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Maria Elia

Pan fried squid and green papaya salad and Thai dressing


Serves 4

Ingredients

For the dressing

  • 1 red chilli, deseeded
  • 1 garlic clove, peeled
  • Roots from bunch of coriander, chopped
  • 30g (1 oz) palm sugar
  • Juice of 3 limes
  • Thai fish sauce to taste (approx 1 tsp)

For the salad

  • ½ small green papaya, peeled and julienned
  • ½ cucumber, peeled and julienned
  • 1 avocado, peeled, halved, cut into irregular chunks
  • 1 small bunch mint, picked
  • 1 small bunch coriander with roots, picked
  • 2 lime leaves, julienned
  • 2 spring onions, thinly sliced
  • 25g (1 oz) roasted peanuts (from a packet)

Method

  1. Cut squid open lengthways. Score the inside lightly in a criss-cross fashion and cut into 4 x 6cm pieces.
  2. Drizzle with olive oil, season with sea salt and pepper, place on a hot griddle and cook for 2-3 minutes.

For the dressing:

  1. Remove seeds from chilli, peel garlic, chop coriander root; pound the dry ingredients in a pestle and mortar. Squeeze in the lime juice, and season to taste with fish sauce.

For the salad:

  1. Toss the papaya, cucumber, avocado herbs, lime leaves, spring onions and peanuts together and dress.
  2. Arrange the salad on a plate then top with the squid, garnish with lime and serve.
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