Watermelon salad
- Adam Bush
Published: June 26, 2023 at 8:26 AM
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Serves 4
Easy
Total time: 20 mins
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Watermelon is this year’s trendy ingredient and stands in for green papaya in this update of a Thai classic
Gluten free
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Try this recipe for Thai watermelon salad, then check out our refreshing watermelon juice, grilled halloumi salad and fruit salad.
Cook's tip: It’s best to buy a whole watermelon and use the flesh closest to the skin as this tends to be a bit firmer
Ingredients
Nutrition
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3 tbsp palm sugar or soft brown sugar
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5 tbsp fish sauce
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2 cloves garlic
roughly chopped
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3 bird’s eye chilli
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1 1/2 lime
juiced
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500g watermelon
seeds removed and cut into chunks
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1 tbsp roasted peanuts
roughly chopped
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a handful of leaves mint
shredded
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a handful of leaves Thai basil
shredded
Nutrition: per serving
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kcal131
low
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fat2.4g
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saturates0.5g
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carbs22.6g
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sugars20.9g
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fibre0.6g
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protein4.4g
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salt3.7g
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Method
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step 1
Mix the sugar into the fish sauce. In a mortar, pound the garlic with a pestle, then add the chillies and pound again, leaving the chillies bruised but intact. Add the lime juice and fish sauce and pound again. Tip into a bowl with the watermelon and toss everything together. Sprinkle with peanuts and the herbs to serve. Avoid eating the whole chillies unless you are a heat fanatic; they’ll be incredibly hot!
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Authors
Adam BushDeputy food editor
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