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    Genuine Northern Thai Style Papaya Salad with Peanuts
    Ingredients
     4—5 small hot red chili peppers
     2 small or 1 large garlic bulb
     Tamarind paste (inexpensive and available in small can or jar at most Asian or Thai markets, and at Asian/Oriental food sections of some supermarkets)
     Thai-style fish sauce (also inexpensive and available in bottles at most Asian or Thai markets and at Asian/Oriental food sections of some supermarkets)
     2 small or medium ripe firm tomatoes
     A handful (¼ — ⅓ cup) cocktail-style shelled peanuts, salted or not to taste
     1 fresh lime
     1 medium-sized green papaya or prepared julienned green papaya from a Thai or Asian market
     A few fresh French-cut long garden beans, and/or ½ a sliced carrot (for garnish)
    Directions
    1

    Chop chilis fine or pulverize with mortar and pestle

    2

    Add finely chopped garlic or pulverize with chili peppers in mortar and pestle

    3

    Add 1 tbsp tamarind paste to mixture; blend

    4

    Add 1 tbsp Thai-style fish sauce to mixture; blend

    5

    Squeeze juice of 1 fresh lime into mixture; blend

    6

    Peel and julienne the green papaya; the slivers should be crisp and not limp

    7

    Chop tomatoes medium (peel first if preferred); lightly mix in bowl with julienned papaya

    8

    Spoon sauce/spice mixture into bowl with papaya and tomatoes; gently blend mixture until uniform

    9

    Serve alone or on lettuce garnish on individual plates.

    10

    Sprinkle whole or chopped cocktail peanuts as garnish on top

    11

    Add washed uncooked beans and/or sliced carrots as garnish

    About Genuine Northern Thai Style Papaya Salad with Peanuts

    Contributed by: Amphrai Alspaugh, Fairfield, CA
    Serves two

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    Ingredients

     4—5 small hot red chili peppers
     2 small or 1 large garlic bulb
     Tamarind paste (inexpensive and available in small can or jar at most Asian or Thai markets, and at Asian/Oriental food sections of some supermarkets)
     Thai-style fish sauce (also inexpensive and available in bottles at most Asian or Thai markets and at Asian/Oriental food sections of some supermarkets)
     2 small or medium ripe firm tomatoes
     A handful (¼ — ⅓ cup) cocktail-style shelled peanuts, salted or not to taste
     1 fresh lime
     1 medium-sized green papaya or prepared julienned green papaya from a Thai or Asian market
     A few fresh French-cut long garden beans, and/or ½ a sliced carrot (for garnish)

    Directions

    1

    Chop chilis fine or pulverize with mortar and pestle

    2

    Add finely chopped garlic or pulverize with chili peppers in mortar and pestle

    3

    Add 1 tbsp tamarind paste to mixture; blend

    4

    Add 1 tbsp Thai-style fish sauce to mixture; blend

    5

    Squeeze juice of 1 fresh lime into mixture; blend

    6

    Peel and julienne the green papaya; the slivers should be crisp and not limp

    7

    Chop tomatoes medium (peel first if preferred); lightly mix in bowl with julienned papaya

    8

    Spoon sauce/spice mixture into bowl with papaya and tomatoes; gently blend mixture until uniform

    9

    Serve alone or on lettuce garnish on individual plates.

    10

    Sprinkle whole or chopped cocktail peanuts as garnish on top

    11

    Add washed uncooked beans and/or sliced carrots as garnish

    Notes

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