Easy, Healthyish, Recipes, Vegetarian

Thai Papaya Salad

My husband was craving a raw papaya salad we ate in a restaurant a few months back. So, I planned to surprise him by making one at home. After looking for a bunch of recipes online, I made my version of it by combining 2-3 recipes. He enjoyed it just as much he did at the restaurant.

Ingredients

  • 1 Grated Raw Papaya
  • Handful Chopped Spring Onion
  • 1/2 Grated Carrot
  • 1 Sliced Tomato
  • 2 Red Chilies
  • 4-5 Garlic Cloves
  • 2 Tsp Crushed Peanuts
  • 1 Tbsp Sugar
  • 1 Tsp Lemon Juice
  • 1 Tsp Soy Sauce
  • 2-3 Tsp Tamarind Puree
  • Salt to Taste

Preparation

Prep: 20 minutes
Cooking: 5 minutes

  1. To make a tamarind dressing, add the red chilies and garlic in a crusher. Add peanuts and blitz it again.
  2. Now add sugar, lemon juice, soy sauce and tamarind puree. Mix well.
  3. In a bowl, take the grated raw papaya, add spring onions, carrots and tomatoes. Mix all the ingredients well. Season with salt as per taste. Add tamarind dressing and mix it well again.

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Deepika And Vipin Pokharna

We got married at the cusp of a global pandemic, in March 2020. It will be an unforgettable date because the world as we knew was about to change, even for us. As newly-weds entering into a lockdown together, what brought us close was the love of food. Our arrange marriage turned into a romantic affair with each other and with food. Being at home 24X7, cooking was our way of spending quality time together. We have been cooking up a storm in the kitchen (quite literally) and have managed to make 60+ dishes in this time. We even began documenting our culinary expeditions. Turns out, we are great kitchen companions and fingers crossed this beautiful partnership will only grow fonder and deeper from here on.