Green apple salad

Healthy Christmas party recipe for 4 people, takes only 20 mins; recipe has shallot, vegetable oil, apple, lime juice, tomato, peanut, coriander, garlic clove, chilli, sugar, fish sauce and lime.

Green apple salad

Green apple salad

Recipe by Chef Soomro Course: Healthy Christmas party
Servings

4

servings
Prep time

20 mins

Ingredients

  • Coriander: handful coriander leaves, chopped
  • Vegetable Oil: 1 tbsp vegetable oil
  • Garlic Clove: 1 garlic clove, finely chopped
  • Tomato: 6 cherry tomatoes, cut into quarters
  • Lime Juice: 1 tbsp lime juice
  • Sugar: 1 tsp sugar
  • Lime: juice 2 limes
  • Chilli: 1 red chilli, seeded and finely chopped
  • Shallot: 2 shallots, finely sliced
  • Apple: 5 sharp green apples, such as Granny Smiths, cored and cut into thin strips
  • Fish Sauce: 1 tbsp fish sauce
  • Peanut: 2 tbsp dry roasted peanuts, crushed

Directions

  1. To make the dressing, whizz together the garlic, chilli and sugar in a food processor to make a rough paste. Add the fish sauce and lime juice, then season to taste.
  2. Fry the shallots in the oil for around 5 mins or until they are crisp and golden brown. Then remove with a slotted spoon and drain on kitchen paper. Toss the apple in the lime juice, then mix with the tomatoes and dressing. Spoon onto plates and top with the peanuts, crisp shallots and coriander.