Malako: Thai papaya

ack in my vegan days (can't believe it actually happened to me!) I had periods when I would go fruitarian. That is, sustaining mostly on fruit. As I lived in Bangkok there was no lack of variety nor a burden on my budget.

The large and oblong squash-shaped variety of papaya that is common in Thailand is my favourite. Besides it is dirt cheap in that neck of the woods, in the ballpark of 20-40 Euro cent a pop.

When not yet ripe papaya is shredded to make the main ingredient for Thailand's national salad som tam. The authentic Thai way of eating ripe papaya requires sprinkling it with fresh lime juice.

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Thai language school and translation agency in Bangkok, Thailand offering Thai, Chinese, English, Japanese, Russian and Laotian (Lao, Isarn, Isaan) language courses.