papaya salad

Summary

Yield
Prep Time15 minutes
CountryThailand
Main IngredientVegetable
MealSalads
MiscSpicy
SeasonAny Time

Description

Sweet, sour, salty, spicy!! Almost all taste profiles in one dish. 

Ingredients

  • 1 c shredded papaya
  • 0.5 c shredded carrots
  • 2 T fish sauce (nam pla or nuoc nam)
  • 2 T palm sugar
  • 1 t msg
  • 4 thai peppers
  • 2 clv garlic
  • 5 cherry tomatoes
  • 1 whole lime juice
  • 1 T shrimp paste
  • 1 iceburg lettuce

Instructions

You will need a clay morter and a wooden pestal to make this dish!

1. In the morter and pestal, add the thai chilli peppers and garlic gloves; pound the two ingredients together until well mashed

2. add the palm sugar, fish sauce, shrimp paste, msg, tomatoes, squeezed lime juice; incorprate the ingredients together in the morter and pestal

3. add the papaya and shredded carrots in morter and pestal; pound all ingredients together well

4. you may serve this over a small bed of chopped lettuce or use the lettuce as a wrap

Please know that this receipe is not set in stone, you may alter the spicy levels or the sweet/sour taste to your liking. if you can't find an ingredient you can subsitute with anything. 

Notes

I have grown up eating this dish almost everyday with sticky rice and sometype of BBQ. Each individual has their own twist on this recipe; it is served in every lao home you go to. Warning! Not for the faint of hearts, it has a strong smell and flavor profile. 

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