Laos

Tam Mak Hoong

Name: Tam Mak Hoong
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Laos
Ingredients: 300 g Green papaya, shredded; to taste Garlic & Thai chilli; 1 handful Tomatoes & long beans; 2 tbsp Padaek (fermented fish sauce); 3 tbsp Lime juice; 1 tbsp Palm sugar; some Peanuts (optional)

Lao green papaya salad

Tam mak hoong is the Lao papaya salad and the origin of the better-known Thai version som tam. It is pounded fresh in a clay mortar.

Unlike the Thai version it leans more on padaek, the fermented Lao fish sauce, giving it a deeper, bolder flavour.

Servings2

Time20 min

LevelEasy

Ingredients

Green papaya, shredded300 g
Garlic & Thai chillito taste
Tomatoes & long beans1 handful
Padaek (fermented fish sauce)2 tbsp
Lime juice3 tbsp
Palm sugar1 tbsp
Peanuts (optional)some

★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique

Preparation

Pound the garlic and chilli in the mortar.
Add long beans and tomatoes and bruise lightly.
Add the papaya and work it in with the pestle.
Season with padaek, lime juice and palm sugar.
Toss gently, serve sprinkled with peanuts.

Make it original

Padaek, palm sugar and green papaya for tam mak hoong are in the Asia Boutique.

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