Pomelo Salad

Pomelo is a citrus fruit native to southeast Asia. It's taste is like a mild sweet grapefruit. It is much bigger in size and has a very thick skin.

Ingredients
50 g Garlic - chopped
40 g Shallots - chopped
15 g red Chilli Padi - chopped
40 ml Palm sugar
10 ml Lime juice
10 ml Soy sauce
30 g Peanuts - roasted
10 g Coriander leaves - chopped
1.3 kg Pomelo
Salt and pepper to taste


Method
Cut Pomelo into cubes and combine with the garlic, shallots and chillies in a big bowl. Add palm sugar, lime juice, soy sauce, chopped coriander leaves, chopped peanuts and season with salt and pepper to taste.


Toss and mix well.

Szechuan French Beans

Try this Szechuan French Beans, it goes well with rice.

Ingredients

5 tbsps vegetable oil

450 g french beans, cut into 5 cm lengths

1 tbsp chopped garlic

1 tsp chopped ginger

50g minced chicken

2 tbsps chopped dried prawns

1 ½ tsp light soy sauce

2 tsp chilli oil

½ tsp salt

3 tbsp water

2 tbsp chopped spring onions

½ tsp sesame oil

Method

1 Heat 3 tbsp vegetable oil in pan. When hot, fry long beans for 5 minutes. Set aside

2 In a clean pan, heat 2 tbsp oil. When hot, stir fry garlic, ginger and chicken for 20 seconds.

3 Add dried prawns, and stir-fry for further 30 seconds then add french beans, soy sauce, chili oil, salt and water. Mix well and stir-fry for 1 minute until nearly dry.

4 Add spring onions and sesame oil. Serve hot.