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Green Papaya Salad
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Green Papaya Salad

Thai green papaya salad – the best salad ever with shredded green papaya, long beans and tomatoes. So yummy! 
Prep Time10 minutes
Additional Time5 minutes
Total Time15 minutes
Course: Thai Recipes
Cuisine: Salad
Keyword: Green Papaya Salad
Servings: 2 people
Calories: 209kcal
Author: Bee Yinn Low

Ingredients

  • 1 clove garlic
  • 1-2 red Thai bird's eye chilies
  • 2 tablespoons dried shrimp
  • Thai palm sugar to taste
  • 1/4 cup roasted peanuts
  • 6 oz (170g) green papaya strands
  • 6 cherry tomatoes I used grape tomatoes
  • 1/3 cup long green beans cut into 1-inch (2.5cm) lengths
  • fresh lime juice to taste
  • fish sauce to taste

Instructions

  • Pound the garlic and bird's eye chilies until they form a smooth paste.
  • Add the dried shrimp and pound until the pieces are broken up, but not completely pulverized.
  • Add the palm sugar (cut into small pieces), maybe 2-3 teaspoons at first. More more to taste later.
  • Add the peanuts and lightly pound until they are broken into tiny pieces, but not to the point where they form a thick paste.
  • Add the green beans and crush them with the mortar until they're splitting and lightly bruised.
  • Add the papaya and tomatoes and pound on them to bruise them. You want to crush the tomatoes so they release their juices and give their flavor and color.
  • Add a couple of teaspoons of fish sauce and a couple of teaspoons of lime juice to the mix.
  • Have in one hand a large spoon to help flip things over in and scrape down the sides of the mortar while your other hand pounds away with the pestle.
  • Keep pounding and flipping for a few seconds, add more fish sauce, lime juice, or palm sugar as needed.
  • Dish out and serve immediately.

Nutrition

Serving: 2people | Calories: 209kcal | Carbohydrates: 16g | Protein: 18g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 169mg | Sodium: 613mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 8g