[Laos] How to cook Tam mak houng (Papaya salad)

Ingredients

• 1 green papaya, peeled
• 1 tsp salt
• 6 red bird's-eye chillies
• 2 tbsp white sugar, or to taste
• 1 garlic clove (optional)
• 1 tbsp Thai shrimp paste
• 2–3  snake beans cut into 2 cm pieces, or 3–4 small Asian eggplant, cut into thin wedges, or
• 2–3 chopped garlic leaves, to serve (optional)
• 125g cherry tomatoes, halved
• 2  large limes or 2 small lemons, juiced, or to taste
• 1–2 tbsp padaek (fermented fish sauce)
• 1 tsp Thai fish sauce
• white cabbage wedges or sprigs of young morning glory and pork crackers, to serve

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