Amanda > wrote:

> I am going to make it for myself today (not for my vegetarian friend
>who's visiting yesterday).

>Every recipe for Thai Green Papaya Salad asks to use Mortar and pestle.
>I don't have one and I don't like that much manual labor of pounding.

>Anyone tried with blender to make the paste of chillies and other
>required stuff ? How did it come out?

I have made it and have never mortar/pesteled or blended anything.
But obviously if you're starting with whole (rather than crushed
or powdered) red pepper you will have to do something of the sort.

Steve