Since I am working on a low carb diet, I have been experimenting with food. One of the things that I tried recently was to spiralize, dry and re-hydrate green papayas. It turns out that it works very well. The intriguing thing to me is that when re-hydrated, the green papaya still has a great crunch to it, almost identical in fact.
Now green papayas do not have a lot of calories but they are low in carbs as well. What I like about them is that one of the things that I crave on the trail is a nice crisp salad every now and then. I am going to be experimenting with making a backpacking version of a Thai green papaya salad (Som Tum).
Also, when you boil them for a while, they make a pretty good substitute for rice noodles and pasta.
Peeled and seeds removed
Spiralized
About 700 gram wet weight and 80 gram dry weight
Cold water re-hydration in about 2 hours. It would be much faster with hot water
