Coriander Salad Dressing

I am republishing this recipe. It was a big success when I first posted it on 54's website. It is the easiest dressing to make and gives a great Asian flavour. It's a good dressing to use for rice salad too.

5 minute Coriander dressing

Takes less than 5 minutes to make

Make in a screw-top jar – an old jam jar is perfect

Ingredients

• 60mls (1/4 cup – about 2 large limes) fresh lime juice
• 4 to 8 tablespoons oil - you can use light olive oil if preferred
• chopped fresh coriander – to taste – probably about 2 tablespoons
• 1 tsp sesame oil
• 1/2 tsp sambal oelek * see below
• About ½ inch of fresh ginger peeled and grated (don’t use dry powder - you can get packs of frozen ginger cubes which are very handy otherwise leave it out)
• Pinch of sugar and pinch of salt to taste

Combine the lime juice, oil, coriander, sesame oil, *sambal oelek, ginger, sugar and salt in a screw-top jar. Shake until well combined.

*you can get sambal olek is some Asian supermarkets. If you really can’t find it then pound some chili sauce and a couple of anchovies together.

Tip – in Asia acidity is obtained from limes, not lemons or vinegar, so always use lime juice in your dressing. Fresh is best but bottled is fine too.

Tip – lime juice is like salt - it can be added but not removed so use less rather than more – taste – then add more if needed.