Prawn and watermelon salad

Prawn and watermelon salad

Topped with toasted sesame seeds, peanuts and cashews

Topped with toasted sesame seeds, peanuts and cashews

Serves 2

Cooks In20 minutes

DifficultySuper easy

Nutrition per serving

• Calories 560 28%

• Fat 37.0g 53%

• Saturates 6.6g 33%

• Sugars 16.2g 18%

• Protein 29.9g 60%

• Carbs 25.0g 10%

Of an adult's reference intake

Ingredients

• 2 limes , zest and juice of
• 12 raw prawns , from sustainable sources, ask your fishmonger, peeled
• 100 g unsalted cashews
• 1 tablespoon sesame seeds
• 1 small bunch mint
• 1 red chilli , deseeded and finely chopped
• 2 handfuls baby spinach
• 400 g watermelon , seeds removed, cut into chunks
• 4 spring onions , finely sliced
• sesame oil
• sea salt
• freshly ground black pepper

Method

1. Prawns quickly marinated in lime juice and stir-fried, tossed in a salad with mint, chilli, baby leaf spinach, chunks of watermelon and toasted crushed sesame seeds, peanuts and cashew nuts. Delicious!
2. Put the zest and juice of one of the limes in a bowl and toss the prawns in it. Leave to marinate while you prepare the other ingredients.
3. Heat a wok or frying pan, then add the cashews and heat until lightly toasted.
4. Add the sesame seeds for 30 seconds until they start to brown and pop, then remove all the nuts from the pan. Crush lightly with the bottom of a saucepan and place in a big mixing bowl.
5. Add the mint, chopped chilli, baby spinach, watermelon and spring onion to the mixing bowl and toss with the toasted nuts.
6. Add the prawns to the hot pan with a splash of sesame oil, season with salt and pepper and stir-fry lightly for a few minutes until cooked through.
7. Toss the cooked prawns with the other ingredients in the mixing bowl and season with lime juice, sesame oil, salt and pepper.
8. Tip: If you can’t find cashews, unsalted peanuts will do instead.