Green papaya, green mango, chilli, coconut, lime and tofu

This is a really refreshing salad to have as a first course or part of a main meal, but it’s equally good served with sliced raw fish on top, alongside cold poached chicken or roast duck or even with ham. You can buy green papaya and green mangos from Southeast Asian food stores, but they can be replaced with crunchy vegetables like kohlrabi, celeriac, cucumbers (small ones tend to be crunchier) or even apples and nashi pears. Green papayas come in varying sizes but if you use a little more