GREEN PAPAYA SALAD

By: Ayada

Critically acclaimed Ayada has shared their famous green papaya salad recipe for you to make at home!

green papaya salad

green papaya salad

Ingredients:

Shredded or coarsely grated green papaya

1-3 fresh Thai chilies

1-2 cloves of peeled garlic

1 tbsp of roasted peanut

½ tbsp of dried shrimp (optional)

1 large tomato coarsely chopped or 5 grape tomatoes.

Long bean cut into 1-1 ½ inch long

1 tbsp Thai fish sauce

1- 1 ½ tbsp freshly squeezed lime juice.

1-2 tsp palm sugar paste or table sugar

Directions:

  1. Traditionally, Thai papaya salad is prepared in a wooden mortar with a wooden pestle, but a blender can be used as well. Pound or blend chilies, garlic, and dried shrimp, palm sugar. Then add and lightly crush peanuts and long beans.

  2. Add lime juice, fish sauce, and tomatoes. Mix the ingredients with a spoon.

  3. Add shredded green papaya, then mix all the ingredients lightly. Taste and adjust to your preferences.

Tips: 

  • Pick a firm, green papaya for crunchy texture.

  • add seasoning ingredients; lime juice, fish sauce, and sugar, little by little.

  • 1 or 2 Thai chilies can give you a kick already, so use it lightly – it’s easier to add and spice it up, rather than toning it down.  

  • elevate your dish by adding your choice of seafood or meat


courtesy of Ayada Thai

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