Name: Watermelon salad with fried shallots
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 8 - 10
Ingredients: ¼ small seedless watermelon, cut into thin triangles; ¾ cup each (loosely packed) coriander, Vietnamese mint and mint; To serve: fried shallots; Lime-chilli dressing; 2 tbsp raw caster sugar; 1 garlic clove, coarsely chopped; 1 birdseye chilli, coarsely chopped; 2 tbsp each lime juice, fish sauce and rice vinegar; 1 tbsp grapeseed oil

Watermelon salad with fried shallots

Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for watermelon salad with fried shallots.

Serves 8 - 10

Prep

15M

The fresh, fragrant flavours of this simple salad make it a summertime go-to – Christmas Day or not. Chill the ingredients and dress the salad just before serving so it remains crisp. Shop-bought fried shallots work just as well as homemade here.

Ingredients

¼ small seedless watermelon, cut into thin triangles

¾ cup each (loosely packed) coriander, Vietnamese mint and mint

To serve: fried shallots

Lime-chilli dressing

2 tbsp raw caster sugar

1 garlic clove, coarsely chopped

1 birdseye chilli, coarsely chopped

2 tbsp each lime juice, fish sauce and rice vinegar

1 tbsp grapeseed oil

Method

Main

1.For lime-chilli dressing, pound sugar, garlic and chilli with a mortar and pestle to a coarse paste, combine with remaining ingredients in a bowl and refrigerate until required.

2.To serve, arrange watermelon and herbs in a serving dish, drizzle with lime-chilli dressing to taste and serve scattered with fried shallots.

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