Thai Seafood Salad

Ingredients

• 1lb (150g) crab meat
• 1lb (150g) squid – cut into pieces
• 1/3lb (50g) mussels (meat only)
• 1/3lb (50g) fish fillet – cut into pieces
• 1/2 lb (100g) shrimp (prawns) – washed, peeled and de-veined
• 4 tblsp (60ml) fish sauce
• 5 tblsp (75ml) lime juice
• 20 small fresh green and red chilies – finely chopped
• 1 tsp (5ml) melted palm sugar
• 3 stalks of fresh lemongrass – lower 1/3 only, thinly sliced
• 1/2 medium onion – thinly sliced
• 1 tomato – cut in 1/2 and thinly sliced length-ways
• 1/2 cup (20g) Chinese celery – roughly chopped
• 4 spring onions – cut into 1 inch pieces

Preparation

1. Put some water into a pan and bring to the boil. Cook the crab meat, squid, mussels, fish and prawns separately. Once cooked, mix the seafood together and set aside.
2. Put the fish sauce, lime juice, chilies and melted palm sugar into a bowl and mix together. Add the seafood and stir well so that the seafood is well covered in the sauce. Add the lemongrass and mix together. Then add the onion and mix again. Finally add the tomato, Chinese celery and spring onions.
3. Mix together and serve immediately.