How to make papaya salad easily?

If you've travelled in Thailand you may have tried this classic papaya salad. It's so easy to make. Take a green papaya, peel it and shave or julienne into shards. Pound the papaya with dried shrimp, peanuts and chilli to blend all those flavours together with lime juice and fish sauce to taste.

What is papaya salad sauce made of?

The Lao papaya salad sauce is very different from its other sibling salads. The sauce is darker, more pungent, and very spicy. The ingredients that make it different are: black crab paste, shrimp paste, padaek unfiltered fish sauce, salted whole crab, and Lao plum .

Is papaya salad good for your stomach?

Digestive Aid Green papaya contains papain, aiding smooth digestion and addressing intestinal irritation or excessive mucus in the stomach .

How to make papaya more tasty?

Cut papaya into quarters and remove seeds. Sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar. Put a little bit of water in a baking pan and add papaya. Bake at 350 for about 35 minutes .

What is the best fruit to mix with papaya?

What fruit mixes well with papaya? Papayas go well with many fruits such as coconuts, lemons, limes, mangoes, oranges, passion fruits, peaches, pineapples, bananas, kiwis and strawberries .

Are papaya salads healthy?

Health benefits: Raw papaya salad comes with multiple health benefits . It helps in improving digestion and helping in detoxification of the body. It also helps in rejuvenating the cells. Raw papaya is loaded with fibres, which help in preventing constipation.

Is papaya salad a laxative?

Papaya is high in fiber and water content, which help prevent constipation and promote regularity and a healthy digestive tract.

Is papaya good for belly fat?

Helps in breaking down fat. Papaya is known as the world's best fat burner . This delicious and highly nutritious fruit helps cut down extra fat. Not only does it help in breaking down and eradicating the harmful trans fat and lipids, but also nourishes the body.

What not to mix with papaya?

It is advisable to steer clear of foods and beverages that have high acid content, such as citrus fruits (oranges, lemons, grapefruits), tomatoes, coffee, and alcohol , after consuming papaya. While papaya itself is a good source of Vitamin C, it has a slightly acidic nature.

What does papaya do to the body?

Papaya seeds contain bioactive compounds that may have anti-inflammatory properties. These compounds may help reduce inflammation in the body and provide relief from inflammatory conditions . Papaya enzymes, particularly papain, are known for their digestive properties.

How to make papaya not taste bad?

TIP: How to fix a bitter papaya . because it was still ripening when it was picked. How to balance it ... simply add lime juice .

What are the ingredients in papaya?

Papaya (Papita) contains alkaloids (like choline and nicotine), flavonoids, tannins, and saponins , all of which have been found to have a significant impact on chronic (long-term) inflammation. Proteolytic enzymes found in papayas, such as papain and chymopapain, might also have anti-inflammatory properties.

Is papaya salad made from unripe papaya?

Green papaya salad – often also called green paw paw salad – YUM!!! Green papayas are just an unripe papaya which is used more like a vegetable – as in this salad – than a fruit!

Easy Caribbean Papaya Salad Recipe (2024)

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This super easy Caribbean papaya salad recipe comes from the island of St Maarten, and it tastes fantastic with BBQ chicken, shrimp or other grilled meats/seafood. With thanks to P&O Cruises for the opportunity to learn about Caribbean cuisine.

I know it’s a bit early in the year to be sharing recipes for summer BBQs, but we’ve just recently returned home after an amazing eight-night Caribbean cruise with P&O Cruises. We’re still in summer holiday mode, despite the heavy snowfall we’re experiencing in Shetland, and I’ve been super excited to share this gorgeous easy papaya salad recipe with you all.

Our third shore excursion, after boarding the cruise shipAzura in Barbados and visiting the islands of Tortola and St. Kitts, was on the tiny Caribbean island of St Maarten. There, we were treated to an Island Delights tour, where, at one of the stops, we enjoyed a cookery demonstration.

We learned how to make this gorgeous papaya salad, Colombo chicken and a rather indulgent banana flambe made with locally brewed spiced rum. More blog posts with video will be up soon, once we’ve had a chance to edit all the footage.

In the meantime, here’s a papaya salad recipe that might inject a bit of Caribbean summer vibe into these cold UK winter days!

INGREDIENTS FOR THIS CARIBBEAN PAPAYA SALAD RECIPE

fresh papaya – one or two, depending on the size
red onion – half a large one, or a whole small one
spring onions/scallions – one good-sized one or two smaller ones
fresh coriander leaves (replace with mint or basil if you don’t like the taste of coriander)
sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
the juice of one lemon
60 ml/ 2 oz/ 0.3 cup good quality olive oil – I use Pomora

HOW TO MAKE THIS CARIBBEAN PAPAYA SALAD RECIPE

Step 1: cut your fresh papaya in half lengthwise, scoop out the seeds and cut the flesh (not the peel) into one-centimetre dice. Place in a small bowl.

Step 2: peel and finely dice the red onion and add to the bowl.

Step 3: finely dice the spring onion/scallions and add to the bowl.

Step 4: squeeze over the juice of one lemon.

Step 5: pour over your good quality olive oil.

Step 6: add your fresh herbs, season well to taste and toss gently to mix. Leave to sit for 20-30 minutes at room temperature for the flavours to develop.

Easy Caribbean Papaya Salad Recipe

CARIBBEAN CUISINE

The Caribbean diet is a combination of African, Amerindian, British, Spanish, Dutch and Indian flavours due to the influence of the people who explored and migrated to the area hundreds of years ago.

It’s an intense and flavoursome diet, with a focus on bright colours and freshness. It’s also a diet rich in plants and low in red meat.

The Caribbean diet is also very high in seafood, supplemented with a little chicken or goat served as a side or garnish, rather than centre stage like our Western diet. Salt is used sparingly, and herbs and spices are used to flavour dishes instead, often in the form of marinades.

POMORANEW EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL

When we returned home from our cruise, our quarterly delivery of Pomora olive oil had arrived. It was the arrival of this gorgeous, freshest, unfiltered olive oil that spurred me on to recreate this papaya salad at home right away.

Olio nuovo is bottled straight after the olive harvest, an event that is celebrated with a gathering of friends and family at the frantoio. The oil has a vibrant green colour, a distinct fresh flavour and a pizzicante finish – perfect for this easy papaya salad recipe.

Pomora are a small UK business who works closely with two olive oil producers in Italy – Carmello in Sicily and Antonio in Campania. As their growing regions are vastly different, so is the flavour of their oil.

Each quarter I receive a shipment of 3 x 250ml tins of olive oil from Antonio’s family farm. The first shipment of the year is this gorgeous olio nuovo, while the second shipment is a trio of flavoured extra virgin olive oils in rosemary, lemon and chilli. Then, in the late summer, a shipment of extra virgin olive oil arrives, followed by another trio of flavoured oils in basil, garlic and white truffle.

They’re an incredibly delicious brand of olive oil, and I’ve been working with them for years. Prices for their quarterly subscription start from £29 per quarter, and I’m delighted to say their oil is now available in the USA for as little as $49 per quarter!

Have you ever visited the Caribbean? What sort of food did you enjoy while you were there? Let me know in the comments!

Caribbean Papaya Salad

This super easy Caribbean papaya salad recipe comes from St Maarten, and it tastes fantastic with BBQ chicken, shrimp or other grilled meat/seafood.

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Course: Salad

Cuisine: Caribbean

Prep Time: 5 minutes minutes

Resting Time: 20 minutes minutes

Total Time: 5 minutes minutes

Servings: 4 people

Calories: 180kcal

Author: Elizabeth

Ingredients

Metric - US Cup Measures

▢ 1 papaya cut into 1 cm dice
▢ 0.5 red onion finely chopped
▢ 1 large spring onions finely chopped
▢ 1 handful fresh coriander leaves roughly torn
▢ Shetland sea salt to taste
▢ freshly ground black pepper to taste
▢ 1 lemon juice only
▢ 60 ml olive oil I use Pomora

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Instructions

Combine all the ingredients together in a small bowl and toss gently to coat.
Let sit for 20-30 minutes at room temperature for the flavours to develop.

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Notes

You can jazz this recipe up by adding any other Caribbean fruits of your choice: pomegranate, melon, cantaloupe, plantain, mango or even apples.

If fresh coriander (cilantro) is not to your taste, you can replace this with mint or basil, but never parsley as the flavour of parsley is too strong.

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