This is simply the best dish to serve up when your not sure what to make for a special brunch or lunch. It sounds complicated but its not at all.
Ingredients (serves 6)
- half kilo whitebait
- 2 tspn ground chilli
- 1 large mango chopped
- 1.5 cups mint and coriander chopped
- 3 tspn fried shallots
- an amount vegetable oil for frying whitebait
- 3 sprigs spring onion
- an amount flour
- MINT DRESSING BELOW
- 2 crushed garlic
- 1 red chilli chopped
- 3 tspn white sugar
- half cup lime juice
- quarter cup fish sauce
- quarter cup rice vinegar
- 1 cup chopped mint
Method
- For mint dressing, pound garlic, chilli and sugar in a mortar and pestle to a coarse paste (2-3 min) add mints and pound to combine. Just before serving, stir in lime juice, fish sauce and rice vinegar.
- Heat vege oil in a saucepan or deep-fryer. Combine flour and chilli in a shallow bowl. Dust whitebait in flour mixture and deep-fry until crisp and golden (4-5 min) then drain on absorbent paper.
- Combine mango, herbs, fried shallot and spring onion in a large serving bowl, add whitebait and drizzle with a little mint dressing. Toss and serve with extra mint dressing and lime wedges.
Notes
Fabulous summer lunch to share with friends
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