{"id":4806,"date":"2013-10-30T12:23:02","date_gmt":"2013-10-30T19:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mayabugs.com\/blog\/?p=4806"},"modified":"2014-04-21T15:36:27","modified_gmt":"2014-04-21T22:36:27","slug":"vegetarian-papaya-salad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mayabugs.com\/blog\/vegetarian-papaya-salad\/","title":{"rendered":"Vegetarian Papaya Salad"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Update 4\/21\/14: I updated this recipe based on our experiences in Laos and Thailand over the holidays. This version is more authentic, but still vegetarian!<\/em><\/p>\n

I made my husband Tejas stop at Westminster Market in Little Saigon while we were driving back from San Diego. It was almost 10pm but I knew it must be open, it was only 2 minutes off the freeway, and I needed a green papaya! I have been wanting to make papaya salad for a while and we are really not near any Asian markets and the last time I was at one they were out. So I needed one. It made since to stop right?<\/p>\n

To make this vegetarian papaya salad takes a little crushing and mashing but it doesn’t take long and the end result is a such a refreshing salad.\u00a0I used She Simmers’s recommendation to not use soy sauce and stick to salt!<\/p>\n

A julienne peeler makes this salad really easy. There are all kinds of julienne peelers, I happened to get this Titan one<\/a>\"\"\u00a0on an infomercial years ago. If you don’t have a julienne peeler, you can make lots of knife cuts lengthwise on a peeled papaya and then use a regular peeler to shave off the strips that were created by the knife.<\/p>\n

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2 cloves garlic
\n2 fresh red chilis
\n10 green beans
\n1\/2 green papaya
\n10 cherry or other tiny tomatoes cut in half
\nFresh squeezed lime juice (to taste)
\nPalm sugar (or regular sugar) to taste
\nSalt to taste
\n1\/3 cup toasted peanuts crushed a little<\/p>\n

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  1. Shred the papaya using a\u00a0julienne peeler<\/a>\"\".<\/li>\n
  2. Using a mortar and pestle, smash the garlic until smooth. Add the red chilis and smash again until they are broken up. Add the green beans and smash a little as well.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Add the tomatoes and papaya and smash.\u00a0You want the tomatoes to juice up some.<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Squeeze in the lime juice and stir in the sugar and salt.<\/li>\n
  4. Top with peanuts.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n