Preparation time : 10 minutes
Cooking time : 15 minutes
Serves : 2 members
Description :
The papaya tree at home in the back yard falls down with its root due to heavy rain’s here. I end up with having so many raw papayas from the tree.
Raw papaya at home is used to Marinade meats usually to soften. My mother-in-law makes a raw papaya sweet that’s served with biriyani as a side dish. Other than these two dishes,I do know that there’s a Thai salad recipe that I have never tried till date. Hubby dear asks for a soup for lunch,as I was in the middle of making the soup,the raw papaya’s in the counter were like “when are you going to put us into use”. I immediately peeled one and added it to the soup I was making. I was confident that the results will be good as raw papaya has no taste and tends to taste like what other ingredients we have added to it. I just went ahead with what I thought would go well. Asked my cook to do the first tasting. She had a smile in her face and continued saying “amma dhool” which means it’s awesome. My job done with making use of the raw papaya and coming up with yet another new way to cook them too.
Ingredients:
Ingredients | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Raw papaya | 150 grams chopped |
| Carrot | 50 grams chopped |
| Tomato | 50 grams chopped |
| Gingelly oil | 1 teaspoon |
| Cumin seeds | 1/4 teaspoon |
| Garlic | 2 pods finely chopped |
| Celery | 2 stalks finely chopped |
| Coriander leaves | 1 teaspoon chopped |
| Water | 2 cups |
| Lemon juice | 1 teaspoon |
| Salt + pepper powder | to taste |
Method :
- De-skin the raw papaya and remove the seeds.
- chop carrots and papaya.
- simmer cook the papaya and carrots along with tomato in a steam cooker for 2 whistles. Remove from heat and cool completely.
- Add one cup water and grind in a food processor until mashed and smooth.
- sieve the ground mixture and bring to boil on simmer adding salt and pepper powder to taste.
- Temper with cumin seeds, garlic and chopped celery in a teaspoon of gingelly oil. Add to the soup mixture. Remove from heat.
- Add lemon juice and garnish with chopped coriander leaves. Serve hot.
Notes :
- Papaya,carrot and tomato are rich in beta carotene, lycopene and vitamin A. They help maintain glowing,soft and supple skin. They also enhance ones vision.
