Name: Perfect Papaya Salad
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Ingredients: 1 large Green Papaya; 8 fresh bird eye chillies; 2 tbsp fish sauce; 3 tbsp brown sugar; 4 cloves garlic (peel/slice); 2 tbsp shrimp (dried); 10 fresh string beans; 8 large cherry tomatoes ( cut into half); 1 large carrot (finely sliced); 2 large limes (juice only)

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Perfect Papaya Salad is a healthy Thai recipe ideal for lunch and snacks. Papaya is full of vitamins, healthy fibre and nutrients. Actually Papaya Salad is the Thai national dish and eaten most days.

Perfect Papaya Salad

Lovely salad that is full of flavour and filling.

4.81 from 375 votes

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Course: Salad, Snacks

Cuisine: Thai

Keyword: Chili, Fruit, Salad, Seafood, Shrimp, Vegetables

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 10 minutes

Servings: People

Calories: 131kcal

Ingredients

1 large Green Papaya
8 fresh bird eye chillies
2 tbsp fish sauce
3 tbsp brown sugar
4 cloves garlic peel/slice
2 tbsp shrimp dried
10 fresh string beans
8 large cherry tomatoes cut into half
1 large carrot finely sliced
2 large limes juice only

Instructions

Grate/shred the papaya. I use a large box cheese grater. Throw away the seeds.
Add the garlic and chillies into a mortar and pound into a paste using the pestle.
Add the shrimp and beans and pound again.
Add the carrot and papaya and stir as you only want to bruise them not pound them. This way they will absorb the flavours.
Add the juice of a lime, fish sauce (carefully) and the brown sugar. Stir well again to mix everything together.
Finally add the tomatoes and mix without breaking them up.
Serve in a warmed bowl on top of sticky rice.