Rojak (Malaysian Fruit and Vegetable Salad)
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Ingredients
- 1 cucumber, cut into batons
- 1 ripe mango
- 1 green plantain
- 100 g beansprouts
- 150 g firm tofu, cubed
- 1 tsp shrimp paste
- 1 tbsp tamarind paste
- 60 g roasted peanuts, roughly chopped
- 1 tbsp palm sugar
Nutrition (per serving)
- Calories
- 278 kcal
- Protein
- 12 g
- Carbohydrate
- 30.6 g
- of which sugars
- 18.4 g
- Fat
- 11.2 g
- of which saturates
- 1.9 g
- Fibre
- 4.7 g
- Salt
- 0.34 g
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Method
- 1
Peel and slice the mango and plantain into bite-sized pieces.
- 2
Fry the tofu in a dry non-stick pan for 4-5 minutes until lightly golden, then cube.
- 3
Whisk the shrimp paste, tamarind paste, palm sugar and 2 tablespoons water together to make a dressing.
- 4
Toss the cucumber, mango, plantain, beansprouts and tofu together in a large bowl.
- 5
Pour over the dressing and toss well to coat.
- 6
Scatter with the roasted peanuts and serve straight away.

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