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The most popular salad of Laos is the Green Papaya salad. On the first bite, your tongue should taste extreme heat, salt, and sour all at once. The taste is invigorating!

Ingredients:
1 medium dark green papaya
4 garlic cloves (kratiem)
6 green Thai chilies (prik khee noo)
2 tomatoes, (cherry tomatoes best use) cut into wedges
1/2 cup chopped green beans, in 1-in (2.5-cm) pieces
1 tsp anchovy sauce / Thai sweet crab can be use
1 tbsp fish sauce or to taste
1/4 cup (2 fl oz/60 ml) lime juice or tamarind juice (ma-kaam piag)
2 tablespoon of sugar

Directions:
1. Peel the papaya and rinse with running water to remove the acid. Remove the seeds and shred the papaya with a grater. Set aside.

2. Place the garlic cloves and the chilies in a mortar and mash with a pestle until crushed into chunks. Place the papaya and the remaining ingredients in the mortar and gently combine all ingredients by mixing with the pestle and a spoon. Serve cold.