Coconut and Chilli Kerabu Salad

Name: Coconut and Chilli Kerabu Salad
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 4 tbsp fish sauce; ½ red chilli, deseeded and finely chopped; juice of 2 limes; 2 tsp sugar; 2.5 cm/1 in piece root ginger, peeled; 2 tbsp desiccated coconut; 1 red pepper, deseeded and finely sliced; 1 small handful mint leaves, roughly chopped; 200 g/7 oz/scant 2¼ cups bean sprouts; ½ red onion, finely sliced

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Mighty Spice Cookbook

By John Gregory-Smith

Published 2012

About

Ingredients

½ red onion, finely sliced
2 tbsp desiccated coconut
1 red pepper, deseeded and fi

Side dish
Spicy
Gluten-free

Method

To make the dressing, whisk the fish sauce, lime juice and sugar together in a large bowl. Grate the ginger into the bowl, discarding the fibrous bits, and mix well.
Scatter the onion over the dressing and mix well, then set aside for 5-10 minutes. This will take the rawness out of the onion.
Meanwhile, toast the coconut in a small frying pan over a m