Rice noodle salad with mange-tout and melon

Total: 30 min. | Active: 30 min.
vegetarian

Ingredients

for 4 person

Rice noodles
125 g rice noodles
  water, boiling
250 g sugar snap peas
Salad
cantaloupe melon, cut into balls and the remainder chopped and set aside
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
spring onion incl. green part, cut into thin rings
50 g salted peanuts, coarsely chopped
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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