Tina and Amazing's Green Island Salad
Team Samoa
INGREDIENTS
For the salad:
1 bunch watercress (kapisi vai)
1 cucumber
1 vi, peeled and diced (use green mango, pineapple or pawpaw if vi is not in season)
½ guava (or firm mango)
2 green banana
2 ripe banana
1 tsp virgin coconut oil
For the dressing:
2 lemons
1 tbsp sugar or honey
½ tsp canola, virgin coconut or olive oil
Salt and pepper
METHOD
- Boil the bananas in their skin for about 10 minutes.
- Drain, peel and set aside.
- Pick the watercress, discarding woody stems.
- Peel and dice the cucumber and cut the guava into pieces and place in a bowl.
- Add the vi.
- Remove skin from ripe bananas.
- Cut the cooked green bananas and the ripe bananas into slices and grill. (Note: ripe bananas will only take 2 minutes, the green about 5 minutes.)
- When cooked set aside and allow to cool.
- For the dressing, squeeze the juice of the lemons into a bowl, making sure there are no pips or pith remaining.
- Mix juice with the oil and sugar until completely dissolved.
- Mix all the greens and fruit, except the grilled bananas, in a large bowl with the dressing.
- Lie the grilled bananas on top to serve.
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