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Serves: 2 You’ll need: 150 gms fresh pomelo 1 bunch spoon lettuce 10 cherry tomatoes, halved 1 cucumber, spiralised or diced 80 gms prawns, steamed (please keep the water from steamed prawns to dilute the dressing) 1 bunch mint 1 onion, thinly sliced and separated 1 1/2 tbsp njh Prik Nam Pla 1 tbsp fish sauce or (1 tsp lime juice and 1 tbsp water with 1/2 tsp salt) 2 tbsp sticky rice roasted and pounded Method: Set the lettuce and all the salad vegetables one by one in a dish. Take the njh Prik Nam Pla, steamed prawn water and the fish sauce or the lime juice mix in a jar. Shake it up and toss into the salad....

Serves: 3-4 Method: 150 gms clean prawns (minced) 40 gms cabbage ( soaked 1/2 tsp salt and the water squeezed out) 40 gms spring onions, chopped 1 tbsp ginger-garlic minced, freshly pound 2 tsp njh Prik Nam Pla 2 tbsp cornflour 1 egg white 1 tsp Chinese sesame oil 1/4 tsp salt 1 tbsp cornflour mixed with 4 tbsp water( to seal the filling) Spring roll sheets Oil to deep fry Method: Mix together all the ingredients except for the cornflour, spring roll sheets and oil. This is the filling. Take a bit of the filling and put in the spring roll sheets. Fold as shown( please use the cornflour water to seal it). Deep fry until golden and crisp....

What’s not to love about prawns & avocado getting together with that magic njh Prik Nam Pla. So good!

And some days one wants a big one pot meal of noodles and veggies. With our Thai coriander wok Sauce and coconut milk, this has flavour that suits the Indian palate too.

A super easy stir fry, you can choose any vegetables you like. Just be cognizant of the different cooking times and start with the vegetable that takes the longest. You also want to keep the crunch, so don’t over cook it.