Name: Green Papaya with Garlic & Chickpea Flour (Besan Waale Kaccha Papeeta)
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: India
Ingredients: ¼ cup finely chopped fresh cilantro leaves and tender stems; 1 or 2 fresh green Thai, cayenne, or serrano chiles, to taste, stems removed, finely chopped (do not remove the seeds); 2 large cloves garlic, finely chopped; 1 teaspoon coarse kosher or sea salt; 2 tablespoons Toasted Chickpea Flour; 1 teaspoon cumin seeds; 2 teaspoons Bin bhuna hua garam masala; 2 tablespoons canola oil; 1 pound green unripe papaya

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

660 Curries

By Raghavan Iyer

Published 2008

About

I love the juicy texture of unripe papaya when it’s cooked just right—it’s similar to the bite of a perfectly ripe grape. The mellow-flavored fruit, used as a vegetable in this curry, is the ideal companion to perky spices. I like to serve this alongside Cardomom-Scented Chicken and Sweet-Hot Basmati Rice with Jaggery and Chiles.