(All ingredients can easily be home grown in our climate)

Main Ingredients:

  • 1 Home grown green papaya (rock hard is perfect!)
  • 1 Home grown Cucumber
  • 1 large carrot
  • 8 Home grown Bell chillies (Use scissors to trim only the ‘wings’ from the bell chillies to ensure no chilli flavour, or use one red capsicum)
  • 10 Home grown cherry tomatoes or equivalent in ripe tomatoes
  • (Optional – A sprinkle of home grown chilli powder if you like it)

*Feel free to adjust the above ingredients to your taste.

Sauce

  • 1/2 Juicy Lemon squeezed
  • 1 Tablespoon runny honey
  • 1 Tablespoon Soy Sauce
  • 2 Cloves garlic (put through garlic press)
  • Mix sauce ingredients together with a spoon until smooth.

*Feel free to adjust the sauce ingredients to taste.

Preparing Dee’s Green Papaya Salad

  1. Cut Green Papaya into quarters, use a spoon to scrape out the pips, use a potato peeler to peel the external green skin. Then wash peeled papaya quarters under a running tap and dry.
  2. Use fine cut option on a Mandoline Slicer, or grater, or use electric food processor to chop the green papaya.
  3. Use the same slicer sized cut to chop up the carrots, cucumber and capsicum.
  4. Cut cherry tomatoes into quarters or large tomatoes into smaller chunks.
  5. Mix all the ingredients together in a large salad bowl.
  6. Prior to serving, pour the smooth stirred sauce on top of salad and toss.Serve to your family and friends as a main meal or as a side salad -YUMMO!!!

ADDITIONAL TIPS:

*There’s NOTHING more fun than growing your own ‘Green Papaya Salad’ ingredients!

*For traditional Thai Green Papaya Salad, Google a recipe.

*Any questions, call Dee Humphreys on 0497754486

* A recording of the demonstration is on our website if you’d prefer to watch how to make ‘Dee’s Green Papaya Salad. Just click on this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zF-0qPO9xsk&feature=youtu.be