Thai Banana Blossom Salad

Ingredients

• 2 banana blossoms
• Juice from 1 lemon
• 1 tbsp salt
• 10 cooked prawns (sliced in half lengthwise)
• 3 spring onions (white part, thinly sliced)
• ½ cup shredded coconut (lightly toasted)
• 1⁄4 cup coriander leaves (plus extra, optional as garnish)
• 2-3 tbsp fried shallots
• Bird's eye chillies (sliced, optional as garnish)
• 2 tbsp dried shrimp
• 2 tbsp palm sugar (grated)
• 2 tbsp tamarind paste
• 1 tbsp lime juice
• 2 tbsp fish sauce
• 1 tbsp chilli paste in soybean oil
• 1⁄4 cup coconut cream