Green Papaya Salad

With the onset of summers you don't want to binge on fried or hot food anymore. This Green Papaya Salad adds a great variety to your lunch salad. It has the delicious Thai taste but absolutely vegetarian. You can pack it for lunch or serve it up with some chinese food or thai food to your friends and family to spice up the meal.

Ingredients:

Onions, 1 thinly sliced

Red Pepper, 1/2 thinly sliced

Yellow Peppers, 1/2 thinly sliced

Green Papaya, 1/2 grated

Cucumber, 1 cut in ribbons

Lettuce, 1/4 torn with hands

Green Mung Sprouts

Cabbage, 1/4 shredded

Spring Onions, 4 stalks cut lengthwise

Carrots, 1 sliced

Sesame oil, 2 tbsp

Sweet chili sauce, 1 tbsp

Soy sauce, 1 tbsp

Vinegar, 1 tbsp

Red Chili Flakes, 1 tbsp

Salt to taste

Sesame seeds, 1.5 tbsp

Roughly crushed groundnut, 1.5 tbsp

Procedure:

1. Take the sliced onions in a bowl.

2. Add in the red and yellow peppers.

3. Add in the shredded papaya.

4. Add in the cucumber ribbons.

5. Add in the glass noodles.

6. Add in the sprouted mung beans.

7. Add in the shredded cabbage.

8. Add in the carrots.

9. Add in the lettuce.

10. Add in the spring onions.

11. Give this a good mix and set aside.

12. Take a separate bowl and add in the oil. 

13. Add in the sweet chili sauce.

14. Add in the vinegar.

15. Add in the soy sauce.

16. Add in the chili flakes.

17. Mix this for 2-3 minutes and refrigerate it for an hour.

18. Just before serving add the dressing to the salad and dress it up with some sesame seeds and crushed groundnut.

19. If you are taking it for your lunch, pack the salad, dressing and the sesame seeds and groundnuts separately. Assemble when you are ready to eat.