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Mixed Leaf Salad with Wagashi Cheese

A mixed salad with Wagashi (local Ghanaian cheese) and buttery, herby shrimp.
Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time10 minutes
Course: Salad, Side Dish
Keyword: wagashi
Author: Edinam

Ingredients

  • 250 grams mixed lettuce blend
  • 150 grams wagashi raw
  • 1 tablespoon sunflower seeds
  • 5 medium shrimp
  • cherry tomatoes or regular tomatoes
  • 1 cucumber cut into thick diagonal slices
  • garlic chopped
  • ½ lemon
  • 1 teaspoon parsley chopped
  • 1 sprig rosemary
  • 10 grams butter
  • 1 tablespoon sea salt

Yoghurt Dressing Ingredients

  • 125 grams yoghurt
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • ½ teaspoon fish sauce optional
  • pinch salt
  • 1 teaspoon honey
  • 1 tablespoon parsley chopped

Instructions

  • In a pan, add sea salt to about 400 ml of water. Add rosemary and bring to a boil.
  • Add the wagashi to the water and let simmer for 4 minutes and then leave to cool.
  • Toast sunflower seeds for about 2 minutes and set aside.
  • In a pan, melt the butter, add the garlic and cook for a minute.
  • Salt the shrimp, add them to the pan, and stir for about 2 minutes
  • Squeeze the juice of half of a lemon into the pan, stir for a further minute.
  • Add parsley, stir, take the pan off the heat and leave the shrimp to cool.
  • In a bowl, add mixed salad, cucumbers and tomatoes.
  • Crumble wagashi over salad and then add shrimp.
  • Sprinkle sunflower seeds over the salad.
  • Serve with the yoghurt dressing or any other dressing of choice.

Yoghurt Dressing

  • Mix yoghurt with oil, fish sauce, honey, parsley, and a pinch of salt.