After washing the green papaya, peel off the skin using a carrot peeler and hack at the papaya with your knife
Add 2 cloves of peeled garlic and 5 chillies to the mortar
Add ½ tablespoon of palm sugar, 1 tablespoon of fish sauce, and then squeeze the juice from 1 - 2 limes into the mortar
Mix and pound the dressing
Add about 1 tablespoon of roasted peanuts , 1 tablespoon of dried shrimp
Pound the mixture for about 30 seconds
Last step is to toss in a big handful of the green papaya shavings. Mix it all together , doing a combination of using just a spoon and pounding lightly,