Green Papaya Salad - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 lb. green papaya
1 clove garlic
2 to 3 red chili peppers, seeded
6 cherry tomatoes
1 Tbsp. roasted unsalted peanuts
2 Tbsp. fish sauce
3 Tbsp. lime juice
1/2 to 1 Tbsp. sugar (coconut palm sugar if available)
10 mint leaves
lettuce leaves

Preparation

Peel and seed papaya.
Cut julienne.
Grind together garlic, red chilies and roasted peanuts with water.
Mix together the papaya, cherry tomatoes, fish sauce, lime juice and mint leaves. Add garlic mixture and toss lightly.
Place papaya mixture on an ample bed of lettuce for garnish and for eating.