Papaya Dishes
 Sarbottam Silwal

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Ethiopian Fruit Salad
Ingredients:
1 ripe mango, peeled and cut in pieces
1 small ripe papaya, peeled and cut in pieces
1 navel orange, peel removed and cut in sections
1 1/2 cups seedless grapes
1 banana, sliced
Directions:
1 Combine all the cut up fruit.
2 Add the banana at the last minute.

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Papaya Shrimp Salad
Ingredients:
4 cups cooked jasmine rice, chilled
1 lb cooked small to medium shrimp, peeled, de-tailed, and de-veined
2 papayas, peeled and diced
1 cup spicy picante sauce, your favorite
2 -3 tablespoons honey, to taste
3 tablespoons pineapple juice
4 tablespoons fresh lime juice
1/2 teaspoon dried ancho chile powder
1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
2 tablespoons minced fresh basil
2 tablespoons olive oil
16 butter lettuce leaves
Directions:
1 In a ceramic bowl, combine the cooked rice, shrimp, and papaya.
2 In a separate small bowl, combine the picante sauce, honey, pineapple juice, lime juice,
ancho, cumin, basil, and olive oil; whisk together well to make the dressing.
3 Pour the dressing over the rice mixture and toss well to coat.
4 Chill for 1 hour.
5 To serve, place butter lettuce leaves decoratively on a platter, place salad on the leaves, and
serve.

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Tropical Papaya Salad
Ingredients:
1 Lime, Juice And Zest Of
1 Teaspoon Hot Bean Paste
1 Teaspoon Sugar
1/4 Cup Finely Diced Onion
1 Teaspoon Grated Fresh Ginger
1 Garlic Clove, Minced
1/2 Teaspoon Salt
6 Cups Peeled And Julienned Papayas
1 Hot Red Chili Pepper, Seeded, Veined, And Finely Chopped
2 Tablespoons Chopped Fresh Ilantro Or 2 Tablespoons Chopped Fresh Parsley
Directions:
1 In A Bowl Combine Lime Juice, Bean Paste, Sugar, Onion, Ginger, Garlic And Salt;
Mix Well. Add Papaya, Chile Pepper, Cilantro, Toss To Combine.
2 Cover And Refrigerate For 2 Hours.
3 Serve Chilled.

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Papaya Soup Cold
Ingredients:
1 ripe papaya
sugar, to taste
fresh lime juice, to taste
Directions:
1 Peel the papaya and cut in half. Spoon out the seeds and keep them in a small
container in the refrigerator.
2 Cut the papaya into chunks and reduce to a liquid puree in the food processor.
Add the sugar and lime juice. If the puree is too thick, stir in a little water, but be
very careful that you do not add too much water or you will lose the consistency.
3 Serve in fruit cups with a dab of the reserved seeds in the center of each serving.

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Chicken Soup With Green Papaya
Ingredients
:
2 1/2 lbs chicken pieces
1 teaspoon salt
1 dash pepper
3 tablespoons salad oil
1 teaspoon gingerroot, crushed
1 onion, sliced
30 ounces chicken broth
2 cups water
1 papaya, pared and seeded
Directions:
1 Season chicken with salt and pepper. In a large sauce pot, heat oil and brown chicken.
2 Add ginger and onion; cook until onion is transparent.
3 Add broth and water. Cover and simmer for 1 hour.
4 Peel papaya and cut into 2 x 2 1/2 inch pieces. Add papaya to soup and cook 5 to 10
minutes or until papaya is tender

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Papaya Dessert Soup
Ingredients:
1 papaya
2 -3 pieces dried white fungus
3 -4 pieces rock sugar
1 -2 tablespoon sugar
40 g lotus seeds
1 liter water
Directions:
1. Wash the papaya and cut into 1-inch cubes.
2 Soak the White fungus until it expands.
3 Cut the White fungus into smaller pieces.
4 Cook the rock sugar until it has melted.
5 Boil the rock sugar and place the papaya pieces into the pot.
6 After the soup has boiled, place the soup into a ceramic pot.
7 Get a large metal pot and put the ceramic pot inside.
8 Fill the large metal pot with a little bit of water and let the water boil.
9 Lower the heat, cover tightly and simmer for an hour.

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Papaya Smoothie
Ingredients:
2 cups chopped peeled seeded papayas
1 cup chilled pineapple juice
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup sliced banana
4 ice cubes
1 tablespoon honey
2 teaspoons fresh lime juice
Directions:
1 Combine all ingredients in blender.
2 Puree until smooth.
3 Pour into 2 tall glasses.

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Papaya Lemonade
Ingredients:
1 cup sugar
1 cup boiling water
3 1/2 cups cold water, divided
3 cups peeled chopped papayas
1 cup fresh lemon juice (about 4 large lemons)
Directions:
1 Combine sugar and boiling water, stirring until sugar dissolves.
2 Let cool slightly.
3 Place sugar syrup, 2 cups cold water, papaya, and lemon juice in blender;
process until mixture is smooth.
4 Stir in remaining 1 1/2 cups cold water.
5 Serve over ice.
6 Enjoy!

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Strawberry-Papaya Shake
Ingredients:
3/4 cup papaya, peeled, seeded, and chopped
1/2 cup fresh strawberries
1/2 cup milk (or soy or almond milk)
1/2 cup plain yogurt
1 tablespoon honey
3 large ice cubes
papayas (to garnish) or strawberry slices (to garnish)
fresh mint (to garnish)
Directions:
1 Combine papaya, strawberries, milk, yogurt, and honey in a blender. Cover and blend until smooth.
2 With the blender running, add ice cubes, one at a time, through the opening in the lid, until ice is crushed
and mixture is smooth.
3 Pour into 2 tall glasses.
4 Garnish with papaya or strawberry slices and mint, if desired.
5 Serve immediately.
6 Makes 2 servings.

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Bahamian Papaya Rum Cake
Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups papayas, diced
1 cup golden raisin
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1/2 cup rum
4 tablespoons butter
3/4 cup brown sugar
Cake Mix
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup cake flour
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
1 teaspoon salt
5 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 cup butter, diced
4 eggs
1/2 cup sour cream
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1 lemon, zest of, only
1 cup sweetened flaked coconut
Rum Glaze
1/2 cup butter, melted
1 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup rum
Directions:
1 In a bowl, combine the diced papaya, raisins
and lemon juice. Add 1/2 cup rum and allow to soak
for half an hour.
2 Spray a large 12 cup bundt pan with cooking spray
and add 4 tbs melted butter and 3/4 cup brown sugar
to the bottom of the pan. With a tablespoon strain 5
heaping tbs of the fruit mixture and add to the sugar
mixture in the bottom of the pan.
3 In an electric mixer blend flour, sugar, salt, baking
powder and diced butter on low speed. When
blended continue mixing and add the 4 eggs one at a
time. Follow with the sour cream, vanilla and oil.
Add the remaining fruit mixture (including the
liquid), the lemon zest and coconut and blend well.
4 Pour the batter into the bundt pan and bake in a
preheated oven at 325 degrees for 1 hour. Check for
doneness with a wooden pick. Remove from oven
and let cool for 10 minutes.
5 For the glaze: In a small pan on the stove, mix
butter, granulated sugar and rum and bring just to a
boil. Spoon the glaze onto the cake until it is
completely absorbed. Cover with plastic wrap and let
sit overnight.
6 Before turning out the cake onto a serving platter,
warm it in a 325 degree oven for 10 minutes to
loosen the sugar mixture at the bottom of the pan.
The cake will be very delicate.

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Pawpaw (Papaya) Tarts
Ingredients:
Pawpaw Filling
3 cups papayas (1 large or two medium Papaya)
2 cups sugar
3 tablespoons lime juice (about 4 limes)
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
2 tablespoons margarine
1 pinch salt
Crust
4 cups flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/4 cups margarine
1/2 cup sugar
1 1/3 cups milk
Directions:
Filling:.
2 Peel your pawpaw and remove the seeds. Cut up into chunks
roughly 1 square inch. Place papaya in a pot. Cover with water,
1
add salt, cover the pot, and boil until soft.
3 When done, drain off the water and cool. Use a cook spoon
to mash and force the papaya through a strainer.
4 Squeeze the limes and add the juice. Be careful to not add
any seeds. Stir in margarine, vanilla, and cinnamon(or
nutmeg).
5 Add 1 1/2 cup of sugar, stir, and taste. Slowly add remaining
sugar to your taste. I use the entire 2 cups because I like it very
sweet. You may not. Mix well and set aside.
6 Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
7 Pie Crust:.
8 Measure out and combine flour, salt, and baking powder in a
mixing bowl. Use a fork to cut the butter into the flour. To cut,
you simply mash the margarine into small pieces while mixing
in the flour. Cut and mix until the small pieces of butter are
more or less spread out in the flour.
9 Stir sugar in the milk. Pour sweetened milk into flour
mixture. Fold milk into flour evenly.
10 Use your hands to gather dough into a ball. Place on lightly
floured surface. Divide the dough into four pieces. Use a
rolling pin to flatten each piece of dough.
11 Divide it into two sections for easy handling. Roll the dough
out flat on a lightly floured surface as shown in the photo. Use
a large round cookie cutter to cut the dough into circles.
12 Spoon the filling in to the center of the dough and fold over.
Seal the edges with a fork.
13 Grease and flour a cookie sheet. Place the tarts on the
cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees until golden brown (about
20-25 minutes.).
14 Use a spatula to remove from the cookie sheet. Enjoy

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Banana Papaya Cupcakes
Ingredients:
1 (18 ounce) package banana cake mix
3 eggs
1/4 cup water
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup applesauce
1 cup papaya, mashed
1/2 cup sour cream
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1 (12 ounce) container cream cheese frosting
Directions:
1 Lightly beat eggs.
2 Mix together all ingredients
3 Feel free to add chopped pecans, walnuts, chocolate chips or raisins!
4 Bake at 325 degrees F (Mini cupcakes: Approximately 12-15 minutes. Cupcakes:
23-26 minutes.).
5 Ice with cream cheese icing.

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Papaya Salsa
Ingredients:
1 large papaya
1/4 red bell pepper, coarsely chopped
1/4 green bell pepper, coarsely chopped
1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and minced
2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
1 1/2 teaspoons fresh lime juice
1 1/2 teaspoons orange juice
1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
Directions:
1 peel, split, and seed papaya; chop coarsely.
2 Mix together all ingredients in a bowl.
3 Serve over grilled fish such as ahi tuna, swordfish; also grilled chicken.

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Papaya Yogurt Boats
Ingredients:
2 tablespoons lime juice
2 tablespoons honey
1/2 cup nonfat plain yogurt
1 ripe papaya, halved and seeded
Directions:
1 Combine lime juice and honey.
2 Slowly stir in yogurt, until consistency of a creamy
sauce.
3 Pour sauce into the center of the papaya halves.
4 ENJOY!

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Coconut-Papaya Rice
Ingredients:
1 cup uncooked long-grain rice
1/4 cup water
salt
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 (14 ounce) can coconut milk (not cream of coconut)
1 ripe papaya, peeled, seeded and chopped (1 pound)
Directions:
1 Heat all ingredients except papaya to boiling in 2-quart saucepan, stirring once or
twice; reduce heat. Cover and simmer 19 minutes (do not lift cover or stir); remove
from heat. Fluff rice lightly with fork. Cover and let steam 5 to 10 minutes.
2 Mash half of the papaya. Reserve 2 tablespoons chopped papaya. Stir mashed
papaya and remaining chopped papaya into rice. Heat, stirring occasionally, until
mixture is hot. Sprinkle with reserved papaya and, if desired, additional cinnamon.
3 Substitution.
4 If you’re in the mood to experiment, go ahead and replace the papaya with an
equal amount of chopped mango.

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Papaya Fritters
Ingredients:
1 cup self-rising flour
1/2 cup milk
1 egg, beaten
1 1/2 tablespoons sugar
1 cup papaya, peeled and cut into cubes
oil, for frying
Directions:
1 Combine flour, milk, egg and sugar. Then stir in papaya. (do not use
electric mixer).
2 Drop by teaspoonfuls into hot oil.
3 Cook 1 to 2 minutes on each side or until golden brown.
4 Drain on paper towels.
5 Fritters can also be cooked on a griddle, like a pancake.
6 Serve hot as a snack or side dish.

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Papaya Canapes
Ingredients:
1 papaya, peeled and seeded
3 tablespoons butter
1/2 loaf French bread, sliced into 12 slices (the skinny baguette)
1 lemon, juice of
2 tablespoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
fresh mint, for garnish
Directions:
1 Slice the papaya into thin rounds and mix sugar and cinnamon very well.
2 Butter bread lightly, top with a thin round of papaya and sprinkle with
cinnamon sugar.
3 Cover with another thin slice of papaya and lightly sprinkle lemon juice
over top.
4 Garnish with mint leaves.

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Papaya Ketchup
Ingredients:
2 teaspoons olive oil
1 garlic clove, minced
2 Tomatoes, seeded and roughly chopped or
1 cup chopped canned tomato
1 serrano chili, seeds and ribs removed, finely chopped
1/2 teaspoon sugar
1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar
1 1/2 teaspoons soy sauce
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon sesame oil
1 ripe papaya, peeled, seeded, rougly chopped (about 1 cupt)
1 lime, juice of
Directions:
1 Heat the olive oil in a large saute pan over med hig hieat.
2 Add the garlic and saute for 2 to 3 min, until softened.
3 Add the tomatoes, chili, sugar, and vinegar, reduce the heat to med, and cook, stirring frequently, until the
tomatoes are very soft, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool slightly.
4 Transfer tomato mixture to a blender.
5 Add the soy sauce, ginger, sesame oil, papaya, and lime juice and puree until smooth.
6 Store in a tightly cover container in the fridge for up to 5 days.

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Papaya Oat Muffins
Ingredients:
1/4 cup raisins
1/4 cup rum (to soak raisins) or 1/4 cup water, hot (to soak raisins)
1 cup Bisquick or 1 cup krusteaz baking mix
1 cup oatmeal (or combination) or 1 cup flour (or combination) or 1 cup whole wheat flour (or combination)
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon clove
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup milk
1/3 cup honey or 1/3 cup light Karo syrup
2 cups papayas or 2 cups mangoes, chopped
1/2 cup nuts, chopped
Directions:
1 Preheat oven to 350°F.
2 Lightly grease or spray muffin cups or line with papers.
3 Set raisins in a bowl of hot rum to soak.
4 In a large bowl, mix dry ingredients.
5 Make a well, and add oil, milk, and honey.
6 Mix just until combined and moistened (Do Not overmix).
7 Stir in fruit, nuts, and raisins (drain raisins before adding).
8 Drop the batter into muffin tins.
9 Bake for 25-30 minutes, testing with toothpick to see if they're done.

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Papaya Balls
Ingredients:
1 papaya, peeled and grated
1 teaspoon lime zest
2 teaspoons lime juice
3 cups sugar (approximately. use 3/4 cup sugar per every cup of papaya)
green food coloring or red food coloring
Directions:
1 Squeeze excess juice out of the grated papaya.
2 Measure the papaya: to every cup of papaya, add 3/4 cup sugar.
3 Mix the papaya, sugar, lime peel and lime juice in a saucepan.
4 Cook slowly over medium/low heat until the mixture "gels".
5 Add a few drops of food coloring.
6 Cool.
7 Shape into balls and roll the balls in granulated sugar.