Recipe for Aloe vera salad with tropical mango, shrimps and jellyfish
Refreshing salad for that hot summer day, this aloe vera salad offer a new fun way to tropical paradise with exotic flavors. Try it with shrimp and jelly fish.
Course Salad
Prep Time 20 minutesminutes
Cook Time 5 minutesminutes
Total Time 25 minutesminutes
Servings 4-6
Author Victoria
Ingredients
1large stalk of Aloe Vera
2mini cucumber/pickle dill
1medium carrot
1unripe mango
6large shrimps
A pack of Jellyfish or double the shrimp above
A handful of mintbasil, celery
2Tbspof Roasted sesame or crushed peanut
1Tbspsesame oil
1lime
2garlic cloves
1red hot chili or
1Tbspsalt
2Tbspfish sauce or 1/2 Tbsp salt
2-3Tbspsugar
4TbspRice vinegar
1/2tspground pepper
Instructions
Jellyfish - if use
Read the label to see whether it's salted or not. If it is, rinse twice, then soak in cold water for 2-3 hour to release all the saltiness. Rinse once more and let dry.
Prepare an icy cold bath, bring a quart of water to boil.
Blanch the Jellyfish in boiled water for 2 second, and immediately transfer them to icy cold bath.
After 5-10 minutes, remove from the icy bath, strain off excess water.
Marinate with 1 Tbsp of sesame oil and 1/2 tsp ground pepper. Cover and place in fridge until final mixing step.
Aloe Vera
Peel off the skin, wash and remove all the yellowish/greenish gel.
Cut into long thin strips, about the size of a chopstick.
In a large container, add 1 Tbsp of salt and Aloe Vera strip, mix, fold, and squeeze through them all real good, before rinsing to remove all the slimy stuff.
Prepare an icy cold bath, squeeze 1 lime (for juice), throw the lime shell in the icy bath too.
Boil a pot of water, blanch Aloe vera strips for 2 minutes and transfer to the lime juice-icy-bath. This will help keep the Aloe vera from staining and crunch.
Other preparation
Shrimp: boil or steam, remove shell, de-vein and cut into halves.
Carrot, cucumber: thinly slice into long thin strips or work them through a julienne spiralizer into noodle strands.
Mango: shred or french fry cut.
Mint or Basil: remove stems, chop all the leaves.
Cilantro: mince.
Dressing and salad
Get a large mixable container to start with the dressing.
Add 2-3 Tbsp of sugar (depend on your sweet tooth), 4 Tbsp rice vinegar and 2 Tbsp fish sauce (or 1/2 Tbsp salt). Mix well to dissolve sugar.
Test taste and adjust, so that the sauce is sweet and sour with a bit of saltiness to level.
Then add (in order) crushed and mince garlic, marinated Jellyfish, shrimp, mango, carrot, and cucumber.
Mix them real good(but be gentle and don't break the veggies strands) and let the flavor soaked in for 5 minutes.
Finally, add all the minced herbs, cilantro and mix them again.
Serve cold with some roasted sesame/crushed peanut sprinkling on top. Best with cracker & crispy chips. Leftover can be stored in fridge for 2 days.