Som tam-style salad with swede and Thai dressing

Serves: 2

Cook time: 20 minutes

Rosa's Thai Cafe

Authentic Thai cuisine

salads, vegetarian

Difficulty: Pretty Easy

Som tam, a salad made with green papaya, is a really popular dish in Thailand. I don’t know any Thai who could live without it. When I first came to England, I lived in Jersey for a while and there was only one shop on the island that sold Asian produce. Green papaya had to be ordered in (it would take around a month to arrive!) and was really expensive, so I started experimenting with local produce. After a bit of trial and error, I found that swede worked a treat in this dish. If you are feeling adventurous, chop up a packet of lightly smoked salmon and add it to the mix.

Categories: Make it, Take it, Share it, Meal planner, Salads, Vegetarian

Som tam-style salad with swede and Thai dressing

Ingredients

1 carrot, shredded
1⁄2 swede (about 125g/4oz), peeled and shredded
1 green apple, shredded
1⁄4 spring cabbage, shredded
1⁄2 cucumber, cored and thinly sliced
1⁄2 green pepper, sliced
1⁄2 red pepper, sliced
1 red onion, sliced
Bunch of mint, chopped
Bunch of coriander, chopped

For the dressing
3 red chillies, very finely chopped
3 garlic cloves, finely chopped
3 tablespoons lime juice
2 tablespoons fish sauce (for a vegetarian recipe: use 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1 teaspoon light soy sauce)
1 tablespoon palm sugar

Method

First make the dressing by mixing all the ingredients for it in a small bowl.
Put all the remaining ingredients in a salad bowl, pour over the dressing, mix well and serve.

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