Young papaya is often a popular dish in my area, usually young papaya is processed into soup or processed into crunchy snacks like in my previous post. Well this time is different, I want to cook young papaya into a side dish menu for lunch at home.
Red cooked young papaya is one of the preparations of young papaya with red sauce. It certainly looks like curry at first glance, with a mixture of spices that are commonly used in curry. However, this dish adds chili paste for a blushing red result. I made this dish to be enjoyed during the day with warm white rice. Very suitable as a family mainstay menu.
Here's the step by step preparation to make this dish.
Main Ingredients
300 gram young papaya
300 ml coconut milk
1 tablespoon chili paste
1 pandan leaf
2 bay leaves
Ground spices
1 dried chili
3 cloves shallots
2 cloves garlic
5 red chili
5 cayenne
1 hazelnut
Grate a small piece of young papaya with the seeds, be careful when grating because papaya is slippery and hard.
All spices are blended with a little water until perfectly smooth. Ground spices after being blended in a stir-fry with a little oil, don't forget to add bay leaves and pandanus leaves.
Saute until fragrant, then add chili paste and 200 ml of water.
Add thick coconut milk that I store in the frezer stirring until evenly cooked until boiling.
Then finally add the young papaya then season with salt, if you want more savory add a little mushroom broth.
Look at the result, the young red papaya is indeed so bright in color. The added touch of finely chopped young coconut with a grater makes it very easy to tenderize. Eaten it will be very delicious, the sensati of the sauce is indeed spicy savory, this is not sweet at all. The general sweetness is directly from the young papaya itself.
I highly recommend that you enjoy it with warm white rice, or you can prepare it with whatever bread you prefer. I think the spiciness is just right, because I didn't use curly chili peppers that are too spicy, so even though the color is red, the taste is still right on the tongue.
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