Green Mango Salad with Grilled Lemongrass Prawns

Name: Green Mango Salad with Grilled Lemongrass Prawns
Prep time: P1H
Total time: P1H
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Fusion
Ingredients: white pepper; sea salt; lemongrass; ginger; garlic; kaffir lime leaves; vegetable oil; shrimp; garlic; red chili peppers; sugar, superfine; fish sauce; limes; shallots; vegetable oil; mangos; lime juice; cherry tomatoes; peanuts; cilantro

Submitted by sarah hyland

Yum

YIELD

4 servings

PREP

COOK

15 min

READY

Ingredients

For marinade

TEASPOON WHITE PEPPER

TEASPOON SEA SALT

STALK LEMONGRASS
roughly chopped (woody outer leaves discarded) *

EACH GINGER
3cm piece, fresh, peeled and roughly chopped *

CLOVES GARLIC
peeled

EACH KAFFIR LIME LEAVES
chopped *

TABLESPOON VEGETABLE OIL
or groundnut

EACH SHRIMP
up to 20, tiger prawns, peeled with tail tips on *

For the dressing

CLOVE GARLIC
finely chopped

EACH RED CHILI PEPPERS
seeded and finely chopped *

TEASPOON SUGAR, SUPERFINE
golden

TABLESPOON FISH SAUCE
thai

EACH LIMES
juice

For the salad

EACH SHALLOTS
peeled and finely sliced *

TABLESPOON VEGETABLE OIL

EACH MANGOS
green, peeled, stoned and cut into strips

TABLESPOON LIME JUICE

EACH CHERRY TOMATOES
cut into quarters

TABLESPOONS PEANUTS
roasted and crushed

X CILANTRO
1 handful, freshly chopped *

Directions

In a food processor, blend white pepper, salt, lemongrass, ginger, garlic, lime leaves and oil into paste.

Cover prawns with marinade and leave to marinate for at least an hour.

Pound together the chili, garlic and sugar in a pestle and mortar into a rough paste Add the fish sauce and lime juice, then season to taste.

Fry half the shallots in the oil for about 5 minutes until crisp. Drain these on kitchen paper.

Toss the mango in the lime juice, then mix with raw shallots, tomatoes and dressing. Spoon onto plates and top up with peanuts, fried shallots and coriander.

Heat a griddle pan until almost smoking.

Grill the prawns for 1 or 2 minutes on each side until golden and slightly charred.

Pile the salad onto a plate and add prawns.

Make 2 main dish or 4 appetizer.