papaya salad ( Som-Tum Thai )

Ingredients
1. 1 dish shredded green papaya
2. ¼ dish shredded carrot
3. 2 - 3 cloves fresh garlic
4. 4 – 5 chilies
5. 7 – 8 pieces sting bean (cut into small or 1inch)
6. 1/4 cup dried shrimps
7. 5 – 6 pieces (wedged) tomato
8. 1/4 cup peanuts (dried or fried)
9. 1– 1 ½ tablespoon fish sauce
10. 1 tablespoon sugar or palm sugar
11. 1 – 1 ½ tablespoon lime juice

How to
1. Papaya Salad of Thai must use motar and prestle for crush but if don’t have it, will use the bowl.
2. Cut or crush the chilies and garlic first, and then crush shrimps and sting bean to small pieces and mix all.
3. Add sugar or palm sugar, fish sauce, lime juice, tomato and then add the papaya, carrot, sting bean, and mix all until everything is well combined.
4. And finally will season with sugar, fish sauce, or lime, and should balance taste between sweet, salty, or sour.
5. Place on the serving plate and sprinkle with peanuts.