Asian Salad Recipes - Malaysian Fruit and Vegetable Salad with Shrimp Paste Dressing (Rojak) Recipe

Ingredients 

• 1 small green mango, peeled and sliced

• 1 small pineapple, peeled, cored and cut into segments

• 1 cucumber, thinly sliced

• 1 large carrot, sliced into fine matchsticks 

For the dressing:

• 1 teaspoon shrimp paste

• 2 large garlic cloves

• 2 or 3 small red chilies

• 1 tablespoon tamarind water

• 1 tablespoon sugar

• salt

Serves 4

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Method

1. Arrange the salad ingredients in a bowl and set aside.

2. Make the dressing: preheat a hot grill. Wrap the shrimp paste in foil and grill the foil parcel for 1 minute on each side. In a mortar, pound the grilled shrimp paste with all the other ingredients to a paste.

3. Add the paste to the salad and mix well. Serve.