1 plate · Easy · 30 min · ₭ Cheap

Tum Thard is mainly a papaya salad with a mix of side dishes served in a huge plate.

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Ingredients

Papaya salad

• 1 bowl of raw green papaya, shredded
• 1 lime
• 6 cherry tomatoes, slices
• 1 hog plum (mak kok)
• 5 hairy eggplant, remove the hair by rinsing with water
• 10 fresh red chili, more or less
• 2 cloves of fresh garlic
• 2 tablespoons of sugar
• 1 tablespoon of MSG, more or less
• 2 tablespoons of Lao fermented fish sauce (padek), add extra raw fermented fish for more authentic way

Preparation

1. Use a mortar and pestle to roughly pound fresh chili, garlic, sugar and MSG. Then add the shredded green papaya, hairy eggplants, cherry tomatoes, hog plum, squeezed lime, fermented fish sauce, and add extra raw fermented fish. Roughly pound and taste as you like.

2. Pour the papaya salad on the big plate, add sides dishes such as with boiled eggs, dried fish, crispy pork skin, sweet sausages, pork sausages, and other vegetables :)

Tools you will need for this recipe

• mortar and pestle