Thursday, May 2, 2013

Sambal Prawn Thai Salad


Simple easy yummylicious salad...

For the prawn:
Ingredients:
  • one cup of shelled and deveined prawn
  • 1/2 onion sliced
  • 1 teaspoon of sambal (uses the one I posted earlier)
  • 1 teaspoon of olive oil
Methods:


  1. Saute the onion till it is soft and turn brown.
  2. Add in the sambal and then the prawn. Lightly stir after 2mins and let the prawn cooked well on both side (dry and slightly brown and crispy).
  3. Set it aside (best leave it on the pan you use to fry it).

For the tong fun (bean vermicelli):
Ingredients:
  • one packet of the bean vermicilli
  • 2cups of hot water
  • 2 birds eye chilli (chopped to small pieces)
  • 1 lime (juiced)
  • 1 teaspoon of fish sauce
  • few dashes of sesame oil
  • 2 teaspoon of soy sauce
  • 1.2 teaspoon of brown sugar
Methods:
  1. Soaked the vermicelli in the hot water for about 20mins
  2. Mixed all the rest of the ingredients.
  3. Once the vermicelli is soften and break when u try to bite it, it is ready, drained off the water.
  4. Mixed the sauce with the vermicelli and set aside
Rest of Ingredients:
  • 2 cups of mixed salad leaves (washed and dried)
  • 1/2 big tomato, cut to cube
  • half carrot, shaved julienned
  • 1 cup of thinly sliced wombok (chinese cabbage)
  • 1 tablespoon of lime juice
  • 1 tablespoon of fish sauce
  • 1/4 teaspoon of brown sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon of soy sauce
  • 1 handful of chopped mint leaves and parsley
Methods:
  1. Pre marinate the carrot, wombok with lime juice, fish sauce, soy sauce and brown sugar. Set aside for at least 2hours.
  2. Tossed all the prepared ingredients, the prawn, carrot, wombok, and the vermicelli with the salad leaves and tomato in the mixing bowl.
  3. Served... :D

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