Lime Sugar Dipping Salt Recipes

SALT AND PEPPER PRAWNS WITH LIME AND CHILLI DIPPING SAUCE

Steps:

• For dipping sauce, combine sugar and vinegar in a small frying pan and stir over a low heat until sugar dissolves.
• Cool, then add reamaining sauce ingredients.
• Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Dry roast pepper and peppercorns in a small pan over low medium heat for 2 minutes or until fragrant, then cool.
• Grind roasted peppers, salt and rice flour until coarsely ground.
• Place prawns in bowl and sprinkle with pepper mixture to coat.
• Heat oil in wok and fry prawns in batches for 2 minutes or until cooked through.
• Drain on absorbent paper.
• Serve prawns immediately with dipping sauce and lime wedges to the side.

GINGER-LIME DIPPING SAUCE

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine the ginger, lime juice, and sugar and stir to dissolve the sugar. Taste and adjust the flavors with more lime juice or sugar as needed. The ginger and lime should both be prominent, but not to the point that they make you wince and pucker. Add the fish sauce, starting out with 2 tablespoons and adding more as your palate dictates. Set aside for 30 minutes to let the ginger bloom before serving.
• Put the sauce on the table so that diners can serve themselves, or divide among individual dipping sauce bowls. It may be prepared 2 to 3 hours in advance and left at room temperature until serving.

LIME SALT

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 225°. Mix salt and lime zest until well combined; spread into a parchment-lined 15x10-1-in. baking pan., Bake until mixture is dry, about 30 minutes. Cool completely in pan. Store in an airtight container at room temperature.

LIME SUGAR

Steps:

• Remove zest from limes in strips with a vegetable peeler and cut away any white pith from zest (pith imparts a bitter flavor). Chop zest (about 1/2 cup), then grind in a food processor with sugar until mixture is pale green with bits of zest still visible.

LIME-SUGAR DIPPING SALT

Steps:

• Stir salt and sugar together in a small bowl. Zest limes directly into salt-sugar mixture. Using your fingers, rub together to grind the zest more finely.
• Transfer to a tightly sealed container until ready to serve. Dipping salt can be prepared up to a week in advance and stored at room temperature.