Article: THE TASTE OF GREEN PAPAYA MAKES THIS THAI SALAD A STAR@TXT

Green papaya is an essential ingredient in a refreshing Thai salad made with a sweet and hot dressing and garnished with shrimp. Although we've added ripe papaya to fruit salads and salsas for years, green papaya is new to our kitchens. When the big, oval- shaped fruit isn't ripe, its skin is all green and the firm flesh is white - and deliciously crisp. (Ripe papaya, on the other hand, has rich, golden-orange flesh and a green skin tinged with yellow.)

When Sheryl tasted the popular Thai salad at the new Belmont restaurant Patou Thai, we became interested in green papaya. In the beautiful restaurant setting - with walls the color of young green banana leaves and a yellow ceiling - the ...

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