Honeydew, Cucumber + Peanut Salad

asian cuisine · cucumber · honeydew · melon · orange

Prep 4

There is something so cooling and refreshing about this cold summer salad, with a kick of spice, umami of soya and what this really goes well with is a crisp white wine. I’ve also served this with lettuce cups to make it more fun, but really, on its own it is wonders with explosions of flavours.

INSTRUCTIONS

1 Toss the ingredients together and serve cold!

ingredients

1 cup medium diced honeydew
½ cup cucumber slices, quartered
a few orange segments
2 spring onions, sliced
2 green chilies, diced
fresh mint leaves - optional
5 tbsp peanut sauce (see recipe under watermelon + peanut salad)
3 tbsp light soya sauce
pinch of flaky salt or pink salt
toasted sesame seeds and peanuts

optional are lettuce cups!

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