Thai Style Seafood Salad (4 pax)

Tasted this dish during my Thailand trip. After returning home, try my best to imitate the way it was done in Thailand. Successful in a way just that I can't add much chilli as some of my family is unable to take chilli.

Ingredients 1. Prawns - 12 pcs (De-shell & De-vein) 2. Squid - 3 pcs of medium size squid. (Cut into rings about 1cm thickness) 3. Yellow onion - 1 medium size onion (cut into strips) 4. Slim celery - 5 small stalks 5. Cherry Tomatoes - 12 pcs (cut into halves) 6. Thai Green lemon- 2 pcs abt 6 tbsp of juice 7. Sugar - 2.5 tbsp 8. Fish sauce - 3 tbsp 9. Red Chilli - 1pcs (cut into slices. Replace with chilli padi if you like it spicy) 10. Garlic - 2 cloves (sliced) only add this if you like raw garlic. If not, this is optional.

Preparation 1. Blanch the prawns in boiling water for about 10 to 20 seconds (individual judgement. I like the prawns to crunchy so I only used 10secs.)

2. Blanched the squid rings in boiling water for 15 secs.

3. Place both the blanched prawns n squid into bowl, film wrapped it and place it into refrigerator for at least 1hr.

The Dish 1. Place all the cutted chilli, onions, celeries and cherry tomatoes into a big mix bowl. Add in the green lemon juice, sugar and fish sauce. Mixed them well and add in the chilled prawns and squid. Continue to mix well. If desired, add in some salt and black pepper.

2. Place some lettuce at the bottom of the serving plate. Pour out the salad onto the serving plate and you are done. Try to serve this dish once you are done. It taste better when served cold.

Mistakes made 1. I forgot to prepare some fried shallots as garnish for this dish. With the fried shallots, it adds some form of crunchy to your salad.

These are the steps that I took for the trial making of this dish.

Happy cooking and Bon Appetit!