Spicy Mango Prawn Salad with Lime and Fish Sauce Dressing

Crisp salad of mango, cucumber and carrot with pan-fried prawns and a spicy dressing of lime and fish sauce.

By yumbelo · 2 servings · 20 minutes

Ingredients

• 200 g raw prawns, peeled
• 1 pc ripe mango
• 200 g cucumber
• 100 g carrot
• 2 pc spring onions
• 1 pc red chilli
• 1 pc garlic clove
• 1 pc lime
• 2 tbsp fish sauce
• 1 tsp sugar
• 1 bunch coriander
• 30 g unsalted peanuts
• 1 tbsp cooking oil
• 1 pinch salt

Method

1. Season the prawns with a pinch of salt and fry them in 1 tbsp cooking oil in a pan for 2 to 3 minutes until pink. Set aside.
2. Peel the mango and cut it into thin strips. Halve the cucumber, remove the seeds and cut it into thin sticks. Peel the carrot and finely shave or grate it. Slice the spring onions into fine rings.
3. Remove the seeds from the chilli and chop it finely. Finely grate the garlic.
4. Squeeze the lime. Stir the juice together with fish sauce, sugar, garlic and chilli until the sugar has dissolved.
5. Toss the mango, cucumber, carrot and spring onions with the dressing and let it stand for 5 minutes.
6. Roughly chop the coriander and coarsely crush the peanuts. Divide the salad between two plates, place the prawns on top and sprinkle with coriander and peanuts.