Recipe: Perfect Thai Aubergine Salad

Thai Aubergine Salad.

You can cook Thai Aubergine Salad using 15 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Thai Aubergine Salad

1. It's 2 of aubergines (around 400-500g).
2. You need 3 tbs of olive oil.
3. Prepare 1 tbs of sea salt flakes.
4. It's 2 tbs of chilli jam.
5. You need 3 tbs of lime juice.
6. You need 3 tbs of fish sauce.
7. It's 2 tsp of caster sugar.
8. You need 3 tbs of coconut milk.
9. Prepare 50 g of roasted cashew nuts.
10. Prepare 5 g of fresh coriander.
11. You need 5 g of fresh Thai basil.
12. Prepare 5 g of fresh mint.
13. Prepare 3 of fresh kaffir lime leaves (need to be fresh but frozen is okay).
14. It's 2 of stems of fresh lemongrass.
15. You need 1 of shallot.

Thai Aubergine Salad step by step

1. Vertically (from top to bottom) slice the aubergines around 1 cm thick.
2. Line the baking trays with cooking foil.
3. Season with salt and drizzle some olive oil on the top of aubergine slices, and grill the aubergines in the oven at Grill mode 240 C for 8-10 min until they are slightly burnt.
4. Add 3 tbs each of lime juice, fish sauce, coconut milk and 1 tbs of caster sugar to a big bowl, then mix.
5. Add the chilli jam to the dressing and taste.
6. Mix the roasted aubergines with all the herbs (coriander, Thai basil, mint, sliced lemongrass and shallot) and the dressing.
7. Top with cashew nuts before serving.