Paw Paw Salad Recipe Darwin | Top Tastes Of The Tropics.
A scrumptious, easy, red, vegan, ripe papaya salad recipe.
It’s also among the best vegetarian papaya salad recipe options.
Plus, how an NT Darwin papaya is often seen as a Darwin paw paw.
Try a delicious “paw paw” salad recipe Darwin option. (AKA papaya).
Want a “paw paw” salad recipe Darwin style? Then try our ripe, red papaya salad recipes (not green). It’s also a vegan & vegetarian papaya salad recipe too. Plus, learn why many choose an NT Darwin Papaya, when they’re really after a paw paw salad Darwin. And does it matter? Or, scroll down now to see the simple, easy Paw paw salad Darwin ingredients.
Like almost all fruits, the Darwin NT papaya, shown in the pictures below, has a wonderful range of healthy benefits and nutrients.
Both papaya and paw paw are also at the lower to middle end of the amounts of sugar in fruit.
SCROLL to see Flametree’s red papaya salad recipes
First, let’s talk about why these ripe, red papaya salad recipes are so often confused with the paw paw salad recipe Darwin options.
The short answer is that many vegetarian, vegan papaya salad recipe/s, or the versions with other additives, use the red coloured papaya fruit.
But, some use the yellow paw paw, and don’t realise it’s actually not papaya.
Plus, many recipes for a paw paw salad Darwin, or from elsewhere, use the yellow version of the fruit. That’s providing they even realise the difference.
But, papaya and paw paw are actually two totally different fruits. See more about this below.
Paw paw is also just more popular, and well known to many. So, paw paw is what the majority of people search for, even when they like the red Darwin NT papaya in the picture below.
Or, they simply don’t know how to tell them apart from each other (at least from the outside).
Your Paw paw salad Darwin ingredients start with an NT Darwin papaya.
An NT Darwin papaya that I used for this paw paw salad Darwin option… just like many others do. But, of course, you can tweak the many versions of this recipe to your own liking. Scroll down to see the easy vegetarian papaya salad recipe I created, or the Paw paw salad Darwin ingredients.
The confusion around a paw paw salad Darwin origins
Red papaya is a native of the tropics of Mexico and South America. But the yellow pawpaw, which is not biologically related, is a native of North America.
(In fact, I (Chris) had never never seen a red papaya until, in my early 20’s, I went to Papua New Guinea.)
When papaya’s are uncut, if you look closer, the papaya is oval or pear-shaped.
But a pawpaw is rounder (but not always!).
You can see the longer papaya shape in the picture below.
Or, if you want to get started, just scroll down now to see Flametree’s simple paw paw salad recipe Darwin style.
I am of course talking about a ripe papaya salad. Darwin is of course also famous for a green papaya salad.
So, soon I will also share our green “paw paw” salad Darwin option.
Darwin papaya (red inside). Get them at markets, organic suppliers, or Asian shops.
Longer shaped Darwin papaya. Double check with your supplier, about whether it’s a red papaya, or a yellow paw paw. This papaya is perfect as the central player in your Paw paw salad Darwin ingredients.
Easy papaya salad recipe
I and many others prefer the red papaya, because they’re a tad sweeter and maybe more juicy.
But, both the red and yellow fruits are delicious.
So, that’s also why the yellow paw paw salad recipe Darwin options are sometimes confused with the easy, red papaya salad recipes.
It’s also why I’ve co-named this recipe as a simple, paw paw recipes salad option.
See more about the differences in the useful infographic below (from cuisine vault).
Ripe papaya salad recipe can also be done with paw paw
The paw paw salad recipe Darwin confusion, starts with how they look similar on the outside, but are actually very different. Both are wonderful. Maybe actually being sure you have a red papaya is the more challenging part of making your easy papaya salad recipe.
Ingredients for paw paw salad recipe Darwin option
As you can see in the pictures, I’m actually using a red papaya, but many would also see this as a paw paw recipes salad.
All of the Darwin paw paw confusion is probably made worse the popularity of green paw paw salad, where the colours are different again.
Whatever its called, the red papaya version, in my view, is even more delicious than the yellow paw paw version.
Plus, in the recipe below, I made tweaks to make this version work even better as a red, ripe, and vegan papaya salad recipe option.
So, below, get underway with these simple, paw paw salad Darwin ingredients (with either papaya or paw paw).
Easy paw paw salad Darwin ingredients
- A medium red paw paw (but, you could you use the yellow paw paw if that’s all you can get)
- Half a cup of mint
- Half a cup of fresh coriander
- One red capsicum
- Half a red onion
- 2 cloves of garlic
- One dessert spoon of minced ginger
- A half tsp of cayenne pepper
- Half tsp of smoky paprika
- Olive oil (good quality)
- One cucumber
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 6 cherry tomatoes, ideally organic
- One small, mild to medium chili
- A third of a cup of lemon juice and lime juice mixed together…and possibly a little more (see below).
By the way, if you can get an NT Darwin papaya that is organic, such as from an organic supplier around the region, they’re even more scrumptious.
My easy, “paw paw” salad recipe Darwin option, using papaya.
A simple paw paw salad recipe Darwin style, with tofu, eggplant, & mushroom baked shashliks. But, of course, you could also more accurately call it a vegetarian papaya salad recipe.
How to make your paw paw salad recipe Darwin alternative (that’s better!)
As you can see, I’m using a Darwin papaya, because I think they’re even better than paw paws.
Use these steps for your simple “paw paw” salad recipe Darwin style.
- Cut paw paw or papaya into bit sized cubes
- Chop mint and coriander
- Halve tomatoes
- Slice the red capsicum
- Finely slice red onion
- Mince the garlic and ginger
- Chop the cucumber into pieces
- Combine all of the above, plus cayenne and paprika
- Add the lemon / lime juice mix, and add more if you taste and feel it is needed.
- Mix with 2 tablespoons of olive oil (but don’t overdo it).
- Add black pepper and salt
- Toss salad, and leave in fridge for at least and hour.
Incidentally, another thing I love about the Flametree Bali retreat, is that we’re regularly served up wonderful red papaya recipes.
Some are like this Flametree recipe, but the experienced cooks at the retreat also make other variations too.
As you may know, papaya from tropical islands like Bali or Papua New Guinea, tastes even better than what I’ve found in Darwin NT.
A pink grapefruit salad, & a vegetarian papaya salad recipe delight.
Vegetarian & vegan papaya salad recipe options, along with a pink (ruby red) grapefruit salad. (By the way, pink grapefruit is very low in natural sugar.)
Do you have a dish you’d like to share?
Please contact me with any other dishes you’d like to share with me, especially any you may have done using your local fruits or vegetables.
Plus, I’m especially interested in recipes with any of the more exotic, or tropical, fruits or vegetables… especially those that are lower in sugar.
Along with this simple paw paw salad recipe Darwin style, I’ll also soon be sharing our Darwin green papaya salad recipe and pictures.
A Darwin papaya dessert option, just with local NT limes.
Dessert option from red papaya. Perfect for following up your vegetarian papaya salad recipe. (Thank you to the yoga student who brought some delicious, backyard limes to all of us in the class).
A simple dessert to have after your paw paw salad recipe Darwin delight, made from the same NT Darwin papaya.
But first, try a simple, easy papaya salad recipe.
Flavourful local food at our Flametree retreats
By the way, there’s are several upcoming Flametree retreats in Bali in 2024/2025, including over the Easter 2025, and the August holiday periods.
In our Bali retreats, one of the many things I like about the Flametree retreat is that almost all of the meal ingredients are bought daily in the large local markets… sun ripened.
As a result, you’ll also be delighted with some more vegetarian papaya salad recipe options, plus much more.
Plant based eating experience at a retreat
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