Som Tum | Bruise the vegetables | CookWell

Fruit & vegetables
- green papaya
  , thinly sliced
  1-2
- green beans
  , roughly chopped
  a handful
- tomatoes
  , roughly chopped
  a handful

Step 2: Bruise the vegetables

Fruit & vegetables
- green papaya
  , thinly sliced
  1-2
- green beans
  , roughly chopped
  a handful
- tomatoes
  , roughly chopped
  a handful

In batches, lightly crush the papaya shreds and vegetables in the same mortar & pestle.

This will bruise and allow them to soak more of the dressing.