Making green pawpaw curry - fresh and delicious way to use abundant fruit!

Pranesh is back from his trip down to Durban where he had lots of fun ziplining, eating bunny chows and snorkeling - got check out his channel for all that content loading soon!
And he brought back some lovely green pawpaws so I can show all the viewers a old recipe that has perhaps been lost to the younger generation - green pawpaw curry!
Ingredients
2 green pawpaws cleaned and cubed
1 onion, sliced
1/2 cup oil
1/2 tsp mustard seeds
1 tbs mixed masala
1 tsp garam masala
1 tsp dhania (coriander) powder
1 tsp jeera (cumin) powder
1 tsp hurdee (tumeric) powder
1 tsp pure chillie powder
1 tsp crushed ginger and garlic
1 tsp salt - adjust to taste
2 tomatoes roughly chopped
a handful of curry leaves
dhania to garnish
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How we mix our masala:
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[@giogioskara237]

Sooo…Tasty….Very old traditional recipe.. Bring back memories..a little giggles.. So we had paw paw trees in our garden.. 2 of them.They used to bare beautifully. Ffg year they both blossomed and bared , Weeks later, the tree on the far left, stopped baring. My mom was curious, this neighbor ; famous aunty Shantie, told mom, she knew why it wasn’t producing any fruit. Cause it was a “Male Tree”🤣😂🤣😂Gosh the way I laughed so hard, my mom was gullible she believed the lie.. I took mom to science, I was 9yrs old. Plot was Aunty Shantie, was stealing them All along.. Mom was furious, but laughed it out at the end. Old saying goes “10 days rogue gets caught in 1 day..l😂😅🤣 Thanks for sharing your beautiful curry with us🤩love Anesa

[@GaithreeDeviLuckan]

Hi Anesa. This story made me laugh! Poor aunty Shantie got caught!
It reminds me of a story from when we were kids that my mom told us was the reason for pawpaw trees being called pawpaw. It goes along the lines that the women from the barracks would go down to the river to bath in the afternoons, and sometimes this would coincide with a shift of men coming home from the sugarcane mill. The women would see the men approaching from a distance and shout paw paw in tamil which meant go go so that the men would divert their route. And that's how the pawpaw came to be named...

[@giogioskara237]

@@GaithreeDeviLuckan Hi mother
That make sense.. as PawPaw.. in telegu means go😂🤣😂.. I married to a telegu ou😂😅🤣.. love your story
Thanks for sharing.. probably we must do a Indian gig 😅love from Anesa

[@jacquelinekavita7289]

🤣🤣🤣this story made me laugh thanks for sharing at least we now know the Pawpaw tree wasn't male.🤣🤣

[@Elizabeth-lb2jf]

Thank you dear lady for sharing this recipe with us. I have a papaya tree here in my garden in Florida, it is full of still green papayas at the moment, and looking for a recipe online, I have found your video. Fortunately I have several curry leaf bushes in the garden, also (it spreads like wildfire), so I have everything I need for this dish.

[@GaithreeDeviLuckan]

Wow thanks for watching and hope you enjoy this curry!

[@ritaramrathan839]

I was waiting for the recipe😍😍😍😃😀

[@GaithreeDeviLuckan]

Hope you like it!

[@chotaconhyedoss2657]

Hello Sweet Mama! Green papaya curry is very tasty along with a salted fish chutney.Nowadays in Mauritius papaya is a luxury fruit more expensive that fruits imported from South Africa as nearly nobody d`ont have a papaya tree as in the past due to concrete building everywhere.I also had to emphasize the amazing health benefits of green papaya. It contains more papain a digestive enzyme that helps to break down protein in the body than ripe papaya. Papain helps to improve digestion.
Green papaya contains a good source of fiber and latex which help wastes to pass from the colon easier.y
Carotenoids are found in papaya, they are converted by the body into Vitamin A. Vitamin A boosts eye health, prevents macular degeneration. Thank you for showing to your younger audience that papaya can be cook as a vegetable.Enjoy!

[@GaithreeDeviLuckan]

Thanks so much Chota! You are such a wealth of knowledge!

[@rachealselvaranijames3547]

Happy Mother's Day Gaithree, thank you for sharing your delicious recipes

[@GaithreeDeviLuckan]

Thanks so much, it is such a pleasure!

[@victoriasomerset7656]

Thanks for sharing ❤❤❤

[@GaithreeDeviLuckan]

You are so welcome

[@philipjohn9018]

Tnx u bring back memories 😊😊

[@sylviegovender8132]

Thanks Aunty for this recipe..you are definitely bringing back long lost memories n dishes that we ate in our early childhood. We lived off the land on the Natal North Coast..thank you for sharing..now to source green paw paws in Johannesburg

[@GaithreeDeviLuckan]

Yes in KZN everyone had a pawpaw tree or mango trees and all sorts of herbs including curry leaves. The land was abundant and people resourceful.

[@indiramohanpersadh4692]

hi. thank you for this recipe. I have seen this veg at shops,but didn't know how to cook it.

[@GaithreeDeviLuckan]

We also made a pickle with it - its quite strong flavour to get used to but some really enjoy it!

[@indiranaicker8394]

Love paw paw pickles too

[@GaithreeDeviLuckan]

Yes maybe I should give that a shot as well!

[@singhivan]

Lovely dish, will sure have to try it. Thanks for the well presented video on how to make this dish 👍

[@GaithreeDeviLuckan]

My pleasure!

[@cynthiamatthews6057]

This was so amazing to watch, I like paw paw but I eat it ripe, this looks so good, it's amazing how much ideas you have, excellent video

[@GaithreeDeviLuckan]

Thanks so much Cynthia!

[@treasapillay1634]

Wow thank u so much for your recipe i

[@GaithreeDeviLuckan]

Most welcome 😊

[@rabiamoosa8811]

Delicious ma,will try with prawns,may Almighty spareyou many healthy years to share your knowledge with us all,take care

[@GaithreeDeviLuckan]

Thanks so much for the kind words! let us know how your version comes out with the prawns/shrimp.

[@rabiamoosa8811]

Paw and prawns came out delicious,thank you ma

[@GaithreeDeviLuckan]

@@rabiamoosa8811 so glad to hear!

[@charmainenaicker5857]

This looks so yummy, have never tried it but definitely will give it a chance. Thank you aunty 😘

[@GaithreeDeviLuckan]

My pleasure 😊 If you have some green pawpaw you should definitely give it a shot!

[@goldiegill2261]

Where do you get your pawpaws from because those are not the pawpaws we grow in the mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee. Our are small and buttery with a few black seeds.

[@GaithreeDeviLuckan]

These were from my brother in Newlands West in Durban South Africa. It must be different cultivars of pawpaw that you get, possibly made to be more pleasant to eat when ripe.

[@jakesyaseen8494]

Great recipe

[@GaithreeDeviLuckan]

Thanks a lot!

[@giogioskara237]

😍

[@margaretattwood524]

Thanks Devi

[@GaithreeDeviLuckan]

Most welcome!

[@philipjohn9018]

Hi do you know to cook the white of banana trunk round white tube

[@GaithreeDeviLuckan]

We do not but we do have a few banana trees in the garden. Will search for a recipe and see what comes up and maybe we can share.

[@jaysonmarimuthoo7342]

hello mum....please show how to make crab curry

[@GaithreeDeviLuckan]

Hi Jayson, we made a delicious crab curry in December:
th-cam.com/video/_qLWV-Pw4To/w-d-xo.html

[@leelabennie7757]

Looks like calabash more or less

[@GaithreeDeviLuckan]

Yes it’s similar but doesn’t get as soft, retains some texture to it. And had less of a sweet taste