Tropical Spice Garden Cooking School Penang - Mango Kerabu Salad

fish sauce

🥗Healthier: soy sauce

💰Cheaper: salt + water

Soy sauce is a vegetarian alternative, while salt and water mimic the saltiness.

peanuts

🥗Healthier: sunflower seeds

💰Cheaper: cashews

Sunflower seeds provide a nut-free option, while cashews are often cheaper.

Start with a slightly green mango, which should be firm and a bit sour.

Peel the mango completely, ensuring the flesh is still green and firm.

Score the mango flesh with a knife to create irregular textures, then shred it into pieces.

Slice the cucumber into thin rounds or half-moons.

Remove the stems from the red and green chilies, then slice them finely.

Prepare ginger flower by removing the stalk and slicing it thinly.

Use only the green stalks of the spring onions and slice them thinly.

Remove the woody vein from the cafe lime leaves and slice them finely.

Chop fresh mint leaves.

In a mortar and pestle, pound the chilies to create a paste, keeping the seeds in.

Add toasted blan (krill) to the mortar and pound it together with the chilies until well mixed.

Squeeze the juice of the lime into the mixture, capturing the seeds in your hand to avoid adding them to the paste.

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