Papaya Salad

Serves 4

Ingredients

1 medium dark green papaya/pawpaw

4 garlic cloves (kratiem)

6 green Thai chilies (prik khee noo)

2 tomatoes, cut into wedges

1/2 cup chopped green beans, in 1-in (2.5-cm) pieces

2 tablespoons anchovy sauce

1/2 teaspoon sauce

1/4 cup (2 fl oz/60 ml) lime juice or tamarind juice (ma-kaam piag)

Method

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.