightly pound and use a spoon to mix well to absorb the seasoning.

Piercing ingredients

Step 4Mix papaya

Put the papaya in a clean bowl, then put all the ingredients in the mortar into the papaya bowl and mix well, so use gloves to make it easier to mix.

When finished mixing, put on a plate and sprinkle more peanuts and dried shrimp on top.

Good tip: If you mix instant food and want papaya to be more absorbent, you should put papaya in it with other ingredients!

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Mix papaya

Step 5Finished product

You in turn put the salad on a plate, you can put some crushed peanuts or herbs on top, you can enjoy it.

Finished Product

Papaya salad

Is our Thai papaya salad attractive yet? You can add three slices of salt, pork skin and serve with vermicelli, which is extremely standard.

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So the Thai papaya salad is complete, the way is quite simple, isn’t it? The food has a stimulating taste and very eye-catching colors. In addition, you can refer to 3 more ways to make banana flower jellyfish salad, simple delicious and crispy pickles. Good luck!

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