It is still warm in Perth.
The other night, we were trying to work out what to have for dinner. We wanted something light and simple. I went to Eat Your Books. I love that website. It tells me that I have 15, 845 recipes on my bookshelf (and they are just the ones they have indexed). I shudder to think how many I actually do have – more like 30,000 I would think… that should keep me busy.
I typed in ‘lettuce’ and ‘coriander’. I love coriander and thought a salad incorporating coriander would be nice and refreshing. Up popped (along with many others) this lovely fresh salad. It has the never-fail combination of prawns, mango and avocado. I was off to the shop in no time.
The recipe is by Valli Little and appeared in the February 2010 edition of the Australian ABC delicious magazine.
Ingredients
- 400g prawns, cooked and peeled
- 1 mango (the recipe said 2, but 1 was enough) cut into cubes
- 1 avocado (again the recipe said 2 but one was enough) cut into cubes
Dressing
- juice of 2 limes
- zest of half a lime
- ⅓ cup of coriander leaves, chopped
- 1 red chilli, seeded and chopped
- 1tbs (20 ml) honey
- 1tbs (20 ml) oil
- Devein and wash prawns, place in bowl with mango and avocado.
- Mix the dressing ingredients and pour over the salad.
- Serve as is or on a bed of lettuce.
If you use 2 mangoes, 2 avocados and lettuce you may wish to double the dressing as we just had enough.
Addendum: You may also like my post: Prawn, Mango and Avocado Salad with Coconut Dressing.
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I used this recipe as an entre for the family on christmas day and it was much loved and today being new years day we shall have it again with a glass of champers. thanks Glenda. Happy new year
Hi Ewa. Pleased you like it. Have a lovely day.
We tried this last Tues night, went to Woolies asked for a mango only in season from Nov – Feb shows you how much I know about mangoes!!! Not to be swayed we bought a tin of mangoes it was great. So next November we will try again with fresh mango.
Thanks
Hi Gail – Thanks for trying.
Sounds divine Glenda. Hope to give it a try soon. Love us
Hi Faye and Anna
Just the thing for a hot summer (or autumn) night. I hope you enjoy it.