Som Tom means Papaya Salad

Som Tom means Papaya salad in English. It is a traditional Thai food from Issan(the large north eastern section of Thailand that is known for being very dry), and very popular. You typically eat it with sticky rice. It is made from unripened papaya sliced, green long beans, tomatoes, sugar, garlic, fish sause, peanuts, and of course hot chili peppers. Then it is mashed up with a pestal and mortar. It is aloi mak mak ( very delicious), but watch out...its one of the spicier dishes in Thailand.





We did a project at one of my schools where we made it, but we only used English. So they had to look up each ingrediant in English, then I described how to make Som Tom in English. Then the students made it themselves.














Here is the final product....mmmmm!