Monday 11 January 2021

Som Tam Papaya salad, without papaya (swede and carrot)

For teatime our plan was chicken caesar salad supplemented with pasta something.

However someone had had the caesar salad for lunch!

So a quick google for swede and carrot salad turned up swede & carrot coleslaws and a papaya salad . . only without the papaya. Quite exciting. We simplified the recipe and it was quite yummy. And we had pasta with pesto, tomato puree and fried tomatos and fried spiced chicken (turmeric, ginger, curry, lemon juice) with garlic.


Som Tam Papaya salad, without papaya

Ingredients

4 carrots, shredded

2⁄3 swede (about 200g?), peeled and shredded

1 green apple, diced

lime juice on the apple

1⁄2 bits of yellow/red/green peppers, sliced & diced

1 red onion, sliced thinly

Bunch of mint/coriander/... we didn't have any :-7


For the dressing

more lime juice

salad dressing

sweet chilli sauce

fish sauce and/or soy sauce and/or worchester sauce


Method

Shred the big stuff in food processor with vegetable noodle making attachment.

Put all ingredients in a salad bowl, pour over the dressings, mix well and serve.


Options 

Add shredded smoked salmon or . . . . 





Thanks to this recipe: 

https://www.rosasthaicafe.com/recipes/som-tam-salad-swede-thai-dressing

SOM TAM-STYLE SALAD WITH SWEDE AND THAI DRESSING


Serves: 2

Cook time: 20 minutes

Difficulty: Pretty Easy


Som tam, a salad made with green papaya, is a really popular dish in Thailand. I don’t know any Thai who could live without it. When I first came to England, I lived in Jersey for a while and there was only one shop on the island that sold Asian produce. Green papaya had to be ordered in (it would take around a month to arrive!) and was really expensive, so I started experimenting with local produce. After a bit of trial and error, I found that swede worked a treat in this dish. If you are feeling adventurous, chop up a packet of lightly smoked salmon and add it to the mix.


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