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Spicy tuna and green papaya salad

Name: Spicy tuna and green papaya salad recipe
Yield: 4
Cuisine: /asian, /asian recipes
Ingredients: 2 tsp coriander seeds; 2 makrut lime leaves, finely shredded; 2 garlic cloves, crushed; 2 long green chillies, seeds removed, finely chopped; 20.00 ml caster sugar; 80ml fish sauce; Juice of 2 limes; 1 tsp sesame oil; 20.00 ml sunflower oil; 500g sashimi-grade tuna, cut into 1cm cubes; Pinch of ground white pepper; 20.00 ml toasted sesame seeds; 2 pink grapefruit or 1 pomelo, peeled, broken into segments; 1 green papaya, finely shredded (we used a mandoline); 375.00 ml mint leaves; 2 eschalots, finely chopped; 50g peanuts

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by Phoebe Wood

Jan 21, 2022

This healthy and satisfying spicy tuna salad is an ideal way to shake things up. Eating your greens has never looked better!

2 tsp coriander seeds
2 makrut lime leaves, finely shredded
2 garlic cloves, crushed
2 long green chillies, seeds removed, finely chopped
1 tbs caster sugar
1/3 cup (80ml) fish sauce
Juice of 2 limes
1 tsp sesame oil
1 tbs sunflower oil
500g sashimi-grade tuna, cut into 1cm cubes
Pinch of ground white pepper
1 tbs toasted sesame seeds
2 pink grapefruit or 1 pomelo, peeled, broken into segments
1 green papaya, finely shredded (we used a mandoline)
1 1/2 cups mint leaves
2 eschalots, finely chopped
1/3 cup (50g) roasted salted peanuts, roughly chopped

Method

1.

Place coriander seeds in a small frypan over medium heat and cook, swirling pan regularly, for 1-2 minutes, until fragrant.
2.

Transfer warm seeds to a mortar and pestle and roughly crush. Add lime leaves, garlic, chilli and sugar, and roughly crush.
3.

Add fish sauce, lime juice, sesame oil and sunflower oil, and stir to combine.
4.

Place tuna in a bowl and toss with 1/3 cup (80ml) dressing.
5.

Add white pepper and sesame seeds, and toss to coat.
6.

Arrange grapefruit, papaya, mint and eschalot on a serving platter.
7.

Top with tuna, scatter with peanuts, and serve with remaining dressing alongside.