Lao Papaya Salad - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 cups shredded papayas
1 garlic clove
4 chilies
1 tablespoon shrimp paste
1/4 tablespoon crab, paste
1 tablespoon fish sauce
1 tablespoon msg (option)
1 tablespoon fermented fish (padek option)
3 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons lime juice
6 cherry tomatoes, but in half

Preparation

Using a large mortar and pestle and pound garlic and chilies together.
Add shrimp and crab paste and continue pounding.
Add papaya than add the rest of the ingredients and use a spoon to help mix ingredients together.
Taste and adjust to your taste, its should be sweet, sour, salty and hot.
Enjoy.