Green papaya salad is the most popular dish among women in Thailand according to a survey I heard on TV there. It is a Northeastern food that is eaten with sticky rice and other Northeastern dishes such as laab, beef salad and bamboo shoot salad.
The two most popular types of green papaya salad have either dried shrimp or salted crab. Green papaya salad with dried shrimp and peanuts is called som tum thai. The green papaya salad with salted crab is called som tum pbooh. The majority of the ingredients are the same. My mother likes it with both dried shrimp and salted crab.
I like Som Tum or what we called in English as Papaya Salad. Papaya Salad is a popular dish from the North Eastern part of Thailand (the largely rural Isan region) that combines spicy, sour and sweet flavors to make a classic dish. I like to eat Papaya Salad very much because it is a non-fat dish and spicy, sweet, and sour. Green papaya salad contains green papaya chopped, chili, tomato, Green Beans, Garlic, Dried shrimp, Fish sauce, Lemon juice, palm sugar and there may be a pickled fish if you like it. Green papaya Salad both delicious and healthy. And green papaya salads have medicinal properties and Help with Weight Loss. Spicy foods increase satiety, helping you to feel full while eating less and hot peppers may even help your body to burn more calories as well.
2 Servings, Prep Time: 10 Minutes, Total Time: 10 Minutes