“Som Tam Thod” (
ส้มตำทอด) is a snack in which deep-fried papaya strips are served with a sauce made from garlic, chilis, fish sauce, palm
sugar, dried prawns and peanuts. The unripe papaya strips are coated in a mixture of starch and rice flour before being deep-fried.
This is a deconstructed and reinterpreted Som Tam Thai. Depending on the recipe, other ingredients such as prawns are also deep-fried or vegetables such as
snake beans or sweetcorn are added to the sauce.
Name
Som Tam Thod
Som (ส้ม)
sour
Tam (ตำ)
Pound
Thod (ทอด)
deep-fry, pan-fry
Alternative names
Som Tam Tod,
Som Tam Thawt,
Som Tum Tod,
Som Tum Thawt
