A staple in Southeast Asian cuisines, fish sauce traditionally brings umami richness to dishes like shaking beef, larb and nuoc cham, while also enhancing curries, stews and even papaya salad.

Crush it for a few seconds. Then add in the cherry tomatoes, fish sauce, lime juice, palm sugar and crush them together for 1 minute. Add your shredded papaya and carrot into the pestle and mortar ...