Green Papaya Salad

Ingredients for 4 servings:

• 1 papaya, green (approx. 500 g)
• 150 g cherry tomatoes
• 50 g peanuts, roasted, salted
• 1 small red chili pepper(s) (more to taste)
• 1 garlic clove(s)
• 2 tbsp fish sauce
• 2 tbsp lime juice
• 2 tsp palm sugar

Instructions

Working time approx. 25 minutes; Total time approx. 25 minutes

Thai

Peel and wash the papaya to remove the bitter juice. Halve the fruit and remove the seeds. Coarsely grate the flesh. Wash and quarter the tomatoes. Set aside 1 tablespoon of the peanuts for garnish and roughly grind the rest in a mortar and pestle. Wash, trim, and finely chop the chili pepper. Peel and chop the garlic. Add the chilies and garlic to the peanuts in the mortar and pestle along with the fish sauce, lime juice, palm sugar, and one-third of the tomatoes; pound everything into a paste. Mix the remaining tomatoes and papaya shavings. Stir in the peanut-chili paste and briefly pound everything with the pestle and mortar. Transfer to a bowl and sprinkle with the remaining peanuts. Tip: Kohlrabi works well instead of the papaya; it also tastes very good.