Eating papaya seeds?!
Are there any recipes that make use of papaya seeds that are actually good? - I've tried a papaya seed salad that I found online already and it was putrid so please, no recipes you haven't tried and can vouch for.
Is there a way to plant or cultivate them? Make herbal tea? Any other uses? Just wondering.
Answers: I love papaya but I don't like the seeds, they're peppery and strange... plus they remind me of fish roe or insect eggs in appearance (unappetizing!) but it almost feels wasteful to toss them.
Are there any recipes that make use of papaya seeds that are actually good? - I've tried a papaya seed salad that I found online already and it was putrid so please, no recipes you haven't tried and can vouch for.
Is there a way to plant or cultivate them? Make herbal tea? Any other uses? Just wondering.
papaya is common where I live but I don't know of anyone that eats the seeds (the seeds are bitter). It's like saving watermelon peel. Papaya seeds could be saved for replanting, crafts but not to eat.
Why not plant them in a sunny spot? I'm sure you won't feel wasteful if you have an abundant supply. Papayas are eaten ripe and green. I could be made into a salad, curries, stews and is a great meat tenderizer. It'll only take up 1 square foot of dirt in your garden. The peel and leaves is a good skin exfoliant just don't use it on sensitive skin. It's perfect for hands and feet but never on your face.
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ha,I to love papaya,but there their seeds do remind me of frog spawn or roe,I dont know what recipes there are,
But they are fun to play with !!!
Papaya , hummm i dunno.
Well, I don't know any recipies but you can always crush them into a paste and use it as a mask (but with other ingredients) . You could also blend them and put them into soil to help your plants grow faster. Or maybe you can dry them and use them for crafting or try to grow them even though it probably won't work...Sorry those a probably really bad.
Package them up and sell them on ebay for $5.00
Personally I just throw them into my garden to use as compost but grounding them up and using them as a mask seems interesting.
When I was working as a chef we used them in a number of sauces and even in salad dressing, they are nice in a yougart based dressing with mint andhoney for a fruit salad or simple lettuce salad with cucumber.
I found a recipe for a vinaigrette using the seeds that looks interesting. I would think the strong taste of the vinegar, garlic, and onion (along with the sweetener) would tone down the pepperiness of the seeds.
It's a matter of taste but personally, I don't think they are really good to eat so I throw them away. Wifey uses a blend with some crushed or pureed papaya seeds (mixed some other stuff I don't know about) as facial masque sometimes. She also makes a papaya salad/relish with unripe, green papayas. And the villagers use the leaves as a poultice for bruises and such. Papaya soap is also suppose to whiten skin.
We have hundreds of papaya plants in our farm but I really don't know how they do it. I guess you can plant the seeds ( 3 or 4 seeds per hole about 5 feet apart) and grow them. Sorry not much help about eating the seeds.
Apply the paste made of seeds mixed with cured to your face and see the result yourself.