Prawn Salad with Yoghurt Dressing

 So, continuing with the salad theme, here we have a really fresh prawn salad. It’s really one of those things that can be done start to finish under 25 minutes and tastes really good. And, if you’re a real health nut, it’s a double bonus! I was browsing through a lot of prawn salads and a few pictures that caught my eye were Greek style prawn salads. They looked really colourful and I figured they really wouldn’t need much time to do. As with all Greek salads, this one also features lettuce, olives and some of the other favourite Mediterranean ingredients. The problem really only arose for feta cheese, because I didn’t have any, so I guess this really isn’t an actual Greek salad, because no Greek salad is complete without the feta! So, realising that I anyways wouldn’t be able to make an authentic salad, I decided to go for something different for the dressing rather than the traditional vinaigrette. Prawns, mustard and honey already make a great combination, so, I just took those ingredients and made a yoghurt dressing featuring the two: honey and Dijon mustard. I actually did the entire recipe by eye, and I only realised this 15 minutes after the dish was done, so I wasn't able to give the exact measurements, but this dish is easy to estimate, being savoury. The only thing I wish I could have changed was the size of the prawns by getting bigger prawns. They're literally hidden in all the other vegetables! But overall, its a winner!


 Prawn Salad with Yoghurt Dressing

Prawn preparation:
  • Prawns, deveined and deshelled
  • Lemon juice
  • 2-3 tsp garlic powder
  • Salt
Toss the prawns in the ingredients and allow to rest for at least 10-12 minutes. Bring some olive oil to heat in a pan. Add the prawns (you want to hear them sizzle) and cook them for about 1- 2 minutes, until a crust is formed on one side. Remove from the pan.

Yoghurt dressing:
  • 1 cup plain yoghurt
  • 2 tbsp honey
  • 2-4 tbsp mustard
  • Chilli powder
  • Salt
Mix together all ingredients and set aside.

Salad:
  • A variety of lettuce (in abundance!)
  • Tomatoes
  • Cucumbers
  • Green olives
  • Avocado
Evenly slice the tomatoes, cucumbers and avocado.

To finish off:
Start by roughly tearing the lettuce in a bowl, then arrange all your tomatoes, cucumbers, olives and avocado. Add the dressing between each layer of vegetables. Top off with the cooked prawns and some more dressing. Voila!



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Let’s talk about tea

Whether it’s a whole ceremony at your home or a reason to argue over who is going to make it on weekend mornings, tea rules: it’s a universal beverage. The big drink.

Whenever I think of afternoon tea, or just tea in general, one of the first things that comes to my mind is a cup of milk tea surrounded by a table loaded with finger sandwiches, biscuits, scones, jam, cream and Victoria sponge cake; British tea. That’s what I think of tea as. But this visual could be different for you. You might think of masala chai from India, matcha tea ceremonies if you’re from Japan, the first time you drank çai on your visit to Turkey, some tea bags or just some soggy tea-drenched toast.

Whatever it is, tea is a huge tradition all over the world, and just like truth, it has different versions: British afternoon tea, Indian milk tea, Burmese laphet and Moroccan mint tea, to name a few.

What are some of your tea traditions?



Food for thought,

by food, for food.


A lot of my friends ask me where I get my ideas from. Many just assume that I’m a culinary genius and I pick ideas from my brain just as someone would go apple-picking. But that’s far from the truth. You do NOT know what other salt has fallen into my failed dishes.

I get all of my ideas from other food: cookbooks, recipes on Instagram and food blogs of chefs and MasterChef contestants (especially Beccy from Canada Season 5, Fred and Nick from US Season 10 and Suu from US Season 11) whom I admired in their seasons. Many of my findings act as a catalyst for new ideas or help me steer existing dishes in the right direction. Sometimes I’d just want to be a normal foodie and try other’s dishes because, well, I’m hungry. In short, food for my new ideas, by other chef’s food for MY food on this blog. Quite the analogy.


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