Papaya Salad

Name: Papaya Salad
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cup green papaya, julienned and soaked in cold water to keep firm; 1 cup cherry tomatoes, cut into halves; 1/4 cup roasted peanuts; Cilantro leaves (optional); 2 gloves garlic, minced; 1-2 green or red chillies; 4 tbsp palm sugar, diced; 2 tbsp dried shrimps, diced; 6 tbsp fresh lime juice; 2 1/2 tbsp tamarind juice; 4 tbsp fish sauce

alfredsanpedro @theweekenddinnerlog

Refreshing and a nice appetizer to start those taste buds. This is the last part of my 2-post Thai cuisine.

alfredsanpedro @theweekenddinnerlog

Refreshing and a nice appetizer to start those taste buds. This is the last part of my 2-post Thai cuisine.

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Ingredients

1 1/2 cupgreen papaya, julienned and soaked in cold water to keep firm
1 cupcherry tomatoes, cut into halves
1/4 cuproasted peanuts
Cilantro leaves (optional)
Dressing
2gloves garlic, minced
1-2green or red chillies
4 tbsppalm sugar, diced
2 tbspdried shrimps, diced
6 tbspfresh lime juice
2 1/2 tbsptamarind juice
4 tbspfish sauce

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Steps

1

In a mortar and pestle, pound the garlic and chillies until the garlic is slightly bruised. Then add the palm sugar, dried shrimp and half of the peanuts. Mash all together.
2

Add the lime juice, tamarind juice and fish sauce. By this time make sure the palm sugar if already dissolved into the dressings.
3

In a bawl, combine the dressing with the green papaya and tomatoes. Top with the remaining peanuts and some cilantro.