Som Tam Fruit Salad - ส้มตำผลไม้
Written and Photographed by Richard Barrow   

Som Tam Fruit Salad (som tam polamai)
ส้มตำผลไม้

Most som tam stalls will make this for you as long as they have fruit. This one contains apple, guava, rose apple, shredded unripe mango, shredded carrot and cherry tomato. And whole roasted peanuts. When you do takeaway, they put the fruit in one bag and the sauce in another. Then you just mix together when ready. This cost 50 baht which is more expensive than the regular som tam. The sauce was very sweet but sour at the same time. It contains, water, sugar, lime, salt, garlic and chili. Normally I find one chili is enough for fruit salad. This sauce also had some dried shrimp. I love this very much. It can be a meal in itself. You can either eat it by itself or with sticky rice.

 
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