Baked Papaya With Cinnamon & Lime: Easy Vegan Dessert
Baked Papaya With Cinnamon And Lime.
An Easy, Vegan Dessert Or Breakfast, Served With Coconut Yoghurt.
Just 3 Ingredients And 10 To 15 Minutes In The Oven.
Introduction to baked papaya
Baked papaya is half a ripe red papaya, filled with lime juice and lime slices, sprinkled with cinnamon, covered with foil and baked at 200 degrees Celsius for 10 to 15 minutes until soft. Serve it hot or cold with coconut yoghurt. It’s vegan, and it takes just three ingredients.
It’s one of my favourites, and a favourite with my friends too. Of course, your papaya could come from any tropical place, but the one I used was certainly a papaya from Darwin.
I eat it hot or cold as a dessert, or keep it in the fridge and have it cool for a yummy breakfast. When I first went to the Flametree Bali yoga retreat, I got started on eating, and learning, many of the plant based recipes you’ll find on my recipe pages. This one is so simple, you’ll wonder why you haven’t tried it before!
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Baked papaya, ready to eat
Darwin papaya, baked with cinnamon and served with coconut yoghurt. YUM!
Ingredients for baked papaya
Here are the ingredients for this Flametree Yoga Studio dish.
- A medium red Darwin papaya, or any red papaya
- 1 to 2 limes
- Half a teaspoon of cinnamon
- Coconut yoghurt, to serve
Any red papaya works. Papaya and paw paw can look alike on the outside, so check it’s red inside. I talk more about papaya and paw paw in my paw paw salad.
A red Darwin papaya
A longer shaped Darwin papaya. Papaya and paw paw often look similar on the outside.
How to make baked papaya
Use these steps to make this easy baked papaya.
Step 1: Heat the oven and prepare the papaya
- Preheat the oven to 200 degrees Celsius.
- Cut the papaya in half, lengthwise.
- Scoop out the seeds.
Step 2: Add the lime
- Squeeze the juice of a lime, and put it liberally inside the papaya.
- If it’s a juicy lime, one will be enough. Otherwise, juice another lime and add that too.
- Cut 3 lime slices and place them inside the papaya.
- Scrape half to one teaspoon of zest off the lime skin, and add it to the papaya.
Step 3: Add the cinnamon
- Sprinkle the cinnamon over the top of the papaya.
Step 4: Bake
- Cover the papaya with foil, and put it on a baking tray.
- Bake for 10 to 15 minutes in the preheated oven.
- Check it with a skewer to see how soft it is, and cook it a little longer if it needs it.
Step 5: Serve
- Cool it slightly. You can eat it hot or cold.
- Serve with coconut yoghurt.
The brown marks you can see in the next picture are the cinnamon. The lime juice sits in the bottom of the baked papaya.
Baked papaya, just out of the oven
Just out of the oven. It looks a little the worse for wear, but that’s only on the outside. Inside, it’s still firm, a bit like an uncooked papaya.
So, you can put papaya in the oven!
So yes, you can put papaya in the oven, and end up with this delicious dessert. It keeps in the fridge for a couple of days. I sliced off bits as I went.
Can you put papaya in the oven?
Yes. Cut a papaya in half, scoop out the seeds, fill it with lime juice and lime slices, and sprinkle cinnamon over the top. Cover it with foil and bake it at 200 degrees Celsius for 10 to 15 minutes, until soft. Any sort of papaya can be baked this way.
Is baked papaya vegan?
Yes. It’s just papaya, lime and cinnamon, served with coconut yoghurt. The baked papaya itself is also gluten free. If you avoid gluten, check the label on your coconut yoghurt.
Does papaya change colour when you bake it?
Yes. Papaya gets even redder in the oven, as you can see in my pictures. It’s a lovely surprise when you lift off the foil!
Baked papaya: quick questions answered
How long does baked papaya take in the oven?
Bake it for 10 to 15 minutes at 200 degrees Celsius, covered with foil. Check it with a skewer and give it a little longer if it’s not soft enough yet.
Can you eat baked papaya cold?
Yes. It’s lovely hot or cold as a dessert, or kept in the fridge and eaten cool for breakfast.
How long does baked papaya keep?
It keeps in the fridge for a couple of days. I slice bits off as I go.
How many limes do I need for baked papaya?
If your lime is juicy, the juice of one lime is enough. Otherwise juice a second lime. You also need 3 lime slices and half to one teaspoon of lime zest.
What do you serve with baked papaya?
Coconut yoghurt. It goes beautifully with the warm cinnamon and lime.
More Flametree papaya recipes
Got more papaya? Try my paw paw salad with ripe red papaya, my papaya tapioca pearl dessert with tropical fruit, or my Darwin smoothie.
Do you have a vegan recipe or dish you’d like to share?
Please contact me with any dishes you’d like to share with me.
Obviously, I’m especially interested in any dish that is already a great Darwin vegan option.
Alternatively, it may be a potential vegan Darwin recipe that I could adapt, or be inspired by, as I did here.
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Recipe by Chris Lalor, Flametree Yoga Studio, Darwin NT. General information only.
