TMC Marketing - Hemani Papaya Paste 330g | Natural Papain Meat Tenderizer | Halal Certified | Alcohol-Free | Pakistani & Indian Cooking | Since 1949

Restaurant-quality tender meat - the kind that falls off the bone and melts in the mouth - requires a tenderizer. Chemical tenderizers break down muscle fibers artificially. Raw papaya paste uses papain, a natural enzyme in unripe papaya, to do the same job the way South Asian and Middle Eastern cooks have done for generations.

Hemani Papaya Paste 330g is raw unripe papaya - pure papain enzyme ready to work. Apply 1-2 tbsp to meat and marinate 2-4 hours minimum (overnight for thick cuts). The papain breaks down the tough muscle proteins from the surface inward, producing the tender texture that makes restaurant nihari, handi, and BBQ meats distinctively different from home cooking that skips this step.

Works on beef, lamb, mutton, and chicken. Compatible with all South Asian marinades - add your spice mix, yoghurt, and lemon alongside the papaya paste and marinate together.

Halal certified, alcohol-free, pure raw papaya. Hemani since 1949.

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