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Thai Melon Salad

Courses: Salads
Serves: 6 people

Recipe Ingredients

3   Garlic cloves - pureed
2 tablespoons 30mlPalm sugar or dark brown sugar
1/4 cup 59mlFish sauce
1/4 cup 59mlFresh lime juice
3   Serrano chiles - or more to taste,
  Stems removed, sliced thin with seeds
1 tablespoon 15mlChopped kaffir lime leaves
  (or 1 tspn grated lime zest)
1/2 cup 118mlDried shrimp
1/2 cup 118mlRoasted, unsalted peanuts
6 cups 1422mlAssorted melon cubes, in 1/2" dice - each variety
  Separated
1/4 cup 4g / 0.1ozFresh cilantro leaves - for garnish

Recipe Instructions

For the dressing, mix garlic, palm or brown sugar, fish sauce, lime juice, chiles, and lime leaves in a bowl. Roughly chop shrimp and peanuts by hand or in a food processor and add to garlic mixture. (The dressing can be made in advance and stored up to 3 days in the refrigerator.)

To serve, arrange each variety of melon cubes in alternating rows on a platter or in individual bowls. Spoon dressing over melon in a strip and garnish with cilantro. Serve chilled.

This recipe yields 6 servings.

Source:
TOO HOT TAMALES WORLD TOUR with Susan Feniger and Mary Sue Milliken - From the TV FOOD NETWORK - (Show # WT-1A09 broadcast 09-25-1997) - Downloaded from their Web-Site - http://www.foodtv.com

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