overripe papaya curtido
currently visiting my sister and she's had this papaya lying around for weeks getting old and i've been trying to figure out ways to use it since i'm not the biggest fan of eating them plain
i came up with this super simple and cheap curtido (a quick pickled cabbage relish that is super customizable and takes literally 15 min)
i blended half a medium ripe papaya, hot water, habanero sauce, and veggie bullion until smooth, about the viscosity of tomato sauce. i then added enough vinegar (ratio 1:10 or 2:10 to your sauce depending on how vinergary you like stuff, i like mine extra 🤤) shredded a small cabbage very thinly and added it and that's it 😁
peeling the papaya and shredding the cabbage were the most time consuming parts but all in all this took me maybe 15 mins
this was delicious! i made mine extra spicy and it is such a bright addition to all of my meals so far, it's super versatile and can be used as a topping, dip, filling, etc
pictured are garnaches which is a belizean street food made with beans cheeze (id omit next time unless fully melted which i was too lazy to do tbh) tomato/enchilada sauce and the curtido, the tostadas con nopal🌵were on sale haha
the papaya flavor doesn't come through at all! i'm actually kinda bummed about it because i was excited for it i was expecting idk like a mango or pineapple habanero type of vibe which sounds hella good to me so i think next time i make this i will pan fry with a tiny bit of sugar until all the water is cooked out and then blend it and hopefully the papaya flavor will come through more!