Som tam Thai or Thai spicy papaya salad is a very popular dish in Thai cuisine. With ingredients like papaya, palm sugar, and peanuts it isn't the most keto-friendly dish. Don't worry, you don't need to miss out on your favorite Thai spicy papaya Salad. I created a keto som tam Thai recipe.
Green papaya or unripe papaya supposably contains less carbs than ripe papaya, but there doesn't seem to be much information to confirm that. To be safe I replaced the papaya for jícama (Mạn kæw - มัน แกว in Thai). One cup of jícama has 5.1 grams net carbs. In my opinion it resembles unripe papaya better than cucumber, cabbage, or any other replacement I've seen people use for their keto Thai papaya salad. As I opted for jícama I replaced the roasted peanuts for roasted macadamias, which are more keto-friendly. I feel like this is the best keto som tam Thai recipe (or the best keto Thai papaya salad recipe) there is.
