Papaya Salad

Here is the recipe:



3Cups peeled and shredded green (not ripe) papaya + a carrot for color



6 Cloves of garlic



1 Tbs fish sauce



2-3 dried chilies



3Tbs Palm sugar



2Tbs Tamarind juice



2Tbs Lime juice



2Tbs Roasted peanuts



2 Tomatoes



1/4 C Fresh green beans- cut into 3in. pieces



2 Limes or Lemons - cut into small cubes



Put garlic and chilies in processor or blender and puree. In a bowl, add the sauce and peanuts and beans. Add the chopped tomatoes, fish sauce, tamarind sauce and sugar and stir. Add the lemon juice, then the papaya and lemon/lime cubes and mix again. A carrot or garnish cucumber can be substituted (instead of green papaya) -Recipe from Krabi Cookery School



I did not have most of the ingredients on hand so this is what I did:



1 Cucumber, shredded



1 Carrot, shredded



1 Tomato, chopped



1 Apple, chopped



1/2 Red onion, chopped



2 Large cloves of garlic



1 Dried chili



1Tbs Brown sugar



2Tbs Rice wine vinegar



1Tbs White vinegar



2Tbs lemon juice



2Tbs slivered peanuts (for baking)



Puree the chili and garlic and half the nuts. Pour in a bowl, add the vinegar and lemon juice, and sugar to the processor and spin to get any remnants from it. Add to the bowl with the rest of the nuts. Dump all the vegetables and apple in the bowl, mix and salt to taste. I forget to put in the fish sauce but will add it in before dinner is served. Its fine with or without. I served it with homemade bbq shredded chicken sandwiches and blue Kool-Aid. It took me less than 15 minutes and made about 3C of salad, enough for four people. I am going to throw in some shredded cabbage too and stretch it farther. Enjoy!



"If people take the trouble to cook, you should take the trouble to eat."-Robert Morley



mandy

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