Green Papaya Salad from Thai Food and Cooking by Judy Bastyra and Becky Johnson

Ingredients

• sliced fresh red chillies, to garnish
• 30 ml/2 tbsp crushed roasted peanuts
• juice of 1 lime
• 1 green papaya
• 4 garlic cloves, coarsely chopped
• 15 ml/1 tbsp chopped shallots
• 3/4 fresh red chillies, seeded and sliced
• 2 1/2 ml/½ tsp salt
• 2/3 snake beans or 6 green beans, cut into 2cm/¾ in lengths
• 2 tomatoes, cut into thin wedges
• 45 ml/3 tbsp Thai fish sauce
• 15 ml/1 tbsp caster (superfine) sugar