Recipe of Melons, basil and Mango salad.
Ingredients: For salad: 150 gms watermelon – cut as you desire – cubes, slices, rounds 2 medium cucumber – deseeded and sliced 100 gms Mango – diced – without skin – 1 No. 1 No. red bell pepper – fresh – diced 1 No. yellow bell pepper – fresh (if available) – diced 25 gms coriander – chopped 20 gms celery – cut into strips 25 gms peanuts – roasted – crushed Salt to taste (If required) 10 gms galangal – chopped 5 gms lime leaves – chopped 10 gms lemon grass – chopped 100 gms melon – honey dew (optional) Spring Onions
For Dressing: 10 gms garlic – chopped 5 gms ginger – chopped 15 ml lemon juice Salt to taste 10 ml rice vinegar 10 ml soy sauce 25 gms basil – broken 10 gms palm sugar
Method 1. Prepare the dressing by mixing together all the given ingredients. Adjust seasoning. Refrigerate to chill. 2. In the Salad Bowl, mix together the watermelon, melon (if using) along with all the given ingredients except the peanuts and bean sprouts (optional). Refrigerate to chill. 3. Remove from the refrigerator, and pour over the dressing. Toss well to mix. 4. Remove on the serving plate and top it up with crushed peanuts and bean sprouts(optional). 5. Serve chilled.
Chef: Tarun Lal Chef Tarun Lal is a renowned food consultant from ‘Chef and I’ and ‘Dii Consentes Hospitality’ Editing: Aayush Tandon Videographer- Ramesh Sharma