Green Papaya Salad Recipe

• 1 small Garlic Clove
• 1 small Red Chili Pepper (seeded)
• 8-10 fresh Green Beans
• 4 tbsp Lime Juice
• 3 tbsp Fish Sauce
• 3 tbsp Brown Sugar
• 2 tsp Anchovy paste
• 1 medium Papaya (peeled and shredded in juliennes)
• 1 medium Carrot (juliennes)
• 1 small Cucumber (juliennes)
• 3 Green Onions
• 6 Cherry Tomatoes (cut in half)
• 1/2 cup Cilantro (coarsely chopped)
• 1/4 cup fresh Mint or fresh Basil (coarsely chopped)
• 1/4 cup Peanuts coarsely crushed)
• 1 1/2 cups Bean Sprouts
• 12 Shrimp (poached)

• Dip shredded papaya in cold water.
• In a ceramic mortar and pestle, mash the garlic clove along with chilly.
• Add sugar and continue mashing.
• Mix in it the lime juice, fish sauce and anchovy paste.
• Add about 1 cup of the shredded papaya and bruise it so that it absorbs the paste you have just made.
• Now gently pound it and fold it several times.
• Add to it the rest of the shredded papaya and repeat process.
• Now add the carrots and repeat process for about a minute.
• Add the cilantro and tomatoes and mix well. Pound these gently to bruise.
• Toss the salad with the shredded cucumber and bean sprouts.
• Garnish with mint, peanuts and shrimp.