Green Papaya and Daikon Salad
I think I am over soup for now because all I can think about are salads. I want crunch, I want some sour, I want spring freshness and light dressings with herbs. I had made a really light red curry chicken for dinner and was thinking I would make a green mango salad but I couldn't find any green mango. What I did find was a green papaya and a big chunk of daikon which is actually even better. Fresh thai basil, cilantro and mint and I was ready to roll. Green Papaya and Daikon Salad -1/2 green papaya, seeded, peeled and sliced into thin julienne slices -6" piece of daikon, peeled, cut into thin strips on the mandoline and julienned -3 or 4 radishes, cut on the mandoline and julienned -a couple of tables of fresh cilantro, thai basil and mint. The proportions and amounts are really up to you. I love cilantro so I always go a bit heavier on that -a handful of bean sprouts Dressing 1.5 tbls fish sauce 1.5 tbls of palm sugar or regular sugar 1.5 tbls of f...