In this take on Thai som tam, crisp, juicy apples replace green papaya for a crunchy, sweet, sour, and spicy salad that’s ready in 20 minutes.

If you are making som tam Thai, also known as Thai green papaya salad, ... This is done by pounding the fruit, as well other ingredients, with a wooden mortar and pestle.

Som tam should be made with a mortar and pestle. With this old-fashioned but useful implement, lightly crush (not to a pulp) some of the ingredients, such as the garlic and chillies, ...

Dating back to the Stone Age, the mortar, a bowl- or cup-shaped vessel, and the pestle, a clublike utensil, are two of the earliest innovations in food prep.

The Mopho Som Tam. Serves 6. For the vinaigrette. 3 each Louisiana dried shrimp, lightly toasted in hot pan. ... Drain cucuzza squash from the chilled water and add it to mortar and pestle.

Ingredients. 1 side of salmon, pinboned. 1 tbsp olive oil. salt, to season. 2 cloves garlic, crushed. 2 bird's-eye chillies, sliced. 50ml lime juice. 2 tsp castor sugar ...

Som Tam Ingredients. 1½ cups - Raw papaya, shredded. 1 - Carrot, shredded. ... Pound garlic and chilies in a mortar and pestle. Add jaggery and of salt, and keept pounding.

Ingredients. 1 side of salmon, pinboned. 1 tbsp olive oil. salt, to season. 2 cloves garlic, crushed. 2 bird's-eye chillies, sliced. 50ml lime juice. 2 tsp castor sugar ...

Allegra McEvedy's som tam adds soy sauce. Photograph: Felicity Cloake for the Guardian. Every recipe I try contains garlic, chilli, fish sauce, lime juice and dried shrimp " which fits with Thompson's ...

If you are making som tam Thai, also known as Thai green papaya salad, there's a shredding hack you need to know that will make it much easier.