D is for Dinner: Miang wraps with prawn and pomelo
Jonathan Korecki is one of 14 chefs taking party in a restaurant takeover at Coconut Lagoon
How about invite 14 of the city's top chefs to keep the place hopping?
Jonathan Korecki, formerly of Sidedoor, is one of the chefs who'll take part in the restaurant takeover at Coconut Lagoon as chef Joe Thottungal vies for top honours this weekend at the Canadian Culinary Championships, more commonly known as the Gold Medal Plates.
"Some (variations of Miang) contain just a few ingredients while others, like this one, include fruit and prawns," Korecki said.
"This is great dinner party fare. Just have all the ingredients on the table and guests can make their own wraps as they like. Take extra care on cutting the lime, ginger and shallot — the lime should be a miniscule dice, the ginger a bit bigger and the shallot about five millimetre cubes."
Miang ingredients
Serves 4-6
- 20-30 Betel (bai tong lang), or substitute with spinach, romaine or Boston lettuce leaves.
- 1 pomelo or grapefruit or pineapple, cut into chunks.
- 1 bunch cilantro leaves.
- 1 tbsp. lime, diced fine.
- 2 tbsp. ginger, peeled and diced.
- 4 tbsp. shallots, diced.
- 4 tbsp. coconut, grated and roasted.
- 20 prawns, blanched, peeled and halved.
Sauce ingredients
- 1 tbsp. ginger, diced.
- 1 bird's eye chili.
- 4 tbsp. coconut, grated and roasted.
- 1 tbsp. roasted peanuts or cashew.
- 1/4 cup fish sauce.
- 3/4 cup palm sugar.
- 1/4 cup water.
- 3 tbsp. tamarind (no seeds).
Instructions
Sauce
1. Grind the first five ingredients together using a mortar and pestle, or a food processor.
2. Heat the palm sugar and water in a pot until dissolved. Add the ground up paste and tamarind, then simmer for a few minutes. Let cool before tasting — it should be sweet, rich, sour and salty.
Miang
Arrange all ingredients separately on a platter, with the sauce in the middle. Guests can choose ingredients to put onto onto betel leaves. Enjoy.