49+ Thai Green Papaya Salad Shrimp Paste Background. Thai green papaya salad, which in thailand is known as as 'som tam' (ส้มตำ), is one of the most commonly available and most popularly consumed dishes in all of thailand. 5 tablespoons fresh lime juice, 3 tablespoons (packed) palm sugar or golden brown sugar, 2 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons fish sauce, 2 tablespoons dried shrimp, chopped, 4 garlic cloves, minced, 3 chinese long beans, halved crosswise or 15 green beans.
In a small bowl, mix together lime juice, palm sugar and soy sauce.
There's also seafood som tum with shrimp and crab. In a blender or mortar, blend or pound garlic, salt, peanuts, chilies, sugar and shrimp (if using) into a paste. First, let's go to the market and get what we. The two most popular types of green papaya salad have either dried shrimp or salted crab.