Green or unripe papaya. There is great discussion about the difference between papaya and paw paw or papaw. Essentially, they are all the same thing. It just depends where you are. The size of a large avocado, it has soft-textured, fragrant, apricot-coloured flesh with small black seeds which must be stripped out. It is a great breakfast fruit. If you have an unripe papaya which you wish to ripen overnight, pierce it with a sharp knife several times. It should be cut lengthways as this faciliates the removal of the seeds. In South East Asia and India unripe papaya is used in the same way as unripe mango, as a souring agent in sweet and savoury dishes.
