Green papaya salad is the most popular dish among women in Thailand as I observed. It is a Northeastern food that is eaten with sticky rice and other Northeastern dishes such as laab, beef salad and bamboo shoot salad. The two most popular types of green papaya salad have either dried shrimp or salted crab….
This is great as an appetizer. Thai papaya salad is known as “Som Tum“. Vendors sell them on streets and usually nearby the 7/11 Convenience Store. Ingredients: 1. shredded green papaya2. raw string beans3. dried peanuts4. tomatoes5. onions6. garlic7. salted crablets8. minced chili pepper9. vinegar, salt, sugar, fish sauce
