Papaya Salad

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Ingredients :

4 cups shredded green papaya
6 garlic cloves
1 dried chili, soaked in water
7 peppercorns
1 tbsp tamarind juice
3 tbsp fish sauce
3 tbsp palm sugar
2 tbsp lime juice
quarter cup ground dried shrimp
quarter cup lime, cut into small cubes

How To Make :

1. Gently crush the shredded papaya in the mortar with a pestle. Remove and set aside. In the same mortar, crush garlic, dried chili, and peppercorns together, mixing thoroughly. Set aside

2. Mix tamarind juice, fish sauce and sugar in a pot and heat to a boil. Remove from heat, allow to cool, add lime juice, and mix with chili paste in the mortar.

3. Add the crushed papaya, dried shrimp and lime cubes, and mix thoroughly. Serve with lettuce and other vegetable.

(Source : The Best of Thai Cuisine ; Sisamon Kongpan)