Papaya Pok Pok - Sweet and Sour Salad

Portions:- 4 


Ingredients:-
1 or 2 birds' eye chillies, chopped and seeded ( I have known Thai people use 10 unseeded! )
1 tablespoon of dried shrimps ( they use small whole crabs sometimes in Thailand )
2 or 3 cloves of garlic
450g papaya
2 tablespoons fish sauce preferably Thai
2 tablespoons of lemon/lime juice
1 tablespoon of brown sugar ( Thais use palm sugar )
1 tablespoon of roasted peanuts
100g of cooked/raw green beans cut into 4 to 6 cm lengths
2 roughly diced tomatoes


Method:-


1. Crush the chillies, garlic and shrimps in a blender. ( Thais use pestle and mortar. )
2. Cut the papaya in half and remove the seeds, scoop out the flesh and cut into fine diced cubes.       ( The Thais always shred their papaya. ) Place the papaya in a bowl and mix in the chillies, garlic and dried shrimps. Then add the Lemon or Lime juice, sugar and fish sauce and mix together well.
Put the beans, peanuts and beans into the mixture and toss all the ingredients together so that all are distributed evenly.


Notes:-
Palm sugar can be found in most East Asian stores if it is in hard form you will need to grate it.
Dried shrimps can also be found in East Asian stores and it is recommended that rinsed with hot boiling water before use.


Enjoy!