Lao green papaya salad
A classic side for Laos and Thai food, this easy salad is a delicious mix of sweet and spicy.
Servings: 2 -4
Calories: 116kcal
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Ingredients
- 10 ½ oz papaya approx, unripe/green ideally, or unripe mango
- 1 teaspoon shrimp paste
- 1 teaspoon padaek optional, see notes
- 2 teaspoon sugar
- 1 clove garlic roughly chopped
- 1 red chili roughly chopped (or more/less to taste, see notes)
- 8 cherry tomatoes
- 1 lime juice ie from 1 lime
- 1 teaspoon fish sauce
Instructions
- Peel and deseed the papaya and cut into matchstick pieces (either with a mandolin or roughly by hand).
- Ideally with a pestle and mortar, crush together the shrimp paste, padaek if using, sugar, garlic and chili until the garlic and chili are largely a paste. Halve the cherry tomatoes and crush them slightly with the garlic-chili paste so that they are breaking up slightly but not falling apart.
- Add the lime juice and fish sauce, pour over the papaya and mix through. Check the taste and add a little more lime juice or fish sauce, to taste.
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Notes
If you can find padaek, then it's worth adding around ½ - 1tsp to the sauce for a traditional deeper, umami flavor.
The chili used is traditionally a red Thai chili which is relatively spicy. If you are less into spice, you can reduce the heat a bit using eg serrano instead.
Nutrition
Calories: 116kcal | Carbohydrates: 26g | Protein: 3g | Cholesterol: 28mg | Sodium: 345mg | Potassium: 491mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 19g | Vitamin A: 1960IU | Vitamin C: 143.5mg | Calcium: 47mg | Iron: 1.2mg
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