Instructions
1.After washing the green papaya, peel off the skin using a carrot peeler (or a knife will do as well)
2.Add 2 cloves of peeled garlic and 5 chillies to the mortar (ครก). Pound them for a few seconds until the garlic is crushed and chilies are reduced to small bits.
3.Add ½ tablespoon of palm sugar, 1 tablespoon of fish sauce, and then squeeze the juice from 1 - 2 limes into the mortar.
4.Mix and pound the dressing, making sure the palm sugar gets fully dissolved into the liquid.
Add about 1 tablespoon of roasted peanuts,1 tablespoon of dried shrimp, and then roughly slice in the tomatoes into the mortar.
5.Pound the mixture for about 30 seconds, lightly breaking up the tomatoes, shrimp, and peanuts. No need to pound too hard.
6.Last step is to toss in a big handful of the green papaya shavings. Mix it all together.
7.Papaya Salas is ready to serve.