Papaya Salad Laos Style

Ingredients

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• 1 medium dark green papaya
• 4 garlic cloves (kratiem)
• 6 green Thai chilies (prik khee noo)
• 2 tomatoes, (cherry tomatoes best use) cut into wedges
• 1/2 cup chopped green beans, in 1-in (2.5-cm) pieces
• 1 tsp anchovy sauce / Thai sweet crab can be use
• 1 tbsp fish sauce or to taste
• 1/4 cup (2 fl oz/60 ml) lime juice or tamarind juice (ma-kaam piag)
• 2 tablespoon of sugar

How to make it

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• Peel the papaya and rinse with running water to remove the acid. Remove the seeds and shred the papaya with a grater. Set aside.
• Place the garlic cloves and the chilies in a mortar and mash with a pestle until crushed into chunks. Place the papaya and the remaining ingredients in the mortar and gently combine all ingredients by mixing with the pestle and a spoon. Serve cold.
  
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