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Serves two as a side dish
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10 medium prawns, cleaned and shelled
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1 bitter gourd
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a handful of cherry tomatoes, quartered
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2 chillies, finely chopped
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2 shallots, sliced
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3 garlic cloves, pounded
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2 tablespoons fish sauce
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1 tablespoon sugar
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2-3 tablespoons lime juice
1. Prepare the dressing by mixing the garlic, chilli, shallot, fish sauce,
lime juice and sugar together.
2. Blanch the prawns in boiling water until cooked.
3. Wash, prepare and slice the bitter gourd. Blanch in a pot of boiling
water and drain.
4. In a serving bowl, mix the prawns, bitter gourd slices, tomatoes
and dressing so everything is evenly coated. Serve with steamed
jasmine rice.
Cook it at home
Try it in Town
Sabai Fine Thai does a version of
this salad (“YamMara”) with bitter
gourd, prawns, chicken, mint
leaves, chilli and lime ($17.50).
70 Collyer Quay, #01-02 Customs
House, sabaifinethai.com.sg.
Thai bitter gourd and prawn salad