serves
6
prep
15 minutes
cook
15 minutes
difficulty
Easy
serves
6
people
preparation
15
minutes
cooking
15
minutes
difficulty
Easy
level
Ingredients
- 250 g palm sugar, grated
- 125 ml (½ cup) fish sauce
- 1 lemongrass stalk, tough outer leaves removed, cut into 10-cm lengths and pounded
- 1 red Asian shallot, peeled and sliced
- 5 makrut lime leaves, crushed, plus finely shredded leaves, to serve
- 3 coriander roots, scraped clean and washed
- 50 g tamarind paste
- 1 tsp sea salt
To serve
- green mango
- papaya
- dragon fruit
- pineapple
- watermelon
- lychees
- banana
- lime wedges, for squeezing
Instructions
- Place the palm sugar and the fish sauce in a saucepan and stir over low heat until the sugar dissolves. Bring to the boil, then add the lemongrass, shallot, lime leaves and coriander roots and simmer for 5-10 minutes or until slightly thickened. Remove from the heat, stir in the tamarind paste until well combined. Strain and set aside to cool.
- Prepare the fruits and place on a large serving plate. Drizzle over the sweet fish sauce, then sprinkle with the shredded lime leaf and a sprinkle of sea salt.
Photography by Danielle Abou Karam.
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Cook's Notes
Oven temperatures are for conventional; if using fan-forced (convection), reduce the temperature by 20˚C. | We use Australian tablespoons and cups: 1 teaspoon equals 5 ml; 1 tablespoon equals 20 ml; 1 cup equals 250 ml. | All herbs are fresh (unless specified) and cups are lightly packed. | All vegetables are medium size and peeled, unless specified. | All eggs are 55-60 g, unless specified.
