Rice noodle salad with mange-tout and melon
Ingredients
for 4 person
125 g | rice noodles |
water, boiling | |
250 g | sugar snap peas |
1 | cantaloupe melon, cut into balls and the remainder chopped and set aside |
1 | lime, rinsed with hot water, dabbed dry, use grated zest and juice |
2 tbsp | rice vinegar |
4 tbsp | sesame oil |
3 tbsp | soy sauce |
2 tsp | tamarind paste (Asian spicy paste) |
½ tsp | salt |
175 g | mini cucumbers, sliced lengthwise |
1 | spring onion incl. green part, cut into thin rings |
50 g | salted peanuts, coarsely chopped |
1 | red chilli, deseeded, cut into rings |
½ bunch | coriander, leaves torn off |
How it's done
Rice noodles
Place the rice noodles in a bowl, pour boiling water over and leave to stand for approx. 10 mins. Add the mange-tout approx. 5 mins. before the end, drain, briefly dip in ice-cold water, drain.
Salad
Puree the reserved melon pieces with all the ingredients up to and including salt in a blender and pour the sauce into a bowl. Add the rice noodles and mange-tout to the sauce along with the melon balls, cucumbers and spring onion, mix together. Scatter the peanuts, chilli and coriander over the top.
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