Green papaya salad (som tum) with salt and pepper tofu

Shopping list

• Fruit and vegetables

  • 2.5cm/1in piece fresh ginger, peeled, roughly chopped
  • handful coriander roots
  • 2 red birds’-eye chillies, seeds removed
  • 2 limes, juice only
  • 1 green papaya, peeled, shredded
  • 2 tomatoes, diced
  • handful green beans, blanched, refreshed in cold water
  • 2 carrots, peeled, julienned
  • small bunch fresh Thai basil leaves
  • small bunch coriander leaves
  • ½ iceberg lettuce, shredded

• Cooking ingredients

  • 4 tbsp plain flour, seasoned with salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • vegetable oil, for frying
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 100ml/3½fl oz soy sauce (or vegetarian fish sauce)

• Dairy, eggs and chilled

  • 200g/7oz beech-smoked tofu, cut into cubes (available from Asian supermarkets)

• Other

  • 60g/2¼oz palm sugar, crushed

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