12/09/2026
From the tree... to my kitchen... to my plate!
My garden in Aus was host to Papaya, so I learned to make Green Papaya Salad (Som Tam).
What's delicious about it is it incorporates all four classic Thai components:
π Salty: fish sauce
π Sweet: palm sugar
π Sour: lime juice
πΆ Spicy: chillies
A mortar and pestle is crucial to bruise the ingredients and release flavours... but watch out... it's spicy! π₯΅