Crunchy Green Papaya Salad Recipe
- Ingredients:
1 medium green papaya
25g Thai basil
25g mint
small piece ginger
1 Fuji apple
2 cups cherry tomatoes
2 pieces garlic
2 green chili peppers
1 red chili pepper
1 lime
1/3 cup rice vinegar
2 tbsp maple syrup
2 1/2 tbsp soy sauce
1 cup peanuts - Directions:
Peel the green papaya.
Carefully slice down the papaya making rustic looking shreds.
Add the Thai basil and mint to the papaya. Very thinly slice the ginger and apple into matchsticks and add to the salad. Thinly slice the cherry tomatoes and add to the salad.
Finely chop the garlic and chili peppers. Place them into a bowl along with the juice of 1 lime, rice vinegar, maple syrup, and soy sauce. Mix to combine.
Pour the dressing onto the salad and mix to combine.
Heat up a frying pan to medium heat and add in the peanuts. Toast for 4-5min. Then, transfer to a pestle and mortar. Coarsely crush the peanuts.
Plate the salad and sprinkle some peanuts on top.