Asian Recipes - Thai Green Papaya Salad Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 green papaya, about 1 3/4 to 2 lb/700 g to 1 kg, peeled, seeded and grated

• 1 large carrot, peeled and grated

• 1/4 lb/125 g green beans, trimmed and cut into 1-in/2.5 cm pieces

• 2 tomatoes, diced

• 2 tbsp/30 ml roasted peanuts, coarsely chopped for garnish

• 1 to 2 tbsp/15 to 30 ml ground dried shrimp

• 1 to 3 fresh chilies

• 3 to 4 cloves garlic

• 3 to 4 tbsp/45 to 60 ml fresh lime juice

• 2 to 3 tbsp/30 to 45 ml fish sauce

• 1 tbsp/15 ml sugar

Serves 4

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Method:

1. Prepare all ingredients and have at hand. In a mortar and pestle pound the chilies and garlic into a rough paste.

2. Add some of the green beans and bruise them with the pestle. Add more beans and pound them lightly to mix them with the garlic and chilies.

3. Transfer the bean-chili mixture and remaining green beans to a non-reactive bowl. Add the green papaya and mix well. Using the pestle, gently bruise the papaya-bean mixture.

4. Combine the fresh lime juice. fish sauce and sugar and stir well until the sugar dissolves. Combine with the green bean mixture and add the carrot and tomatoes. Toss well.

5. Taste and adjust the seasoning, adding more lime juice, fish sauce or sugar as desired. Garnish and serve.