I’m not sure if you are like me, but when spring weather hits, and summer is just around the corner, I start to crave salads more and more. This prawn, coconut and coriander salad is a super easy one for a mid week meal. There really isn’t that much to it, and with the use of a small bullet style blender the dressing is a synch.
The ingredients for the dressing of this prawn, coconut and coriander salad are Thai inspired. Normally you would use a mortar and pestle to pound your aromatics. But I really prefer to pile everything in a blender and whizz away. Quick and easy, it does give a different textural result, but one I prefer.
Day light saving is just about to start in Australia and that means, for most Aussies, hitting the outdoors between leaving work and dinner. I know I would rather spend more time with my family at the beach or by the pool before dinner than spending that time actually cooking dinner.
Go for a run with rover on the beach. Play some basketball or go for a swim with the grommets. Then grab the salad ingredients and pre-cooked prawns on the way home. Dinner will be done and dusted in no time!
Easy Prawn, Coconut & Coriander Salad
Ingredients
- 12 large cooked prawns | shelled & de-veined
- 1 large spring onion/scallion | finely sliced
- 1 bunch coriander (cilantro) | leaves picked & reserve roots and 10cm of the stem for dressing
- ½ cup mint leaves | torn
- 60 grams (1 cup) shaved coconut
- 8 baby cucumbers | sliced (or 2 small Lebanese cucumbers)
- 2.5 cm ginger | chopped
- 1 garlic clove | chopped
- 1 long red chilli de-seeded and chopped
- 1 tablespoon palm sugar syrup
- 1 lime | juice
- 1 tablespoon fish sauce
Instructions
- In a small bullet style blender place coriander roots & stems, ginger, garlic, chilli, palm sugar syrup, lime juice and fish sauce. Blitz until smooth.
- In a large bowl place prawns, green onion, coriander, mint, coconut and cucumbers. Pour over dressing and toss well.
- Serve salad immediately.
Notes
Nutrition
I do realise that quite a few readers are from the Northern Hemisphere. While hearty winter meals are in your sights at the moment, bookmark this baby for a few months time. Autumn may have just hit, but before you know it spring will be flowering around the corner.
Sara xxx
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THE HUNGRY MUM
So elegant! We eat salads most night but now that the warmer weather is here I can indulge in my fav food - prawns! Give me a plate of plump tigers and white bread and I'm a happy gal.
Tania| My Kitchen Stories
I saw this on Instagram and was in love. It looks deleicious and I love the pistures. Yum
Jo
MMmmm shrimp! We don't get those lovlies across the pond, in the middle of the US. It does look tasty though!!
Daisy
Thanks For Your Sharing -- love it so much..
Carole from Carole's Chatter
Hi Sara, love this. Would you like to share this with the other participants in Food on Friday over at Carole's Chatter? I have a weekly link up party – each week there is a different ingredient or theme. The current theme is Prawns & Shrimp. You can see upcoming themes in one of the pages at the top of my home page. If you would like to join in the fun please schedule a reminder for each week. The collection starts at 7am Friday New Zealand time – which is probably some time Thursday your time – I do find time zones quite confusing. Hope to see you soon. Cheers, Carole
Helen | Grab Your Fork
Sounds super tropical! Can't wait for summer to arrive.