It’s my pleasure to bring to you some amazing recipes using one of the most healthiest fruits – Papaya! A huge thanks to all those who tried hard to get hold of one, for racking your brains for a recipe and a special thanks to my sis and Nanditha for contributing not one, but two recipes! And for those who thought Papaya can only be cut and eaten just like that, here are some recipes to get you started on thinking otherwise. Let’s start the party with some drinks, shall we?
Drinks
Sig’s Papaya Delight
Mansi’s Tropical Cocktail
Rajitha’s Papaya Soy Smoothie
Snacks
Asha’s Papaya Pecan Scones
Nanditha’s Soy-Papaya Samosa
Bharathy’s Papaya Muffins
Marta’s Papaya and Brie Quesadilla
Raaga’s Fruit Cookies
Salads
Namratha’s Super Exotic Salad
Raw Papaya Carrot Salad
Papaya Salad
Renuka’s Papaya Paneer Salad
Mains and Sides
Grihini’s Raw Papaya Paratha
Jayashree’s Papaya Thoran
Bindiya’s Raw Papaya Parathas
Nanditha’s Papaya Dry Curry
Maya’s Raw Papaya Curry with Shrimp
Aparna’s Papaya Aviyal
Sweets
Dhivya’s Papaya Halwa
Jayasree’s Jujups
Srivalli’s Papaya Halwa
Papaya Burfi
Vijaya’s Papaya Halwa
Shareshtha’s Pepe Paturi
Also Gazal Misra, a non-blogger, sent me this lovely recipe to add to the round up. Thank you Gazal!
Papaya Lassi Recipe
1 cup ripe papaya, diced and mashed well
1 cup plain yogurt
2 cups chilled water
2 tablespoons lime juice (optional)
Few mint leaves
Ice cubes
A luxurious addition – a dollop of vanilla ice cream
(add 2 tsp of sugar, in case you aren’t on a diet)
Use a hand blender to beat or blend yogurt and sugar, then add water and beat again. Add mashed papaya with all the seasonings. Add a dollop of vanilla ice cream in the glass and pour the lassi over it. Garnish with mint and serve cold.
Kribha
Great round-up Nags. Too bad that I couldn’t contribute to this also. But you have done an excellent job of hosting this. Otherwise people like me would not have known that we can do so many dishes with Papaya.
Namratha
Fabulous round-up….now I know what I can make with Papaya other than salad!!
chemcookit
So cool! I had no idea so many things could be done with papaya. Thanks for putting together such a great roundup!
Rajitha
awesome nags..one amazing recipe after another!! great round-up ๐
Sig
lovely round up N, this is a one-stop shop for papaya recipes now…thanks for hosting!
Siri
That was one lovely Papaya roundup Nags.. each n every entry is so unique n yummy.. :))
Great Job gurl!
~ Siri
DK
I couldnt find a papaya! ๐ But am so glad for those who found , thanks to which there is innovative round up with papaya! Thanks Nags for the round up! I had no idea there is cartload of stuff unknown to me to be done with papaya!
Seena
Looks lovely Nags!
Didn’t expect that much recipes with papaya! ๐
Nanditha Prabhu
Nags,
it was nice to see so much variety and creativity with this fruit!
Rachel
Wow there’s so much one can do with papaya..thanks nags for making me realize there’s more to papaya!!