FEBRUARY 2016: Arugula Salad and Jumbo Prawns

photoed by A. Rajan

Easy peasy afternoon fiesta with Arugula Salad and Indian-inspired Jumbo Prawns.

Sometimes, it's great to keep your meals simple yet keep them healthy and hearty. The salad...

• a handful of leafy rocket (or arugula) with 
• a quarter of one pear, diced
• few plump blackberries (packs a punch of different flavours), 

dressed with:

• 1 Tbsp (Tablespoon) lime juice, 
• 1/2 tsp (teaspoon) brown sugar, 
• 1 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil with
• little seasoning of a pinch of sea salt and 
• a pinch of black peppercorns, freshly ground.

For prawns...
(I like to keep the shell on as it takes its taste to another notch, helping it retain its juiciness.)

Make a mixture of: 

• 1/2 tsp red chilli powder or cayenne, 
• 1/4 tsp of turmeric, 
• 1/4 tsp of salt and 
• 1 Tbsp of lime juice. 

Mix and marinate the prawns in this, and then 
Shallow fry them in little oil, till they become deep amber in colour. 
Takes about two minutes each side. Serve these two, side-by-side restaurant style. It's my comfort food on a lazy day. 

Give it a go 

and let us know 

what you think-o. ;-)
--A.R.