Green paw paws (forum)

Tanya starts with ...
Got home this arvo & my biggest paw paw tree had been uprooted in the rain & wind today. Now I have about 20 green paw paws of various sizes. I picked a partly yellow one yesterday so some of them may have been close to ripening. Will they still ripen? If not, can I still use them?

Time: 18th April 2011 5:26pm

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ringelstrumpf says...
They are used like a vegetable, I think in Thai cooking.

Time: 18th April 2011 6:43pm

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au0rey says...
Oh dear Tanya, sorry to hear about your paw paw tree. I know unripe paw paws can be used in cooking and salads...you probably can google recipes on them.

Time: 18th April 2011 9:15pm

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snottiegobble says...
Take heart Tanya, cos one of the nicest salads I have ever had was at Darwin`s Parap market, & it consisted of finely grated unripe pawpaws, grated peanuts, avocados & spices. Maybe you can find the recipe on google! Best Wishes!

Time: 18th April 2011 9:58pm

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speedy says...
de-seeded, peeled, shredded green papaya
chilli
garlic
peanuts
fish sauce
lime juice
sugar
tomato
green beans or snake beans
black pepper dont know if it's normally used in it , but I always put it in.

I prefer to leave the fruit whole, peel it and run the whole fruit over a shredder,
working around the fruit til i get to the seed cavity then discard whats left.
some asian grocery shops sell small hand held shredders (a bit like a vege peeler)
that is pulled over the fruit surface to get long shreds of the fruit.

optional:-
fermented shrimp paste (gapi)
or a bit of 'pla ra' (smells and looks like fish emulsion but a little bit tastes great)

shredded cooked chicken meat or cooked prawns
I like small round eggplant quartered

method-
pound pepper, garlic and chilli (strongest flavoured ingredients) in a large terracotta mortar to disperse flavours evenly.

add a bit of papaya, pound it
then peanuts, pound it, mixing with spoon between strokes of wooden pestle

add sugar and more papaya, pound
..tomato and so on
generously add fish sauce and lime juice to taste and pound it to get the sauce and juice into the papaya shreds.
mix well.

tip out onto serving plate and serve with rice (sticky rice is best) and eat with fingers.
it should be quite hot.
I liken it to a spicey tropical version of coleslaw, but better.
so good!

Time: 19th April 2011 12:52am

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trikus says...
I have watched a Thai lady cut fine sticks/strips off a green pawpaw by wacking a knife into the fruit many times and then cutting along .. she made it look so easy ! She and her Aussie husband had a business going around Childers collecting green pawpaws to send down to Syd. markets .
They came with ladders and several kids , and Lek would climb up and select a few fruits from each tree [ we had several ]
You could not even tell any had been removed , and this was after over 100kg had been harvested . 50c /kg paid for a big bag of DL with no work , to easy .
They also harvested a few local tamarind trees and had a large market garden .

Time: 19th April 2011 8:22am

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trikus says...
SUPPOSEDLY ... there is a special type of 'GREEEN' pawpaw that is favoured by Thais for cooking/salads .. ???????????????????????

Time: 20th August 2012 11:27am

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MaryT says...
My two pawpaws refuse to ripen. I'm taking one of them off to make chutney. :( Not sure of particular type of pawpaw for Thai cooking, trikus.

Time: 20th August 2012 11:56am

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trikus says...
Thanks Mary , did not think so .

Time: 20th August 2012 6:03pm

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