We are currently living in an area that doesn't have green papaya. However, someone told me to use cucumber as a substitute. I actually tried it this time, and it worked well. The texture is pretty much the same, yet doesn't retain its firmness as well.
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Ingredients:
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Green Papaya Salad
1 clove Garlic
1 or 2 red Thai Chilies
2 tablespoons dried Shrimp
Thai palm sugar, to taste
1/4 cup roasted Peanuts
2 cups green Papaya strands
6 cherry Tomatoes
Juice of 1 fresh lime- to taste
Soy sauce
Fish sauce, to taste
Method:
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. Add the peanuts and lightly pound until they are broken
into small pieces, but not to the point where they form a thick paste.
Add the papaya and tomatoes and pound on them until
the tomatoes begin to burst. Add a few teaspoons of fish sauce and a couple of
teaspoons of lime juice to the mix.
Adjust taste by adding additional palm sugar, soy
sauce, lime juice and fish sauce. Serve cold immediately.
