The following article from TasteVN guides you on how to cook 3 ways to make a delicious and crispy vegetarian papaya salad to change the flavor for your family. Let’s make this vegetarian dish together.
1. Vegetarian Papaya Salad
Preparation
10 minutes
Cooking
10 minutes
Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Vegetarian Papaya Salad Serves 3 – 4 people
Green Papaya 300 g Fried Tofu 100 g Carrot 1 piece Roasted Peanuts 40 g Cucumber 1 piece Chopped Chili 1 teaspoon Vegetarian Fish Sauce 1 tablespoon Sugar: 1 tablespoon Lime Juice 1 tablespoon Chopped Garlic 1 tablespoon Salt 1/3 teaspoon
How to make Vegetarian Papaya Salad
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Prepare the ingredients
- Peel the papaya and wash it clean. Then shred it into thin strips. Add 1/3 teaspoon of salt to the shredded papaya, mix well to marinate for 10 minutes.
- Wash the carrot, peel it, and shred it into thin strips as well.
- Wash the cucumber, then cut it in half lengthwise, and slice it diagonally into thin pieces about 2 – 3mm thick.
- Cut the fried tofu into strips about 1 cm thick.
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Make the dressing
Prepare a bowl. Add 1 tablespoon of sugar, 1 tablespoon of fish sauce, and 1 tablespoon of lime juice, 1 tablespoon of minced garlic, and 1 teaspoon of minced chili into the bowl of fish sauce, then mix well to finish the dressing.
To make the dressing more flavorful, you should pound the garlic and chili, and make the dressing at least 5 minutes before mixing so that the garlic and chili can release their juices and blend into the fish sauce. -
Mixing the salad
The part of the papaya you soaked in salt will release some water; gently squeeze it and transfer it to another bowl. Then add the prepared ingredients: shredded carrot, sliced cucumber, fried tofu, and 30g of peanuts. Mix everything well.
Pour the salad dressing into the mixture and continue to mix thoroughly for about 30 seconds, then you can plate it and use the remaining 10g of peanuts to sprinkle on top for decoration.
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Final product
Just after these simple steps, we already have a plate of crispy, sour, and spicy vegetarian papaya salad. You can garnish your salad with some herbs and enjoy it with rice crackers or shrimp chips.
2. Thai Vegetarian Papaya Salad
Preparation
10 minutes
Cooking
15 minutes
Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Vegetarian Thai Papaya Salad Serves 3 – 4 people
Grated green papaya 300 g Grated carrot 1 piece Fried tofu 100 g Roasted peanuts 40 g Long beans 30 g Gluten 200 g Oyster mushrooms 20 g Pickled scallions 20 g Chili peppers 2 pieces Tomato 100 g Tamarind juice 70 ml Garlic 2 cloves
Notes on buying ingredients:
- For oyster mushrooms, prioritize picking brown oyster mushrooms, as they are sweeter and crunchier than white oyster mushrooms, which will make our salad crunchier.
- For tomatoes, prioritize picking cherry tomatoes, as they are crunchier and look more appealing than regular tomatoes.
Tools needed
Bowls, pan and some kitchen tools,…
How to prepare Thai-style vegetarian Papaya Salad
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Prepare the ingredients
- Wash the papaya and carrot thoroughly and let them drain.
- Tear the oyster mushrooms into shreds without marinating.
- Slice the chili into small round pieces.
- Crush the green beans to avoid a strong smell.
- Cut the tomatoes in half if they are cherry tomatoes; if they are regular tomatoes, cut them into thin wedges.
- Cut the tofu into strips about 1 cm wide.
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Marinate the gluten
Tear the gluten into medium-sized strips.
Marinate the gluten with 1 teaspoon of seasoning and 2 small spoons of soy sauce.
Fry the gluten in plenty of oil and over high heat until it turns brown and becomes dry and hard.
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Fry and roast the mushrooms
Take the shredded mushrooms and roast them in a pan with very little oil along with 1 teaspoon of seasoning powder.
Stir evenly until the mushrooms are slightly charred and lightly golden around the edges.
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Prepare the dressing
Prepare a mortar, add 20g of scallions, 2 cloves of garlic, and 1 chili. Then pound until the chili and scallions start to break down, then add 2 tablespoons of sugar and continue to pound until smooth.
When the scallions and chili are well mashed, add 2 tablespoons of fish sauce, 2 tablespoons of tamarind juice, and 2 tablespoons of chili sauce, then stir well and taste, adjusting the flavor to your liking.
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Mixing the salad
You prepare a large bowl and add in the papaya, carrot, green beans, gluten, oyster mushrooms, tomatoes, peanuts, and fried tofu, mixing well with the salad dressing for about 2 – 3 minutes until the flavors are absorbed to complete.
Tips for authentic Thai salad mixing:
Add the green beans and one spoon of salad dressing into a mortar and lightly pound for about 30 seconds. Next, add all the other ingredients along with the remaining salad dressing into the mortar, while pounding and mixing evenly for about 2 minutes to absorb the seasoning, then mix with tomatoes to plate.
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Final product
After just a few simple steps, we now have an eye-catching plate of Thai vegetarian papaya salad, which retains the crispness of the papaya and carrot, with a sour and spicy flavor that stimulates the taste buds, truly wonderful.
3. Thai Vegetarian Papaya Salad (Recipe shared by Tiktok Vegetarian Kitchen XANH)
Preparation
20 minutes
Cooking
20 minutes
Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Thai Vegetarian Papaya Salad (Recipe shared by Tiktok Vegetarian Kitchen XANH) Serves 3 people
Green papaya 500 grams Long beans 100 grams Tomato 70 grams Lemon 1/2 piece Vietnamese coriander 2 stalks Lemon juice 15 ml Vegetarian fish sauce 15 ml Vegetarian dipping sauce 20 ml Palm sugar 15 grams
Cooking Tools
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How to Prepare Thai Vegetarian Papaya Salad (Recipe shared by Tiktok Vegetarian Kitchen XANH)
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Prepare the ingredients
Peel the papaya, wash it clean, then shred it. After that, soak the papaya in ice water for about 30 minutes.
For the long beans, remove both ends and the tough fibers, then soak the beans in diluted salt water for about 5 minutes to make them crunchy. After that, cut the long beans into pieces about the length of one finger joint.
Wash the tomatoes, then cut them into thin wedges.
Wash the lemon, then cut it into thin slices.
Wash the Vietnamese coriander and chop it into small pieces for eating.
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Dressing
You put 15 ml of lemon juice, 15 ml of vegetarian fish sauce, 20 ml of vegetarian dipping sauce, 15 grams of jaggery, and stir well until the sugar is dissolved.
Then, you add 1 teaspoon of crushed chili into the bowl and mix well.
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Mixing the salad
You prepare a large bowl and add the papaya, string beans, tomatoes, lemon, and cilantro.
Then, you slowly pour the salad dressing into the bowl and mix well for about 2 – 3 minutes to allow the ingredients to absorb the flavors.
Finally, you serve the salad on a plate, add some sliced chili and roasted peanuts, and it’s ready to enjoy!
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Final Product
The Thai papaya salad is attractive with its eye-catching colors; it is also a dish that helps cool down and is good for the liver, suitable for sunny days. The salad is crispy and sweet, with a light sourness blended with a rich sauce that is sour, spicy, salty, and sweet, making the dish more aromatic and delicious.
Tips for choosing papaya:
- If you buy papaya to make salad, you should choose duck-billed papaya, which are long-shaped papayas. The best papayas are usually the two-skinned type, with an outer skin that is yellow with small green specks. Because those fruits have very firm flesh.
- To ensure the salad is crunchy, sweet, and fragrant, you should choose fresh papayas that are newly harvested by picking them up and feeling their weight; if the stem still has sap on it and when you gently press the flesh feels firm, then the papaya is still fresh. If the fruit has been picked for a while, the flesh will be soft, and these fruits will not be crunchy and fragrant when shredded.
- Moreover, the timing of buying papayas is also very important. You should avoid buying papayas on rainy days or a few days after it has rained because papayas during this time taste very bland.
Tips for making papaya crunchy and visually appealing:
You should soak the papaya in a basin of diluted saltwater and squeeze in half a lemon for 5 minutes, then remove and let it drain before proceeding with the next steps.
Tips for making the salad tastier:
- After mixing the salad, wait about 2 minutes for the papaya and other ingredients to absorb the seasoning better.
- When mixing the salad, be careful not to squeeze, just toss gently, otherwise the salad will release water quickly and won’t be crunchy.
- If you finish mixing but are not eating immediately, you can cover it tightly with plastic wrap and place it in the refrigerator to maintain the crunchiness of the papaya and carrot.
Note: You should eat the salad right after mixing, as after about 5 minutes, the salad will start to release water and the taste will decrease.
Actually, making vegetarian papaya salad is not difficult at all, is it? You should try making it for your family to change the taste. If you have any questions or suggestions, please comment below. Wish you success.
*Refer to images and recipes from 2 YouTube channels Feedy Delicious Food, Diệu Pháp Âm and the Tiktok channel Vegetarian Kitchen XANH.
