Green Papaya Salad

1. Combine garlic, chiles, and green beans in a mortar and pound roughly with the pestle. Add papaya and pound again to bruise the ingredients. Stir in fish sauce, lime juice, and sugar, then pound again. Add tomato and pound to combine. Stir in chopped peanuts and serve.

Tips

You can use brown sugar instead of palm sugar. Soy sauce can be substituted for fish sauce, although that will change the flavor of the salad slightly.

If you don't have a mortar and pestle, you can make a version of this in your blender or food processor. Coarsely chop garlic, chiles, and green beans. Mix in papaya and pulse a few times. Mix in tomato, fish sauce, lime juice, and sugar. Pulse to combine; salad should still have texture. Transfer to a serving dish and stir in peanuts.