Using a serrated knife, halve the papaya crosswise and peel the skin ... Add the sugar and shrimp and pound until blended. Add the green beans and lightly pound them. Pour in the lime juice ...

mango, chilli, fish, shellfish or meat. Ripe papaya is also good in tropical fruit salads and puréed in smoothies. Use green papaya as a vegetable or turn into pickle. It is particularly good raw ...

The Thai dish of som tam, or green papaya salad, is wonderfully refreshing. In restaurants, it's served as the cook makes it. But Thailand’s street stalls and specialist som tam shops will ...