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Lao Papaya Salad - Som Tam

Ingredients 1/2 medium papaya (shredded) 1/2 tbsp shrimp paste 1/2 tsp crab paste 1 tbsp fish sauce 2 tbsp sugar 1 lime (juiced) 3-4 salted crab + 2 tsp juices (‘ba khia’ in Vietnamese) 10 Thai chilis 5 garlic cloves 1 tsp MSG 1 large tomato (sliced thinly) 3-4 long string bean (sliced into 1" pieces) Procedure Add your Thai chilis, garlic, and MSG to the mortar and smash until paste-like consistency.

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Japanese Miso Soup

Ingredients 1 qt dashi/stock 0.4 oz wakame (dried seaweed) 12 oz softened tofu (cubed) 2 tsp red miso paste green onions (to garnish) Procedure Rehydrate your dried seaweed in warm/hot water for 5 minutes.

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Laotian Jeow Mak Len

Ingredients 5 tomatoes 2 shallots 1/2 garlic head 10 Thai chilis 2 green onion stalks 4 cilantro (stems and leaves) 3 tbsp fish sauce Procedure Clean all the vegetables (tomatoes, shallots, garlic, peppers) and slice tomatoes, shallots in half.

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