Green papaya salad is quite popular here and definitely one of my favorites. I often order it whenever we eat in Asian restaurants but this recipe is made using the orange/yellow papaya. I had in my refrigerator a papaya which hubby thought had become too ripe to eat and a mango which was too sour to eat. So in stead of throwing both these fruits I made a salad out of them which turned out quite delicious. We both finished the salad in 5 minutes straight.
For this salad choose a papaya which isn’t too ripe, works better. The sour mango tasted fantastic in the salad but you can very well use a sweet mango. The one that I used was little sour.
Ingredients½ papaya cut into thin slices
1 mango cut into small cubes
½ tablespoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon sugar
½ teaspoon soy sauce
¼ teaspoon smoked paprika
2 tablespoons peanuts
1 teaspoon sesame seeds
Method* Peel and cut mangoes in small cubes.
* Peel and cut the papaya into thin slices,
* In a bowl mix together both the fruits. Set aside.
* Dry roast the sesame seeds in a pan till they start spluttering. In the same pan add 1/2 tsp oil and roast the peanuts till brown in color.
* In a bowl prepare the salad dressing by mixing together lemon juice, soya sauce, sugar and smoke paprika.
* Pour the dressing over mango and papaya.
* Top with peanuts and sesame seeds. Serve immediately.