Green Papaya Salad - Som Tam
Spicy salad made from shredded unripe papaya. Don't add 'Pla ra' and raw crab. Pla ra got acquire taste. It is made by pickling several varieties of fish, mainly Snakehead Murrel. The fish is cleaned and cut into pieces, after which it is mixed with salt and rice bran. The whole is then left in a big jar covered with a wooden lid, to ferment for three months to a year.
The raw crab is super salty....
It taste sour, spicy, fragrant (cashew nut), salty. I have it every meal during my stay. It is a real appetizer. My friends & I have challenged the spiciness to the limit. They add dry chiili which we have burned our tongues and mouths.
