{"id":722,"date":"2013-03-07T16:46:45","date_gmt":"2013-03-07T16:46:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ranchodelicioso.com\/?p=722"},"modified":"2016-01-27T18:02:50","modified_gmt":"2016-01-27T18:02:50","slug":"papaya-seeds-diy-black-pepper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ranchodelicioso.com\/?p=722","title":{"rendered":"Papaya Seeds: DIY Black Pepper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ranchodelicioso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Papaya.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-724\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ranchodelicioso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Papaya-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Papaya seeds dried and gorund\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-724\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ranchodelicioso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Papaya-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ranchodelicioso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Papaya-650x432.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Papaya: low in calories, high in dietary fiber. Packed with vitamins and anti-inflammatory enzymes. Growing on the farm. Extra tasty with a squeeze of lime. Also nice unripe, shredded, in curries. <em>Que bueno.<\/em> But wait! Don&#8217;t forget the <strong>seeds<\/strong>: high in (&#8220;good&#8221;) fat and protein and a good source of calcium, magnesium and phosphorus.\u00a0 (Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.livestrong.com\/article\/543510-the-nutritional-value-of-papaya-seeds\/\">LiveStrong<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>I had never heard of consuming the seeds, raw or otherwise, until I lived with a guy in Philly whose Vietnamese family always ate a few along with the fruit.\u00a0 I recently read that some Asian Pacific cultures believe the seeds prevent\/kill parasites. Though I seem to recall his parents&#8217; logic was related to digestion. Meh.<\/p>\n<p>The seeds taste super spicy raw but once dried and ground make a great black pepper substitute for salad dressings.\u00a0 How, you ask?\u00a0 In a strainer, rinse gelatinous coating and any papaya meat residue off seeds.\u00a0 Set out in sun, if possible, to dry.\u00a0 It may takes a couple days depending on heat and humidity.\u00a0 Grind in a pepper mill or coffee grinder.\u00a0 In the image above the whole, dried seeds are pictured on the right, and ground on the left.\u00a0 In a small glass dish I mixed my papaya powder with Himalayan salt, so when recipes call for a &#8220;pinch&#8221; of salt and pepper no need to fret whether you nabbed to much. Okay, now <em>que bueno.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Papaya: low in calories, high in dietary fiber. Packed with vitamins and anti-inflammatory enzymes. Growing on the farm. Extra tasty with a squeeze of lime. Also nice unripe, shredded, in curries. Que bueno. But wait! Don&#8217;t forget the seeds: high in (&#8220;good&#8221;) fat and protein and a good source of calcium, magnesium and phosphorus.\u00a0 (Source: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":725,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,3,21,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-farmiculture-techniques","category-fruit","category-herbs-and-spices","category-recipes"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Papaya Seeds: DIY Black Pepper<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ranchodelicioso.com\/?p=722\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Papaya Seeds: DIY Black Pepper\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Papaya: low in calories, high in dietary fiber. 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