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Green pawpaw and avo salad with a tamarind and lime dressing

By Abigail Donnelly
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4
Easy
20 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 pawpaw, halved
  • 1 cucumber
  • 1 x 120 g punnet king oyster mushrooms, sliced
  • Baby leaves, for serving
  • Juice of 2 limes
  • 1 chilli sliced
  • ½ cup soya sauce
  • 2 T tamarind paste
  • ½ cup rice-wine vinegar
  • 1 T palm sugar
  • ½ cup olive oil
  • 2 ripe avocados, sliced
  • 150 g mangetout, thinly sliced lengthways

Method

Using a grater or vegetable peeler, cut long, thin slivers of the pawpaw and cucumber and arrange in a large serving bowl.
Toss with the sliced mushrooms and baby leaves.
Whisk together the lime juice, chilli, soya sauce, tamarind paste, rice-wine vinegar, palm sugar and olive oil.
Drizzle the dressing over the salad and top with the avocado and mangetout slices before serving.