Name: Green Papaya Salad
Yield: Serves Four
Cuisine: Thai
Ingredients: 15 ml/1 tbsp chopped shallots; 15 ml/1 tbsp caster (superfine) sugar; 2/3 snake beans or 6 green beans, cut into 2cm/¾ in lengths; 2.5 ml/½ tsp salt; 3/4 fresh red chillies, seeded and sliced; 4 garlic cloves, coarsely chopped; 1 green papaya; 45 ml/3 tbsp Thai fish sauce; sliced fresh red chillies, to garnish; juice of 1 lime; 30 ml/2 tbsp crushed roasted peanuts; 2 tomatoes, cut into thin wedges

Preparation info

Serves
Four

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Thai Food and Cooking

By Judy Bastyra and Becky Johnson

Published 2011

About

This salad appears in many guises in South-East Asia. As green papaya is not easy to get hold of, finely grated carrots, cucumber or even crisp green apple can be used instead. Alternatively, use very thinly sliced white cabbage.

Ingredients

1 green papaya
4 garlic cloves, coarsely chopped
15 ml/1

Method

Cut the papaya in half lengthways. Scrape out the seeds with a spoon and discard, then peel, using a swivel vegetable peeler or a small sharp knife. Shred the flesh finely in a food processor or using a grater.
Put the garlic, shallots, red