Lao Papaya Salad
Looking to make the best Lao Papaya Salad? Our traditional Tum Mak Hoong recipe features green papaya, spicy chili, shrimp paste, fish sauce and long bean.
Servings: 4
Calories: 90kcal
Equipment
- Mortar and Pestle
- Food processor
- cheese grater
- French knife
- mixing bowl
- measuring cups
- measuring spoons
- vegetable peeler
Ingredients
- 2 cups Green Papaya shredded
- 1 Garlic clove minced
- 3 Red Thai Chili sliced
- 2 tbsp Brown sugar
- 1 tsp Shrimp paste
- 1 tbsp Fish sauce
- 1 cup Long bean cut into 1 inch strips
- 1/2 cup Carrots Julienned
- 1/2 cup Cherry tomatoes halved
- 3 tbsp lime juice
Instructions
- Peel the outer layer of the papaya with a vegetable peeler. Shred the flesh of the papaya using a cheese grater.
- Combine garlic, chilies, salt, sugar and shrimp paste into mortar and pestle and grind until all the ingredients are well combined.
- In a large bowl add shredded papaya, beans and carrots, and then add the fish sauce and lime. Add contents of mortal to the mixing bowl and mix until all ingredients are combine.
- Garnish with cherry tomatoes and serve.
Nutrition
Calories: 90kcal | Carbohydrates: 21.5g | Protein: 2.3g | Fat: 0.4g | Saturated Fat: 0.1g | Sodium: 482mg | Potassium: 385mg | Fiber: 2.5g | Sugar: 13.6g | Calcium: 47mg | Iron: 1mg