I have met a few challenges with this recipe ( getting saffron and ripe mangoes) but if you can find the ingredients, this is a refreshing complete summer salad!
Hat a skillet over medium heat. Add coconut, then cook, stirring, for 1 minute, until just beginning to colour
Add fennel and coriander seeds, peppercorns and saffron
Cook, stirring, for 1 to 2 minutes, until spices begin to pop and coconut is toasted
Tip into a bowl and let cool to room temperature. Grind coconut mixture in a spice or coffee grinder
Toss shrimp with coconut mixture and 1 tsp (5 mL) of the oil in a medium bowl
Cover and marinate at room temperature for 30 minutes. Season with salt
Preheat oven to 450°F (230°C)
Brush a baking sheet with remaining oil
Arrange shrimp in a single layer on baking sheet, then bake for 3 to 4 minutes, until pink and curled. Set aside to cool
Combine lettuce mix and basil on a serving platter
Peel mango with a vegetable peeler, then use peeler to shave mango flesh into ribbons.
Scatter mango over lettuce mixture
Peel and shave cucumber the same way and add to platter. Scatter red onion over salad
Whisk together chili sauce, lime juice and vegetable oil in a small bowl. Drizzle over salad.
Top with shrimp and sprinkle with cilantro.
Ingredients
Directions
Hat a skillet over medium heat. Add coconut, then cook, stirring, for 1 minute, until just beginning to colour
Add fennel and coriander seeds, peppercorns and saffron
Cook, stirring, for 1 to 2 minutes, until spices begin to pop and coconut is toasted
Tip into a bowl and let cool to room temperature. Grind coconut mixture in a spice or coffee grinder
Toss shrimp with coconut mixture and 1 tsp (5 mL) of the oil in a medium bowl
Cover and marinate at room temperature for 30 minutes. Season with salt
Preheat oven to 450°F (230°C)
Brush a baking sheet with remaining oil
Arrange shrimp in a single layer on baking sheet, then bake for 3 to 4 minutes, until pink and curled. Set aside to cool
Combine lettuce mix and basil on a serving platter
Peel mango with a vegetable peeler, then use peeler to shave mango flesh into ribbons.
Scatter mango over lettuce mixture
Peel and shave cucumber the same way and add to platter. Scatter red onion over salad
Whisk together chili sauce, lime juice and vegetable oil in a small bowl. Drizzle over salad.
Top with shrimp and sprinkle with cilantro.