Crab and Prawn Salad

There is nothing better than eating a meal that you have cooked entirely on your own... 


Nat and I decided to branch out the other week and venture to the Footscray Markets to see what all the fuss was about. Whilst it's not a fancy 'suburban' market- it has a plethora of cheap fruit and vegetables and a phenomenal amount of delicious seafood. I decided to give crab a try so bought myself a small blue swimmer crab and some green prawns.


It was a boiling hot day and I thought that an Asian Crab Salad would be amazing- but fogot that I had to boil the crab to cook it, not well thought out but a delicious result though.        

You will need:


Handful of picked crab meat

5-8 green prawns

Glass noodles, soaked in boiling water, drain

Bean shoots

Coriander

¼-1/2 avocado, roughly chopped

Small red chilli

Lemon, juiced

¼ Spanish onion, finely chopped

Cucumber, cut into pieces

1-2 cloves garlic, finely chopped

1-2 tbsp olive oil

Dressing:

Natural yoghurt

Lemon zest + juice of half of a lemon

Pepper

Method:

• Heat oil in a pan, cook garlic and chilli
• Then add the prawns, when almost cooked through pour in the lemon juice- put aside to cool
• In a bowl, combine noodles, cucumber, Spanish onion, bean shoots, crab meat and avocado
• Add the prawns and juices to the bowl
• Shred the coriander and put into bowl
• Combine the ingredients for the dressing and serve either on the side or on top of the salad