Grilled Eggplant Salad with Prawns (Yum Makeua)

Grilled Eggplant Salad with Prawns (Yum Makeua)

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Also known as "yum makeua", this grilled eggplant and prawn salad by Palisa Anderson (of Sydney restaurant Chat Thai) is simple to prepare, but delicious to eat

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Ingredients

  • 2 large long green silken Thai eggplant (see note)
  • 2 large eggs, at room temperature
  • 5 king prawns, peeled, tails intact and deveined
  • 200 gm coarsely minced chicken, preferably thigh
  • 5 spring onions, thinly sliced
  • 7 coriander stalks, cut into 1cm lengths
  • 1 large red shallot, cut into julienne
  • Mint leaves and sliced red birdseye chilli, to serve
  • 15 gm (¼ cup) dried shrimp, finely ground with a mortar and pestle
  • Chilli-lime dressing
  • 2 tbsp lime juice
  • 1½ tbsp fish sauce
  • 3 tsp soft palm sugar
  • ½ birdseye chilli, thinly sliced

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