Pickled Green Papaya With Bittermelon
By: CeciliaMQ
Published: Saturday, October 30, 2010 - 5:23pm

Ingredients




2 pieces large green papaya, shredded
1 piece bitter melon, julienned (optional)
1 piece red bell pepper, julienned
2 pieces thumb size ginger, julienned
1 piece medium size onion, sliced
8 pieces garlic cloves, sliced thin
1/2 cup raisins
1 tablespoon whole peppercorn
1/4 teaspoon turmeric
3 cups datu puti vinegar
5 tablespoons regular sugar
5 tablespoons brown sugar
1 teaspoon rock salt

Preparation

1 Mix vinegar and regular and brown sugar in a sauce pan. Taste for desired sweet and sour taste. Bring to a quick boil. Remove from heat, add the turmeric for a little color and set aside. 2 Sprinkle shredded papaya with a teaspoon of rock salt and toss well. After few minutes pour 1 cup of water and squeeze out the juices from the papaya using a cheese cloth. Set aside. 3 In a deep bowl mix pepper corn, raisins, bell pepper, ginger, onion, garlic, bittermelon, papaya and toss well. 4 Lastly: Pour the vinegar mixture over the vegetables. Toss well. Let it stand at least overnight in the fridge before serving.

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