Indonesian Recipes (Bali, Java) - Lobster Salad with Coconut Recipe

Ingredients

• 2 lobsters

• 2 young coconuts

• 1 small carambola (star fruit), still green

• green coriander (cilantro) and mint to taste

• juice of 2 limes

• Malabar pepper

• ground green pepper

• salt

• macadamia nut oil

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Method:

1. Remove the top of each coconut and scoop out the white flesh in strips.

2. Cut the star fruit into thin slices and remove the coriander leaves from the stalks.

3. Cook the lobster in boiling water until they turn red. Remove the flesh and tear into small strips. Mix together the strips of coconut and lobster.

4. Add the star fruit and season with lime juice, salt, pepper and macadamia nut oil.

5. Fill the larger coconut halves with the lobster mixture and garnish with coriander leaves and mint.

Tip: Add a further decorative note by garnishing each stuffed coconut with the head and claws of the lobsters.