Starters & Light meals

Prawns with tom yum salad

Name: Prawns with tom yum salad
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Starters & Light meals
Ingredients: Woolworths extra-large black tiger prawns 500 g,Woolworths tom yum paste 75 g,rice vinegar 1⁄4cup,black tamarind paste 2 T,cucumber, peeled and cut into pieces 1,green chilli, thinly sliced 1

By Abigail Donnelly

Serves 4

Difficulty Easy

Prep Time 15 minutes

cooking Time 20 minutes

“The flavours of tom yum take me back to Thailand, where the air is permeated with the smell of galangal, lemongrass and garlic. I keep stocked up with Woolies’ pastes, which are just as great for making terrific dressings as they are for soups.” – Abigail Donnelly

Wine/Spirit Pairing

Diemersdal Reserve Collection Sauvignon Blanc

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Ingredients

Method

500 g Woolworths extra-large black tiger prawns
75 g Woolworths tom yum paste
1⁄4 cup rice vinegar
2 T black tamarind paste
1 cucumber, peeled and cut into pieces
1 green chilli, thinly sliced

Method

Ingredients

1. Cook the prawns on a flat-top grill, or stir- fry them.

2. Mix the tom yum paste, vinegar and tamarind, then toss with cucumber and chilli.

3. Serve with the prawns.

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Photographs: Jan Ras
Production: Abigail Donnelly and Kate Wilson
Food assistants: Emma Nkunzana and Josh Van Zyl

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Recipe by: Abigail Donnelly

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