Thai Papaya Salad

salad
8oz snow peas
2 papayas
1 head of napa cabbage, chopped
diced tomato/grape tomato halves, for garnish
chopped peanuts or cashews, for garnish

dressing
2 garlic cloves, minced
2 fresh red chilies, seeds removed and diced (I ended up using green jalapenos, still tasty)
1t sugar
2T soy sauce
juice of 1 lime

Place the peas in a pot of boiling water for ~2 minutes, so that they are bright green but still tender.  Drain the peas, rinse in cold water, and coarsely chop them.

Peel the papayas.  Cut them in half and scoop out the seeds.  Chop into bite size pieces.

Toss the peas and papaya with the dressing.  Serve on a bed of cabbage and garnish with tomatoes and peanuts.

Note: Our local Thai restaurant makes a similar salad, but instead of (maybe along with?) papaya they use grape halves, sliced strawberries, and granny smith apples cut into match sticks.