Chicken and Papaya Salad

Name: Chicken and Papaya Salad
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 1 large handful mint; 1 large handful coriander (cilantro); 2 spring onions (scallions), shredded; 1 Lebanese (short) cucumber, diced; 2 poached or barbecued chicken breasts, shredded; 1 large papaya, peeled, seeded and chopped or sliced; 80 g (2¾ oz/½ cup) peanuts, chopped; 25 g (1 oz) tamarind pulp; 1 teaspoon soy sauce; 2 teaspoons finely grated ginger; 1 large red chilli, seeded and thinly sliced; 1 tablespoon grated palm sugar (jaggery) or soft brown sugar

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Cook's Book of Everything

By Lulu Grimes

Published 2009

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Ingredients

2 poached or barbecued chicken breasts, shredded
1 large papaya, peeled, seeded and chopped or sliced
1

Method

To make the dressing, put the tamarind pulp in a bowl and cover with 125 ml (4 fl oz/½ cup