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vegan green papaya salad recipe

Green Papaya Salad Recipe: Quick Vegan Version

Meenakshi
This is a vegan version of the regular Green papaya salad recipe. Green papaya salad is a delicious Thai salad made of shredded raw papaya as the key ingredient. It is spicy, garlicky, sweet, sour, and crunchy, all in a single bite! 
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Course Salad, Side Dish
Cuisine Asian
Servings 6
Calories 129 kcal

Ingredients
  

Ingredients for making green papaya salad Dressing.

  • 5 tablespoon of lime juice or juice of 5 Key Lime
  • 2 Thai chili
  • 3 ½ tablespoon of light Brown sugar
  • 2 ½ tablespoon of light soy sauce
  • 1 teaspoon of Tamarind paste
  • 3 cloves of garlic

Other Ingredients of the salad

  • 2 ½ cups shredded raw papaya
  • 10 green beans (blanched)
  • 1 Cup of diced tomatoes
  • 3 tablespoon roasted peanuts

Instructions
 

  • Using a peeler peel off the green skin of the raw papaya. Now use a Julienne peeler, a box shredder, or a food processor with a shredder to shred the raw papaya into thin Matchstick like shreds.
  • Now transfer all the papaya shreds into ice-cold water and let it rest for about half an hour.
  • In the meantime, blanch the green beans.
  • Add garlic, Thai chili, Brown sugar, soy sauce, lime juice, and tamarind paste into a pestle and mortar. Crush and mix everything to make papaya salad dressing.
  • Now add the shredded papaya, tomatoes, beans, and dressing in a big metal bowl. Using the pestle pound everything and keep mixing. Also, add half the peanuts and keep mixing and pounding for a minute.
  • Cover and let the salad rest for 15 minutes in a refrigerator.
  • Garnish with the reserved peanuts and more Thai chilis (if you want) and serve!

Notes

Storage notes for Papaya salad

  • This vegan green papaya salad recipe stores well for about 2 days in the refrigerator. Pack it in a glass freezer-safe, air-tight container, and refrigerate for 2 days.
  • The Raw papaya shreds can be refrigerated for 3-4 days without any quality deterioration.
  • The best way to store the shredded papaya for longer periods is to freeze them in a freezer-safe bag. They freeze well for months.
  • To use, just let them thaw at room temperature for half an hour and use in your favorite papaya recipe.
green papaya salad nutrition facts

Nutrition

Calories: 129kcal
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