Feb 13 , 2021

Love at First Taste!

Love at first taste!

In 2010, at one of my husbands co-worker get-togethers, I discovered “love at first taste”.  The host made his famous Thai Green Papaya Salad and instantly fell in love with it.  Since then, green papaya salad is a common side dish in our household. 

The host learned about my “love at first taste” to his green papaya salad and while on his next visit to Thailand, he got me a grater/shredder/peeler, all in one tool, as a “pasalubong” or gift. To this day, this tool is in great working condition and continues to create magic in my kitchen. I use  it for anything and everything - shredding carrots, beets, daikon radish, and mainly for papaya salad. I’ve checked Amazon and this product is available, check it out - Slicer/Peeler/Grater.

With my love of Moringa (and not kidding, I could eat Moringa soup, inabraw, dinengdeng, etc every day), I came up with a twist to my favorite spicy green papaya salad by simply adding Moringa.  I call Moringa (Malunggay), my superfood, my nutritional powerhouse and my “I can’t live without” vegetable.

Moringa adds an amazing spicy & fresh green healthy taste to the green papaya salad. You can make this vegan by omitting the fish sauce and ground shrimp ingredients and replace it with soy sauce or any similar substitute.

Try Moringa & Green Papaya Salad today and you won’t regret it! This crunchy and tasty salad is a great addition to jazz up your menu. Not to mention it is very nutritious!!

Finding the ingredients for this recipe, if you live in Hawaii, is easy. Go to any Farmer’s Market or Filipino Store, and you’ll find Moringa, green papaya and Hawaiian chili pepper. To those who are outside of Hawaii, I expect that you can find these ingredients in the Asian isle section of the larger grocery stores. If you cannot find Moringa where you live, you can also buy my Dried Moringa product - it is as good as fresh; you just need to rehydrate or boil the dried leaves.

Enjoy and happy eating!! 

Here is the recipe: