The most well-known version of som tam—pounded salads that are paired with a sour dressing.
Pounding the ingredients with a wooden pestle coaxes out their aromas, without pulverizing them into a paste.
Walk down any bustling street in Thailand and you will hear the rhythmic beat of wooden pestles striking clay mortars as vendors prepare iterations of som tam—pounded salads that are paired with a sour dressing. The most well-known entry in this category is easily som tam Thai, the shredded green papaya salad found in central Thailand that has become synonymous with the term “som tam.
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