Melon-Mint salad

The salad truly brings out the flavours of summer with its melony - minty notes.

INGREDIENTS

Water Melon : 1 big bowl (sliced and deseeded)

Mixed Leaves: 8-10 nos

Ginger : thinly sliced (8-10 nos)

Ginger juice 1t

Fresh mint leaves: 1small bunch

Hazelnut : 8-10 nos.

Sugar: 1T

Extra Virgin Olive oil : 1T

Lime Juice: 2T

Cracked Black Pepper: 1t

Salt: To taste

PROCEDURE

1 Place the watermelon slices in the freezer to ensure they are super chilled.

 2 In a deep bowl take some chilled water and ice, and soak the leaves. This is called 'shocking' and will ensure crunchiness in the leaves.

3. In a heavy bottomed pan, melt the sugar and caramelize it a little bit. Dip the ginger slices in this caramel and quickly float it in iced water. Remove and let it dry.

4. Add some water to any caramel left in the pan and dissolve properly. Mix it with ginger juice.

5. In a dressing shaker, pour in the above liquid, olive oil, lime juice, salt, pepper and finely minced mint leaves. Shake well.

6. In a salad dish, make a bed of the crunchy leaves and arrange chilled melon slices on top.

7.Pour in the dressing liberally.

8 Top it with candied ginger and hazelnuts.

PS: Hazelnuts can be here easily substituted by some nuts such as almonds or walnuts.