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Expand2 garlic cloves Ask a question about this ingredient
juice of 2 limes Ask a question about this ingredient
1/4 cup fish sauce Ask a question about this ingredient
2 tablespoons palm sugar (or regular sugar) Ask a question about this ingredient
3 crushed Thai bird peppers (optional or remove seeds to adjust) Ask a question about this ingredient
2 cups shredded green papaya Ask a question about this ingredient
8-10 cherry tomatoes Ask a question about this ingredient
3/4 cups shredded carrots Ask a question about this ingredient
3/4 cups long green beans, cut into 1" pieces Ask a question about this ingredient
1/8 cup roasted peanuts, chopped for garnish(optional) Ask a question about this ingredient
cilantro leaves for garnish Ask a question about this ingredient
In a mortar, smash the garlic into a paste.
Ask a question about this stepAdd the chili peppers and smash lightly.
Ask a question about this stepMove to a separate bowl and add the remaining 'dressing' ingredients. Adjust to your taste.
Ask a question about this stepIn the mortar add the 'salad' ingredients to fill up to half the mortar. Bruise the vegetables using the pestle.
Ask a question about this stepAdd some of the dressing and lightly pound the dressing into the vegetables.
Ask a question about this stepContinue until all the salad and dressing is mixed.
Ask a question about this stepgarnish with peanuts and cilantro
Ask a question about this stepOne of my absolute favorite salads! I have an enormous (really, I wish I could send you a pic of it) green papaya from my CSA that has been sitting on my counter waiting patiently... (okay, it's so big I've been kind of intimidated by it) now it is destined for dinner with your recipe!
gingerroot--please try to use the cheapy KIWI shredder (its a little blue peeler looking thing, if you don't have). i originally tried to make this using a mandoline and it bruised and the pieces were too thick. you can also stir fry the papaya (quickly) in pad thai sauce for another dish. can't wait to hear how it turns out!
Thanks so much for the tool tip! Did not have a julienne peeler, picked one up and it did the trick. This is a FANTASTIC recipe!! We added some grilled chicken and made a meal of it, it is so good. So simple, yet so deliciously complex. I really think the bruising makes all the difference. Thank you for a wonderful recipe that I will make again and again! (I will have to take your idea about stir frying the papaya in pad thai sauce because I still have half of my enormous papaya, lol).
Wow, this sounds yummy! Is green papaya just an unripe papaya? Or is it something else?
hi mrslarkin--hmmm. i actually don't know for sure. maybe they are picked unripe. they're totally green on the outside and almost look like acorn squash and a cucumber color on the inside.
Hi edamame2003, i found green papaya! but the produce guy didn't let me buy it because he thought it wasn't ripe enough. They were mostly all green. Should i buy it all green?? Do you let it ripen before shredding?? And lastly, what do you do with the rest of the green papaya?? the ones I saw are ginormous! (+ 6 lbs.)
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If I can find a green papaya and that blue kiwi shredder, I would love to make this. Sounds wonderful!