Salad Recipes - Chinese Curried Pasta Salad

Ingredients                      

• 350 g/12 oz vermicelli, broken into 3 pieces

• 60 ml/4 tbsp olive oil

• 2 garlic cloves, crushed

• 1.5 ml/1/4 tsp chili powder

• 30 ml/2 tbsp curry powder

• 30 ml/2 tbsp oyster sauce

• 450 g/1lb/4 cups peeled prawns (shrimp)

• Grated rind and juice of 1 lime

• 1 red (bell) pepper, cut into thin strips

• 4 spring onions (scallions), shredded

• 50 g/2 oz/1/2 cup torn basil leaves

• 5 ml/1 tsp caster (superfine) sugar

• Salt and freshly ground black pepper

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Method:

1. Cook the pasta in plenty of boiling salted water until tender. Drain, rinse with cold water and drain again.

2. Heat the oil in a frying pan (skillet). Add the garlic, chili and curry powder and fry (sauté) for 1 minute.

3. Remove from the heat and stir in the oyster sauce. Add to the cold pasta and toss well.

4. Add all the remaining ingredients. Toss well again and chill until ready to serve.