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Nutrition: per serving

  • kcal260
  • fat22g
  • saturates3g
  • carbs11g
  • sugars5g
  • fibre5g
  • protein4g
  • salt0.05g
    low
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Method

  • step 1

    Dry-fry the pumpkin seeds in a frying pan for a few minutes, tossing and turning them until they look toasted. Tip them out of the pan and let them go cold. Peel the papayas, halve them lengthways and scoop out the seeds. Cut the flesh into long, thin slices. Halve the avocados and remove the stones, then peel off the skin and slice the flesh lengthways into thin slices.

  • step 2

    Put the papayas, avocados, pumpkin seeds and watercress into a large bowl. Chop about 1 tbsp of the mint leaves and set aside. Pick the remaining leaves from the stalks and tear them into the bowl.

  • step 3

    Mix the lime juice and olive oil with the rest of the chopped mint to make a dressing, and season with salt and pepper to taste. Pour over the salad and gently mix all the ingredients together with your hands. Taste and add more salt and pepper if you think it needs it, then transfer to a serving platter.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, July 2003

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A star rating of 4.2 out of 5.8 ratings
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Bellanatale

A star rating of 5 out of 5.

Fresh, light and very delicious. I played with the amount of lime in the dressing as I like a sharper taste. The pumpkin seeds added a lovely bit of crunch. Definitely going to make this next time we have guests.

skier

my guests loved this!

VRuthS

My local store did not have any Papaya and I dont have time in the morning to be frying seeds and making dressing. Ended up with an adhoc avacado salad over 2 days, which was OK ish but the taste of the watercress seemed to overpower everything else. Would have preferred a mixed leaf base.

shireen3149

I made this as part of a Caribbean dinner for a crowd and it was delicious and very pretty. Agree with getting the perfect ripeness of the papaya and avocado otherwise it can be mushy.

joktattie

A star rating of 5 out of 5.

One of the tastiest and most popular salads I have ever put together! We had this with seared Tuna + sesame seeds, really worked well. Just have to be careful, if the Avocado and Papaya are too ripe it turns mushy when tossing the salad. Health on a plate!! Excellent dressing.

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