INGREDIENTS

Dressing:
  • 4 Thai chili peppers
  • 1 clove garlic
  • 1½ tsp (9 g) shrimp paste
  • 1 tsp (6 g) crab paste
  • 3 Tbsp (11 g) salted crab
  • 1½ Tbsp (22 ml) Thai fish sauce
  • Juice from 1 lime
  • ¼ C (57 g) tamarind concentrate
  • 3 Tbsp (41 g) palm sugar
  • ⅓ C (78 ml) water
  • 1½ C (224 g) cherry tomatoes, cut in half
Salad:
  • 2 C (290 g) green papaya, peeled, seeded and cut into thin strips
  • 1 C (165 g) very firm mango, peeled, pitted and cut into thin strips
  • ½ C (55 g) carrot, peeled and shredded
  • ½ C (63 g) apple, cored and cut into thin strips
  • 1 C (133 g) cucumber, shredded
  • 2 Tbsp (18 g) peanuts, crushed

GUIDE / INSTRUCTIONS

For the Green Papaya Salad:
Dressing:
  • In a mortar and pestle, crush chili peppers. Add garlic, shrimp and crab pastes, salted crab, fish sauce, lime juice and tamarind. Mix together sugar and water and add to chili mixture; blend well. Add tomatoes and lightly muddle.
  • *Try a well-stocked supermarket or Asian market for the regional ingredients, or you may substitute jalapeños for Thai chili; brown sugar for palm sugar; and soy or Worcestershire sauce for the fish sauce, crab and shrimp paste.
Salad:
  • Place all salad ingredients except peanuts in a bowl; add peanuts and dressing; gently toss to combine. Serve immediately or chill for up to 1 hour.

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