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      Title: Thai Green Papaya Salad (Som Tum)
 Categories: Seafood, Squash, Vegetables, Greens, Nuts
      Yield: 6 servings
 
     10 sm Home-dehydrated or
           - store-bought dried shrimp
      2 sm Red Thai chilies; stemmed
      1 cl Garlic; peeled
    1/4 c  Tamarind juice
      1 tb Grated palm sugar
      1 tb Thai fish sauce
      1    Lime; in 1" pieces
      4    Cherry tomatoes; halved
      3    Long beans or 6 regular
           - green beans; trimmed, in
           - 1" pieces
      1    Carrot; coarse shredded
    1/2    English cucumber; seeded
           - coarse shredded
   3/16 sm Green cabbage; cored, thin
           - sliced
      1 lb Unripe green papaya; peeled,
           - quartered, seeded, fine
           - shredded using a mandoline
      3 tb Unsalted roasted peanuts
 
  FOR HOME-DEHYDRATED SHRIMP: dry bay shrimp in dehydrator
  @ 155 F/68 C for 9 hours.
  
  Using a mortar and pestle, crush shrimp, chiles, and
  garlic. Add tamarind juice, palm sugar, and fish sauce.
  Squeeze three-quarters of lime pieces over the top and
  drop into mortar; grind to make a rough dressing. Add
  remaining ingredients, except peanuts, adding papaya
  last. Use pestle and a spoon to grind and mix salad
  until vegetables and fruit are bruised and coated in
  dressing. Transfer to a serving dish; garnish with
  remaining lime pieces and peanuts.
  
  Recipe by: Poncharee Kounpungchart and Wiley Frank
  
  RECIPE FROM: https://www.saveur.com
  
  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives
 
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