Lao Papaya Salad Recipe (Thum Mak Hoong)

Ingredients

• 1 clove garlic
• 2 dried chilies (add to taste)
• 2 chilies (add to taste)
• 1 tsp shrimp paste
• 1/2 tbsp palm sugar
• 1/2 tsp MSG
• 1/2 lime
• 1 1/2 tbsp tamarind paste
• 1 tbsp fish sauce
• 2 1/2 tbsp fermented fish sauce
• 1 1/2 cups or 7 oz green papaya (shredded)
• 1/4 cup yard long beans (sliced)
• 4 small tomatoes (halved or quartered)

Steps

1. 1

   Pound garlic and chilies with a mortar and pestle.

2. 2

   Pound in the shrimp paste, palm sugar, and MSG.

3. 3

   Mix in the dressing sauces: fish sauce, fermented fish sauce, lime juice, and tamarind paste.

4. 4

   Toss in sliced yard-long beans and shredded green papaya. Pound to mix and lightly bruise the beans.

5. 5

   Lastly, add sliced tomatoes and mix everything one last time. Serve immediately with sticky rice.