Rambutan with green mango
This is a recipe from Thai Food by David Thompson. Thompson says that: "King Rama II compared the succulence and perfume of this dish to the pleasing tones of a lover's voice."
Ingredients
1 Green mango
20 rambutans
1 1/2 cups of water
1 cup of sugar
a pandanus leaf (tied in a knot)
a pinch of salt
deep-fried shallots before
crushed ice
Method
Bring 1 1/2 cups of water and 1 cup of sugar to the boil, add a pandanus leaf (tied in a knot) and a pinch of salt, then simmer for 3 minutes. Allow the syrup to cool and remove the pandanus leaf. Peel 20 rambutans and prise out their seeds.
Finely shred a small green mango and mix with the rambutans. Pour the syrup over the fruit, add some crushed ice and sprinkle with deep-fried shallots before serving.
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