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Green papaya salad
Earthly Superfood
Crunchy, crisp, sweet, sour, hot all flavors combined in one salad.
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Prep Time
15
minutes
mins
Course
lunch/dinner, Main Course, Salad
Cuisine
Thai
Servings
2
Ingredients
2
cups
green papaya
peeled and julienned
3
cloves
garlic
5
long beans
chopped
3/4
cup
grape tomatoes
halved
2 to 3
thai chilies
1/4
cup
roasted peanuts
1
tbsp
nutritional yeast
optional
2
tbsp
palm sugar
or brown sugar
2
tbsp
lemon juice
1
tbsp
tamarind juice
1
tsp
soy sauce
1
tsp
lemon zest
salt
to taste
Instructions
Soak the julienned papaya in water with ice, (like we do for lettuce) to make it crunchier.
In the mortar, pound the garlic and chilies into a paste. Add sugar and pound until sugar dissolves.
Next, add peanuts and long beans and pound till peanuts are crunchy and beans are bruised. Flip the mixture using a spoon.
Add nutritional yeast, lemon juice, tamarind juice , and zest of lemon for added flavor.
Meantime, remove the papaya from water and drain completely. Use paper towel to remove excess water.
Add the julienned papaya and tomatoes, pound lightly flipping in-between. Serve cold or at room temperature.
Notes
If you don't have a big mortar and pestle use a wide bowl and pound with the pestle or you can split the steps to pound each separately.
Soy sauce is optional.
If you don't have mortar and pestle, a rolling pin on the cutting board works a charm.
Papaya and grape tomatoes should be bruised not mushy. It should not lose its shape.
Keyword
dinner, lunch,, salad, thai