Name: Trio of Balinese style salads
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: Cucumber and peanuts; 1 telegraph cucumber, thinly sliced; 1/2 cup dry roasted peanuts; 1/2 teaspoon sesame oil; 1 lime, juiced; Green beans and coconut with chilli lime dressing; 2 limes, juiced; 1 red chilli, deseeded, sliced; 1/2 teaspoon sesame oil; 1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar; pinch brown sugar; 300 gram green beans, blanched; 1/4 cup coconut flakes or threads, toasted lightly in a dry pan; Pineapple, chilli and sesame; 1/2 pineapple, skin removed; 1 teaspoon white sesame seeds; 1 teaspoon black sesame seeds; 2 red chillies, deseeded and thinly sliced; 1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar (or citrus juice)

Trio of Balinese style salads

Make these simple side dishes to accompany your curry and you will have the perfect feast. Photography by Todd Eyre.

Serves 8

Prep

15M

Cook

Total

20M

Ingredients

Cucumber and peanuts

1 telegraph cucumber, thinly sliced

1/2 cup dry roasted peanuts

1/2 teaspoon sesame oil

1 lime, juiced

Green beans and coconut with chilli lime dressing

2 limes, juiced

1 red chilli, deseeded, sliced

1/2 teaspoon sesame oil

1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar

pinch brown sugar

300 gram green beans, blanched

1/4 cup coconut flakes or threads, toasted lightly in a dry pan

Pineapple, chilli and sesame

1/2 pineapple, skin removed

1 teaspoon white sesame seeds

1 teaspoon black sesame seeds

2 red chillies, deseeded and thinly sliced

1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar (or citrus juice)

Method

Cucumber and peanuts

1.Toss the cucumber, peanuts, oil and lime juice together.

Green beans and coconut with chilli lime dressing

2.For the dressing, whisk the juice, chilli, oil, vinegar and sugar together.

3.Toss the beans, onion and coconut together with the dressing. Make sure the vegetables are well dressed.

Pineapple, chilli and sesame

4.Cut the pineapple in half again, then thinly slice the fruit into leaves. Mix with the sesame seeds, chilli and a splash of vinegar.

All of these salads will benefit from sitting for at least 15 minutes before serving to allow the flavours to fully develop.
Note

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Ingredients

Method

Cucumber and peanuts

Green beans and coconut with chilli lime dressing

Pineapple, chilli and sesame

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