So I went back to the Thai Grocer today... Picked up some green papaya, more coconut milk, more durian coconut snacks, thai basil, galangal, palm sugar, spicy coconut paste, some incense, a few dry noodles.. One thing that is shocking is, they don't have peanuts or cashews. I ask every time I go, knowing they don't but, kind of just want to be like, sell damn peanuts.. Sell cashews, what are you doing? But, instead, i just do my gentle nudge. "do you have any peanuts" No, we do not sell them.. "oh, is it because you are sold out" No, we just don't carry them.. "Huh, that's odd, I feel like peanuts are cashews are in a lot of different thai dishes" And I am met with a blank stare.. We have done this maybe three times in the last two weeks.
Anyway.. Papaya split and shredded I maybe used a quarter of one..
This is it prior to it being all mixed up... Shredded cabbage, papaya, blanched green beans, carrot, crushed peanuts, thai chile peppers (3 VERY HOT) palm sugar, lime juice and soy sauce.. When I am not eating plant based, I like the little raw crabs, the little salty rehydrated shrimp or at the very least, a lot of fish sauce.. It was sorely missing the fish sauce but, that's not on my plan right now.
