This green papaya salad recipe is a quick and easy side dish or salad. It is vegan, vegetarian and gluten-free. Summer Recipe Ideas. Widely made in Cambodian, Thai and Vietnamese cuisines.
Mix all chopped and shredded vegetable ingredients in a mixing bowl
Mix in the dressing ingredients separately in another bowl just before plating the salad
Pour the dressing over the shredded veg. Mix and massage the veggies well.
Sprinkle with the chopped peanuts and serve
Notes
All the ingredients are available easily at Asian grocery stores. However following are the substitutes that can be used in case you are unable to source the following
Palm Sugar : Palm sugar has a rich caramel flavor that is more complex than regular cane sugar. It is made from the sap of the sugar palm tree via reducing to a syrup which is then dehydrated. An alternative to palm sugar is Jaggery that should definitely be found in Indian food stores. Otherwise I will recommend to use regular dark brown sugar mixed with water , bring to a boil and form a thick syrup.
Mushroom Stock: If I don't have freshly made mushroom stock on hand, then a quick cheat I use is an organic mushroom stock cube mixed in hot water. I then use the thick paste like concentrate to add to the other dressing ingredients of the green papaya salad. Another quick and easy option is to dehydrate dried mushrooms in hot water . Use the resulting water that should have a good umami taste to it.