# Lao Papaya Salad Recipe (Thum Mak Hoong)

Cuisine: thai · Time: 20 minutes · Servings: 2

## 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. Pound garlic and chilies with a mortar and pestle.
2. Pound in the shrimp paste, palm sugar, and MSG.
3. Mix in the dressing sauces: fish sauce, fermented fish sauce, lime juice, and tamarind paste.
4. Toss in sliced yard-long beans and shredded green papaya. Pound to mix and lightly bruise the beans.
5. Lastly, add sliced tomatoes and mix everything one last time. Serve immediately with sticky rice.

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Source: hungryinthailand — https://hungryinthailand.com/lao-papaya-salad-recipe-thum-mak-hoong/
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