Spicy Lao Papaya Salad
photo by MinaLot2U
- Ready In:
- 7mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Serves:
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2
ingredients
- 473.18 ml papayas (shredded)
- 5-8 cherry tomatoes
- 2 lime wedges
- 5-9 Thai chiles
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1.23 ml shrimp paste
- 1.23 ml crab, paste
- 4.92-9.85 ml fish sauce
- 14.79 ml sugar
- 14.79 ml tamarind paste (optional)
- 0.61 ml msg (optional) or 0.61 ml salt (optional)
- 9.85 ml fermented fish sauce (pa-dak -optional)
directions
- Shred green papaya (it makes it really juicy!).
- Using a large Mortar and Pestle, pound the garlic, peppers, shrimp paste, crab paste, and 1/2 tablespoon of sugar.
- Half the tomatoes and add to the mortar and pestle along with the half of the cucumber.
- Pound and mix the contents of the mortar and pestle.
- Add the rest of the papaya, sugar, fish sauce, msg (optional), pa-dak (optional), and squeeze the lime juice in there.
- Continue pounding and mixing the contents of the mortal and pestle.
- Ready to serve.
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Reviews
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This is an amazing dish! I looooooove Lao food and have been searching for a good recipe for papaya salad. I managed to find an Asian store that sells shrimp and crab paste and also found some fermented fish sauce. I'm sure the homade "padek" is a lot better than store bought ones, but following the directions to the T brought me back to my vacation in Laos. As suggested by the chef, I made sticky rice and some grilled chicken wings. Yummy! What a great complementary dish! Can't wait to make some for my friends :) Thanks chef!