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                        Green Papaya Salad (Pham)

Recipe By     : Mai Pham's The Best of Vietnamese and Thai Cooking
Serving Size  : 6    Preparation Time :
Categories    : Salads

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
   3                    Fresh thai bird chilies -- or more to taste
                        - OR any red chilies -- thinly sliced
   1      cl            Garlic -- thinly sliced
   1                    Shallot -- thinly sliced
   3                    Fried shrimp -- soaked in warm
                        - water for five minutes
                        - and rinsed (optional)
   2      ts            Brown sugar
     1/2  ts            Salt
   1      tb            Fish sauce
   4      tb            Fresh lime juice
   1      sm            Unripe green papaya -- peeled,
                        - julienned, rinsed, and
                        - patted dry with paper towels
                        - (about 2 to 3 cups)
   1      lg            Carrot -- peeled and
                        - finely shredded, soaked in
                        - ice water for ten minutes,
                        - drained
   8                    Cherry tomatoes -- cut in half
   1      sm            Red leaf lettuce head -- leaves separated
                        - and washed
   2      tb            Roasted peanuts -- chopped, for garnish

Combine the chilies, garlic, shallot, shrimp, and sugar in a mortar
and pound into a paste. Transfer to a mixing bowl and add the salt,
fish sauce and lime juice and blend well.

Add the papaya to the mortar. Using a spoon continuously turn the
papaya, gently pound it so the fruit bruises slightly, about
1 minute. You may have to work in several small batches. Add the
papaya to the spice mixture.

Add the carrot and tomatoes and toss. Transfer to a serving plate
lined with lettuce leaves and garnish with peanuts.

Recipe from Mai Pham's The Best of Vietnamese and Thai Cooking.
Copyright 1996, Mai Pham.

Notes: When papaya is not available, cabbage can be used as a substitute
Ingredients

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