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Green Papaya with Nigella Scent is a delicious tasting vegetable with unripe Papaya. It is difficult to guess that you are eating papaya unless you see your mom chopping it up. 😀
Green Papaya with Nigella
Unripe papaya as a meat tenderiser is great. It is used as an ingredient for salad in South Asian cuisine too but the use of Unripe Papaya in Indian cuisine was an eye-opener to me. Looks like I know what happens elsewhere more than my own backyard.
When it pours in Goa it pours and one such unseasonal rain my neighbour’s heavily loaded papaya tree finally surrendered and fell. Therefore, the next day she offered me 2 green papayas and looking at my blank expression told me to make a vegetable.
She gave a version that uses coconut now that I am reducing the use of coconut in our food preferred to make this version that I saw in Chef Vikas Khanna’s book, “My First Kitchen!” which I have borrowed from the Central Library, Panaji. Chef has used laung/cloves too but I did not as hubby who has a sea change in his diet did not want to add more pressure.
We eat a lot of Papaya but as a fruit or as a smoothie. I have made a salad in the past but lost the post when I was hacked. Hopefully, the salad will be the next post.
Green Papaya with Nigella
Green Papaya with Nigella Scent
- Serves: 4
- Preparation Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
Ingredients:
- 2 tbsp Oil
- 1 tbsp nigella seed/kalonji/onion seeds
- 1/2 tsp laung/cloves (I did not use)
- 1 cup onion chopped
- 1 tbsp dhania/ coriander seed powder
- 1/2 tsp haldi/turmeric powder
- 3 cups unripe papaya peeled, deseeded and chopped
- Salt to taste
Method:
- In a kadhai/wok heat oil.
- Add the kalonji seeds and cloves, if using, and stir-fry till you get a nice aroma.
- Add the chopped onion, haldi and the coriander seed powder. Stir-fry until onion is golden brown.
- Reduce the heat, add the papaya, salt and mix well.
- Cook covered, (I covered with a big plate on which I added water) until papaya is tender. I had to use about a tablespoon of water to prevent the vegetable burning.
- Serve hot.
Green Papaya with Nigella
Green Papaya with Nigella Scent
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp Oil
- 1 tbsp nigella seed/kalonji/onion seeds
- 1/2 tsp laung/cloves I did not use
- 1 cup onion chopped
- 1 tbsp dhania/ coriander seed powder
- 1/2 tsp haldi/turmeric powder
- 3 cups unripe papaya peeled deseeded and chopped
- Salt to Taste
Instructions
- In a kadhai/wok heat oil.
- Add the kalonji seeds and cloves, if using, and stir-fry till you get a nice aroma.
- Add the chopped onion, haldi and the coriander seed powder. Stir-fry until onion is golden brown.
- Reduce the heat, add the papaya, salt and mix well.
- Cook covered, (I covered with a big plate on which I added water) until papaya is tender. I had to use about a tablespoon of water to prevent the vegetable burning.
- Serve hot.
Simple and nice recipe..I can enjoy it even without any accompaniment.
True Shobha.
Wow, excellent dish, never tried green papaya this way, am sure this dish will definitely tickle my tastebuds.
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That sounds like a very flavorful and healthy dish with papaya. Nigella seeds must have added a lot of flavor.
Yes it did Pavani. Thanks.
Such a flavourful one this is. I should try it sometime. True, even I have not eaten the green one!
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Simple and quick to make…yummy
Thanks.
Looks amazing. DefinTely wanna give it a try. We make raw papaya stir fry but never tried this way..
Now I will definitely want to try your recipe.
Sounds awesome, simple yet yummy preparation!
Thanks, Freda.
The papaya salad looks delicious. Its interesting to see that you have used nigella seeds in the salad. Lovely share????
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I will fall for anything with nigella in it.. and you just made it better with raw papaya.
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Papaya and nigella creates a great combo, this is such a healthy dish that’s yummy too 🙂 thanks for the share.
The pleasure is all mine, Meghna.
I like Green papaya curry. I usually make avial with papaya. This sounds easy and delicious.
Now Uma I will like the avial recipe, please.
Archana I don’t like preparing my sabjis in the same style day in day out. This is a new recipe for me and adding kalonji makes it all that more interesting. Looks very tempting.
I think we are peas in a pod! Mayuri we seem to have similar likes and dislikes.
green papaya with nigella seeds definitely a magic combo.
Thanks.