My first attempt at Asian Papaya Salad
It all began with a peeler. I found a nifty little gadget that peels papaya into thin long noodles! So of course I had to have it.
Armed with my new kitchen tool, I bought a green papaya. Peeled and shredded I discovered a 'buy one get one free gift': as you shred from outside inwards, you can stop when you are at a cylinder surrounding the papaya seeds!! No need to scoop or mess with the seeds!
For one medium papaya
2 cloves garlic
1 tomato
2 serrano chilies
salt
lemon juice
splenda
roasted peanuts without skins
I coursely ground or pounded all the rest of the ingredients and added them to the shredded green papaya. I mixed and cooled the salad in the fridge.
Here is my question: how do I make the papaya more crisp? It stayed somewhat limp. But delicious. Here is my picture.
