Photograph Copyright © 2005 Kasma Loha-unchit
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Green Papaya Salad, Som Dtam is one of Thailand's favorite salads. The Thai word dtam means "to pound" and this salad is made by combining shredded green papaya (as in this picture), garlic, tomatoes, chillies and long beans in a mortar a pestle and bruising them while adding fish sauce, lime juice and palm sugar. Salted crabs is optional. Kasma taught Green Papaya Salad in the Intermediate series (class 4).

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