welcome to Mrs. Lin's Kitchen
today, I'm going to show you how to make
papaya salad
is also called som tum in Thai
it is a delightful summer dish
that's very popular in Thailand
so let me show you
some of the important ingredients
and also tools that you will need for this dish
papaya
is the most important ingredients of course
it has to be green
as well as firm
if it's too soft to touch
or it's turning yellow or orange
it's too ripe for this dish
I like to use the Thai chili
but you can also use a red chili
or any other Chili's that you can find
and adjust the heat according to your taste
if you have peanut allergy
then you can forego the peanuts
the tools that
is a good investment to get
is the mandoline vegetable slicer
or the vegetable turning slicer
and you will also need a big mortar
and pestle for this dish
here is the ingredients overview
with the ingredients for papaya salad
you can adjust to have more or less of each item
useful tools include a mortar and pestle
as well as a Benriner vegetable slicer
to save some time
start by peeling the papaya
then slicing it in half
and removing the inner seeds with a spoon
now to begin slicing the papaya
with the vegetable turning slicer
cut the papaya in half
and pierce it between the middle holder and the prongs
at each end of the papaya
begin turning and pushing towards a slicer at the end
to begin slicing
as the papaya gets smaller
you may need to adjust it
in case it begins to fall off
the papaya strands come out round and curly
and may require cutting in case the strand is too long
the vegetable slicer with container
allows a sliced food to fall into the container below
the slicer also comes with three blades
small
medium
and large
and the height of the blade can be adjusted below
with this slicer
simply slide the papaya back and forth
through the slicer
you will want to be very careful
when handling the papaya
as you can easily get cut
if you're not paying attention
when the papaya piece gets smaller
use the hand protector piece
to continue so you do not allow your hands to get close to the blade
the papaya with this slicer
comes out as small strands
when shredding the carrot
be sure to cut in half
then use the hand protector piece to begin slicing
now to prepare the rest of the vegetables
destem the chili
and also the green beans
then slice the green beans in half
slice the tomatoes into quarters
and remove the garlic skins and ends
you can mince the garlic now
or simply allow them to be mashed up with the mortar
place the green beans
chili
and garlic into the mortar
and begin smashing them
this mortar with its rough surface
will help grind the ingredients inside
while allowing the juices to stay in as well
to mix with everything else
once they are decently smashed
begin putting in the papaya and carrot strands
to be smashed as well
you do not want to grind these too much
but enough to allow the juices
from the rest of the ingredients to get soaked up inside
you can then add the lime juice
fish sauce
and sugar into the mix
and begin smashing again
finally, add in the tomatoes
and peanuts into the mixture
with the help of a large spoon
mix around and smash the ingredients all together
to ensure all the juices combine with one another
and then you're all done
refreshing papaya salad
easily made and ready to be served
so now the papaya salad is made
I just have a few more points to point it out to you
if you prefer your papaya salad to be a bit sweeter
then you can add a little bit more sugar to it
you can either use palm sugar
which is traditionally use ingredient
but you can use white,
brown
or cane sugar for this purpose
if you want your papaya salad
little bit a little bit tart
then add more lime juice to it
and you want to saltier then
add more fish sauce to it
I hope you enjoy watching me show you
how to make papaya salad today
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and happy eating
you