When you think of tropical fruits, papaya may not be the first one that comes to mind. It's often overshadowed by more ...

These can be eaten in savoury dishes. They have a peppery flavour ... in tropical fruit salads and puréed in smoothies. Use green papaya as a vegetable or turn into pickle. It is particularly ...

The Thai dish of som tam, or green papaya salad, is wonderfully refreshing. In restaurants, it's served as the cook makes it. But Thailand’s street stalls and specialist som tam shops will ...

and somtum is a vital dish with every meal. It's very tasty and goes well with sticky rice, which gives these farmers substantial energy for hard labour. They have also found that green papaya ...

Heat a kadai or deep frying pan over medium heat and add the cooking oil. Once the oil is hot, toss in the crushed panch phoran, dry red chilies, and bay leaf. Let the spices sizzle and release their ...

I’ve used the more rounded papaya (from the Pacific) successfully in green mango dishes such as som tam in my New Zealand restaurants and though they’re pretty good, they seem to be missing ...