Recipe: Sesame, pineapple and cucumber salad

Sesame, pineapple and cucumber salad. Photo / Babiche Martens

Serves 4

2 cups diced cucumber
2 cups diced pineapple
3 limes, zested and juiced
1 Tbs toasted sesame seeds
2 Tbs fresh mint leaves, shredded

Dressing
2 Tbs coconut cream
1/2 Tbs lime juice
1 Tsp palm sugar, grated
1 tsp fish sauce
1 tsp sesame sauce
1 Tbs water

1 Put the cucumber and pineapple into a bowl.

2 Add the lime juice and zest, then the sesame seeds and fresh mint leaves. Stir to combine.

3 To make the dressing, put all the ingredients into a bowl over a saucepan of simmering water.

4 Gently stir until the sugar has melted and the flavours have combined, then spoon over the salad with extra sesame seeds and mint leaves to garnish.

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