Storage
Green Thai papaya salad of all types should be eaten immediately after preparation. Fresh papaya salad feels crisp when you bite into it, this is because of the firm green papaya and the fresh long beans. Ideally it should not be stored, as leaving the papaya salad for a while will cause the water in the papaya and the beans to come out. This will make the salad soft and lifeless. The groundnuts would then soak in the water that is released and lose their own flavour.