79. Som Tum (Green Papaya) Vermicelli

Name: 79. Som Tum (Green Papaya) Vermicelli
Prep time: 40 min
Total time: 40 min
Cuisine: Asian, Thai
Ingredients: 250g rice vermicelli noodles; 4 garlic cloves, roughly chopped; 2 long red chillies, roughly chopped; 1 Birds Eye chilli, roughly chopped; 100g roasted peanuts; 6 snake beans, cut into 3 cm batons; 200g cherry tomatoes, halved; 80ml vegan fish sauce; 120ml lime juice; 80g palm sugar, shaved; 1 green papaya, flesh shredded; 3 carrots, shredded

5 steps

Prep:40min

This is also great as a salad served with Thai sticky rice instead of with vermicelli. If you can’t find snake beans, about 3 times the number in green beans also works. If you can’t get green papaya, you could try this with double carrot, or maybe try substituting daikon radish, but obviously the dish will be a bit different.

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 10:36:23 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Unbalanced

Glycemic Index

Low

Glycemic Load

High

Nutrition per serving

Calories553.1 kcal (28%)

Total Fat13.3 g (19%)

Carbs95.4 g (37%)

Sugars31.7 g (35%)

Protein13.7 g (27%)

Sodium2326.9 mg (116%)

Fiber7.3 g (26%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

4 servings

250grice vermicelli noodles

100groasted peanuts

6snake beans

cut into 3 cm batons

200gcherry tomatoes

halved

80mlvegan fish sauce

120mllime juice

80gpalm sugar

Instructions

Step 1

Start by shredding your green papaya. Peel it first. Then the traditional way is to lightly hit the flesh with a knife, longitudinally scoring the flesh. Then shave off strips of papaya, and repeat. I did not do this. I used my mandolin’s fine shredder attachment for potato röstis and the like, which was easy.

Step 2

Soak the vermicelli noodles in room temperature water until soft, usually 5-10 minutes, and drain. Cut the noodles into smaller pieces if they look a bit unwieldy. Set aside.

Step 3

Use a pestle and mortar to grind the garlic and chilli into a fine paste. Then add the snake beans, peanuts and tomatoes, and give it all a bit of a bruising.

Step 4

If you have the space in your mortar and pestle, add the green papaya, carrot, palm sugar, vegan fish sauce, and lime juice. And lightly pound this together too. If you don’t have the space in your mortar and pestle, like me, add the contents of your mortar and pestle to a ziplock bag with the remaining ingredients, and briefly combine by hand, before closing the bag and pounding it gently outside the bag.

Step 5

Combine the bruised green papaya salad with the vermicelli noodles, and serve.