Raw Papaya Salad

Raw Papaya Salad is one of my favourite salad. First time we tasted this salad in Ahmedabad Restaurant and we all like it much. A traditional Gujarat warm salad made from raw papaya served as side dish along with Guajarati main course. They called it kacha Papaya sambharo. A sambharo is typically made by quickly stir frying the main ingredient in a little oil along with some spices. Though this salad is normally served with Gujarati snacks, it goes well with rotis and parathas too, as a side dish. It is healthy, tasty, and also easy to make, with low-calorie, and very nutritious salad.

Ingredients:

Raw papaya-  1 cup grated

Green chili-  1chili
Oil-1 tsp  Mustard seeds -1 tsp

Asafoetida -pinch

Turmeric powder -1/4 tsp

Salt-  1 tsp

Sugar-1/4 tsp

Method:

1.Peel off the raw papaya.  Grate the papaya and cut the green chilies into 1 inch pieces.

2.Heat the oil in a pan. Add the mustard seeds and let them crackle then add the asafoetida.

3.Now, add the grated papaya and the slit green chillies. Let it cook on a high flame for a couple of minutes..

4.Add the turmeric powder ,salt and sugar Mix well.Cook until the papaya becomes tender.  5.Delicious raw papaya salad/sambharo is ready to serve.