Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Som tam (Green papaya salad)

Foods that you should not miss on a visit to Thailand, Laos or Cambodia.
Foods, dass Sie nicht bei einem Besuch in Thailand, Laos oder Kambodscha entgehen lassen sollte.
Les aliments que vous ne devriez pas manquer lors d'une visite en Thaïlande, au Laos ou au Cambodge.
你不應該錯過在訪問泰國,老撾或柬埔寨的食品。
あなたはタイ、ラオスやカンボジアへの訪問で見逃してはならない食品。




Som tam is a spicy salad made from shredded unripe papaya.

 Locally known in Cambodia as bok l'hong , pronounced [ɓok lhoŋ], in Laos as tam-som or the more specific name tam-maak-hoong , in Thailand as som-tam (pronounced [sôm tam]), and in Vietnam as goi du du.

Som tam, the Thai variation, was listed at number 46 on World's 50 most delicious foods compiled by CNN Go in 2011



Papaya salad or Som tam
is often served with sticky rice and kai yang/ping gai (grilled chicken). It can also be eaten with fresh rice noodles (Thai: khanom chin/ Lao: sen khao poon ) or simply as a snack by itself with, for instance, crispy pork rinds. The dish is often accompanied by raw vegetables on the side to mitigate the spiciness of the dish.


                                      sticky rice / grilled chicken / raw vegetables  
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The dish combines the four main tastes of the local cuisine: sour lime, hot chili, salty, savory fish sauce, and sweetness added by palm sugar.

The ingredients are mixed and pounded in a mortar.











Additional ingredients
Chili
Sugar (traditionally palm sugar)
Garlic
Lime
Fish sauce
Dried shrimp
Brined Crabs. These are not marine crabs, but local salted black crabs (ricefield crab) found in the flooded ricefields and canals. Isan people eat the entire crab, including the shell.
Shrimp paste
Pla ra / padaek
Tomatoes
Yardlong beans
Hog Plums
Raw Thai eggplant


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