Mixed Mushroom & Aubergine Vietnamese Salad Bowl
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Mixed Mushroom & Aubergine Vietnamese Salad Bowl

Sweet, sticky mushroom and aubergine perfectly balance the fresh vegetables and rice noodles here. Light, fresh and ideal for a lunch or midweek meal.
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Serves
4
Total Time
30 Minutes
Ingredients
1 x 30g pack of Merchant Gourmet Dried Mixed Mushrooms
Sesame oil
2 carrots
2 cucumbers
4 spring onions
1 pack of radishes
2 nests of rice noodles
1 aubergine
2 tbsp of agave syrup
1 tbsp of rice vinegar
Juice of 1 lime
1 red chilli
A thumb-size piece of ginger
1 garlic clove
1 tbsp of soy sauce
Fresh coriander (try growing your own with The Stem's Hydro-Herb Kit
Peanuts
Sesame seeds
Method
Step 1

Boil 200ml of water and pour over the dried mixed mushrooms, leave to soak.

Step 2

In a wok, heat the sesame oil and fry thin slices of aubergine until soft and browning. Drain the soaked mushrooms and add to the pan, keeping the soaking liquid.

Step 3

In the meantime, peel carrots and cucumber into ribbons and put into a large bowl. Add the sliced spring onions and radishes.

Step 4

Soak the rice noodles as per packet instructions and cool under running water then dress with sesame oil and lime juice and add to the mixing bowl.

Step 5

Whisk up the agave syrup, rice vinegar, lime juice, chopped chilli, garlic and ginger with a splash of the mushroom soaking liquid. Add the dressing to the pan with mushrooms and aubergines and reduce slightly to become thick and sticky.

Step 6

Pile into the bowl with rice noodles and vegetables and serve topped with peanuts, fresh chopped coriander, lime juice and optional extra sliced red chillies.

Recipe courtesy of Merchant Gourmet

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