[header] How to make papaya salad [title] Gather your ingredients. [step] To get started, you should lay out all the aromatic ingredients you will be using to flavor the salad. This includes the dried shrimp, garlic, peanuts, yardlong beans (french green beans can be used instead) and chili peppers. 
Som tam is traditionally made by grinding or " bruising " the dry ingredients in a mortar and pestle before incorporating them into the fresh fruits and vegetables that make up the salad. [substeps] Look for less common ingredients like dried shrimp and thai fish sauce at your local asian supermarket.