Thai Crab Meat Salad

Ingredients

• 300 g small bell peppers (1 red, 1 green, 2 small bell peppers)
• 1 large shallot
• 1 kg small papaya (3 small papayas)
• 30 g ginger (1 piece)
• 1 red chili pepper
• 2 tbsp rice vinegar
• 3 tbsp Thai fish sauce
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 0.25 tsp Salt
• 350 g crab meat
• 0.5 bunch cilantro

Instructions

1. 1.

   Quarter the bell peppers, remove seeds, wash and cut into 5 mm cubes.

2. 2.

   Peel and finely chop the shallot.

3. 3.

   Peel, deseed and cube one papaya into 5 mm pieces.

4. 4.

   Peel ginger, cut into pieces and press with a garlic press to extract juice. Halve the chili pepper, remove seeds, wash and finely chop.

5. 5.

   Whisk ginger juice, vinegar, fish sauce, sugar, salt and 2 tbsp water until sugar and salt dissolve.

6. 6.

   Inspect crab meat for any remaining shallot parts. Gently mix all prepared ingredients in a bowl.

7. 7.

   Wash cilantro, shake dry, pluck leaves while leaving tender stems attached to the leaves.

8. 8.

   Halve the remaining papayas, remove seeds. Lay papaya halves with cilantro and fill with salad. Serve immediately.