Nutritional value: fresh green papaya generally has a bit bitter and astringent taste, and the fruity taste is also relatively strong. Helps digestion, lubricates the skin, breaks down body fat, stimulates the secretion of female hormones, and stimulates breast hormones.
Cooking method: It is usually used for boiling soup, steaming, and it is also very suitable for making cold side dishes.
Saladed green papaya (Thai: ส้มตำ, romanized: S̄̂mtả; Laotian: ຕຳໝາກຫຸ່ງ), transliterated as "Songdan", is a dish popular in the Isan region of Thailand and Laos. It tastes sour and spicy and is an appetizer. The main ingredients are green papaya, chili, lime, peanuts, coriander, and carrots.
Princess Sirindhorn of Thailand wrote "Song of Saladed Green Papaya" when she was 15 years old, and the lyrics are the method of making it.
Special attention: Not suitable for pregnant women and people with allergies.
Green papaya and papaya are actually the same species. The papaya that is not yet ripe and the skin has not yet turned green is green papaya. Many people now eat papaya enzymes to help protein and fat digestion and absorption. What many people don’t know is that in addition to promoting digestion, the papaya enzymes contained in green papaya have the effect of strengthening immunity and promoting metabolism.
Is green papaya a variety of papaya?
According to the Taiwan Council of Agriculture, green papaya is a papaya that is not yet ripe and the skin has not yet turned green. It is generally picked when it is about 5-6 minutes ripe. When the fruit is cut open, the flesh inside is still white or a little light orange. At this time, some of the seeds are still white or have gradually turned dark brown. The taste is sweet and sour, and the taste is harder and crisp.
Unripe papaya is more nutritious
That’s right! Unripe papaya is more nutritious. Green papaya contains a lot of papain, which can digest protein 35 times heavier than itself. Eating it after a meal can help break down protein, fat, carbohydrates in the body and help inhibit fat accumulation. It can also strengthen immunity and promote the normal functioning of metabolism. These papain will gradually decrease as the papaya matures.
What are the benefits of papaya?
Papaya enzyme also has a detoxifying effect. It can dissolve the poison of diphtheria or tetanus, and even dissolve the pus of suppurative diseases and gradually discharge it from the body. It can be effective for burns, bedsores and stubborn atopic dermatitis. Papaya enzyme can also improve the function of imbalance and improve physical fitness. It has the effect of breaking down fat, and can also break down neutral fat and cholesterol in blood vessels.
In addition to papaya enzyme, papaya (papaya) contains a variety of sugars, vitamins, papain, papaya enzyme. It is also a yellow fruit with antioxidants. In addition to improving health, it also has anti-cancer and cardiovascular protection functions. In particular, papain has strong vitality. Patients with tumors can help improve their condition by eating some papaya appropriately.
The amount of vitamins contained in papaya is enough to provide the daily needs of the human body. The various fibers and tartaric acid phenols contained in it can resist the formation of nitrite and prevent cancer.
Papain is one of the plant compounds of papaya, which has anti-tumor effects. It contains antioxidant vitamin A, β-carotene and lycopene, which can detoxify active oxygen and inhibit the antioxidant effect of cancer.
Green papaya has so many benefits, but how to eat it? Green papaya can generally be used as a cooking or cold food. Common ways to eat it are stewed green papaya soup and cold papaya shreds. You may as well buy one and try it at home.
In the hot summer, a plate of refreshing green papaya shreds is refreshing and delicious. Photo/123RF
素食泰式涼拌木瓜絲
How to make vegetarian Thai cold papaya shreds
Ingredients: green papaya, carrot, cherry tomato, a little mint, peanuts, vegetarian Thai cold sauce
Method:
1. Peel and deseed the green papaya and cut it into shreds together with the carrot
2. Cut the cherry tomato in half, and prepare the chili and mint leaves for later use
3. Mix the green papaya shreds, carrot shreds, cherry tomatoes, and mint leaves on a plate
4. Pour in an appropriate amount of spicy sauce and cold sauce, mix, pound it slightly, leave it for about 20~30 minutes, and sprinkle with peanuts
Tips
1. For every 100g of papaya shreds, use about 50~60cc of cold sauce, because the papaya shreds will produce water when soaked, so it is not recommended to add too much sauce at one time!
2. If you don’t have cherry tomatoes, you can use large red beef tomatoes cut into strips.
3. For those who like the crisp texture of green papaya strips, soak the papaya strips for about 20 minutes. If you like the sour and spicy taste, it is recommended to soak for about an hour, which will make it more flavorful.
