Name: Calamari, pomelo and chilli salad
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 1 min
Total time: 11 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 6 calamari, cleaned (see cleaning squid and calamari); 1 pomelo, segmented, segments broken; ½ cup each (firmly packed) coriander and mint leaves, coarsely torn; 3 golden shallots, very thinly sliced; 1 long green chilli, seeds removed, cut into julienne; Chilli dressing; 2 green birdseye chillies, coarsely chopped; 1 garlic clove, coarsely chopped; 2 tsp light soft palm sugar; 2½ tbsp lime juice, or to taste; 1½ tbsp fish sauce, or to taste

Calamari, pomelo and chilli salad

Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for calamari, pomelo and chilli salad.

Serves 4

Prep

10M

Cook

Total

11M

Ingredients

6 calamari, cleaned (see cleaning squid and calamari)

1 pomelo, segmented, segments broken

½ cup each (firmly packed) coriander and mint leaves, coarsely torn

3 golden shallots, very thinly sliced

1 long green chilli, seeds removed, cut into julienne

Chilli dressing

2 green birdseye chillies, coarsely chopped

1 garlic clove, coarsely chopped

2 tsp light soft palm sugar

2½ tbsp lime juice, or to taste

1½ tbsp fish sauce, or to taste

Method

Main

1.For chilli dressing, pound chilli, garlic and a pinch of salt with a mortar and pestle to a fine paste. Add remaining ingredients, check seasoning (it should be a balance of hot, salty, sour and sweet), then set aside.

2.Blanch calamari in salted water (30 seconds-1 minute). Drain, then combine in a bowl with remaining ingredients and chilli dressing and serve immediately.

Styling by Lisa Featherby