This delicious Pomelo Salad with chopped peanuts and toasted coconut flakes is a must-try! It is sweet, tangy, juicy, and refreshing.
Ever since I started making Yee Sang, pomelo is a must have at our house during the Chinese New Year celebration. I usually use about a third of that huge citrus fruit for the Yee Sang and simply eat the rest. This year, I decided to save half the fruit for a salad. This refreshing Pomelo Salad was inspired by both the Yee Sang and Thai Pomelo Salad. The dressing is a simpler version of the Yee Sang dressing while the addition of coconut flakes and peanuts came from the Thai Pomelo Salad.
Pomelo
Pomelo is a pale green to yellow colored citrus fruit with a thick rind. It tastes like a mild grapefruit and has a very slight hint of bitterness. Pomelos come in two varieties – a sweet kind with white flesh and a slightly tangy kind with pinkish flesh. The ones we find here has a yellow rind with pinkish flesh. They start appearing in the stores in January and February and are a must have for the Chinese New Year. Their flesh is an essential ingredient in Yee Sang or Raw Fish Salad.
Refreshing Pomelo Salad
INGREDIENTS
- Β½ small pomelo yielding 1 cup (150g) flesh
- Β½ cup cilantro leaves (10g)
- Β½ cup large coconut flakes (toasted) (20g)
- ΒΌ cup toasted peanuts ( coarsely chopped) (40g)
- 1 tsp sesame seeds
Dressing
- 1 tbsp plum sauce
- 1 tbsp hot water
- 1 tsp sesame oil
INSTRUCTIONS
- Combine pomelo, cilantro, and peanuts in a large bowl.
- Mix together all dressing ingredients in a small bowl. Pour dressing over ingredients in the large bowl.
- Toss to get everything well mixed.
- Sprinkle toasted coconut and sesame seeds over salad.
- Serve immediately.
NUTRITION
And now for the giveaway…
Scrapbooking
Scrapbooking can be a fun and enjoyable hobby and Ro-Ri San and I used to spend weekends after our vacations to preserve all those wonderful memories. We saved all our entrance tickets, brochures, and scraps of information together with photographs to create a story in pictures. In the days before digital photography, we would sort through stacks of pictures just to pick the right one to convey the message. It was a fun but time consuming project.
We continued doing that until we switched to digital photography. Life got busy and those digital pictures were just stored in disks. Although they were nice and compact, they were not as much fun to look at as the ones in scrapbooks. Something has to be done about them.
Digital Scrapbooking
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You can read about my trip here.
My Memories Software
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My Memories Giveaway
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This giveaway will be opened till 9:00pm Central time Wednesday, February 8th, 2012. I will randomly select and announce the winner on Thursday, February 9th, 2012. All the best!
I also created a recipe card for today’s recipe. How cool is that!
Enjoy…..and have a wonderful day! π
Patty says
January 30, 2012 at 1:35 pmHi Biren, I have a Pomelo tree in my backyard and I never knew what to do with them! I’m for sure making this salad;-)
Biren says
January 31, 2012 at 2:48 pmWow…you do have many fruit trees in your yard! I am glad you found a recipe for those beautiful pomelos. π
simply.food says
January 30, 2012 at 1:53 pmSalad looks delicious.
Angie@Angie's Recipes says
January 30, 2012 at 1:55 pmLove pomelo salad too! Yummy!
Curry and Comfort says
January 30, 2012 at 4:41 pmI love the idea of using a pomelo in a salad. The picture with the salad inside the pomelo is really wonderful! π Looks like a great giveaway. π
T Jarvis says
January 30, 2012 at 5:13 pmMy Memories looks like fun. I like the Sweet Treats design.
PolaM says
January 30, 2012 at 5:13 pmThis salad looks delicious! We have orange salads that are pretty delicious, I can imagine how also other citrus would be great!
T Jarvis says
January 30, 2012 at 5:14 pmI am also a My Memories fan on Facebook.
Jeannie says
January 30, 2012 at 6:44 pmMy favorite fruit for CNY too, just me and my 2nd boy, so we usually bond at this time of year, enjoying this fruit together:D Your salad certainly looks yummy!
Biren says
January 31, 2012 at 2:50 pmI do enjoy pomelos on its own but I think it tastes even better in a salad like this one or yee sang as some of them can be pretty tart. Yes, it is nice to share something special with that one child.
Marsha @ The Harried Cook says
January 30, 2012 at 7:30 pmI love pomelo and it’s available in stores here sometimes… Thanks for the recipe! Will try it the next time I get my hands on a pomelo! Thanks for sharing π And thats a lovely giveaway! I think the Christmas Cooking pack is adorable…
Kristi Rimkus says
January 30, 2012 at 9:11 pmMy girlfriend introduced me to pomelos. She LOVES them, so I’m sending this along to her. Love the presentation. π
MyFudo says
January 31, 2012 at 1:18 amAfter a few attempts with pomelo juice mixes turning bitter and unsuccessful, I have resolved to take an alternative route with this fruit. Rather than using the juice, i’d rather use it in fresh salads. This will be a nice way to start. Great recipe!
Biren says
January 31, 2012 at 2:59 pmI have never tried juicing it as I normally eat it fresh. I must say though that it actually tastes better in a salad. Do give this a try.
Joanne says
January 31, 2012 at 6:48 amI see pomelos int he store all the time but have never actually tasted one! This sounds like the perfect salad to kick off my inevitable love affair with them.
Haruna says
January 31, 2012 at 8:50 amThis salad looks so fresh and healthy!
Tina (PinayInTexas) says
January 31, 2012 at 10:33 amOhhh, I love pomelo esp juicy ones! That salad of yours will surely makes me happy!
Juliana says
January 31, 2012 at 12:06 pmBiren, love your pomelo salad…so refreshing and pretty with all the colors in it. Nice giveaway!
Have a great week π
Lyndsey @TheTinySkillet says
January 31, 2012 at 1:57 pmBire, what a beautiful looking salad. I will have to try this. I think I have a list as long as my arm now that I want to make from your blog! π This is peek time for ctrus around here, so nice we can get it local. I will have to pick up some pomelo. Do you have any recipes for using kumquats?
Biren says
January 31, 2012 at 3:20 pmI am glad to hear that you found many recipes on this blog that you would like to try. I know many of the dishes I cook are seasonal as I try to buy whatever is fresh and available at the stores at a given time. I was quite surprised myself at how well this salad turned out. Hubby had two servings even though pomelo on its own is not his favorite.
Unfortunately I do not have a recipe for kumquats. It would be a nice challenge though to come up with something. π
Ann@Anncoo Journal says
February 1, 2012 at 4:08 amI love this beautiful pomelo salad. So refreshing and easy to make.
That’s a great giveaway… wish I am the lucky one π
cheese recipe says
February 1, 2012 at 4:08 amyour recipe looks easy to make and also delicious…nice share
Jill @ MadAboutMacarons says
February 1, 2012 at 11:49 amBiren – I love the look of this recipe. It’s so simple but full of interesting combinations and textures in there you can’t lose with this one! Fabulous. Great on the menu cards – super idea!
Shu han says
February 1, 2012 at 12:52 pmbelieve it or not, i grew up in a chinese household, saw this every chinese new year BUT NEVER ATE IT BEFORE. it was just always on the altar to offer to the gods, and i think my aprents probably ate it after that, but it never interested me. i so wish I had, since it’s probably hard to get hold of it here in london. the salad looks yummy!
rebecca says
February 1, 2012 at 8:31 pmlovely salad and your not allowed to have folks fan you on facebook for giveaways per facebook love ya FYI
Sharon | Chinese Soup Pot says
February 1, 2012 at 11:33 pmmy favorite layout / digital scrapbooking kit is “ABC Emergency Kit”. Thanks for hosting this lovely giveaway! =)
Sharon | Chinese Soup Pot says
February 1, 2012 at 11:35 pmI’m a fan on facebook already. =)
Sharon | Chinese Soup Pot says
February 1, 2012 at 11:35 pmfollowing you on twitter!
Julie M. says
February 2, 2012 at 6:49 amI’ve been seeing the Pomelo’s at Trader Joes, but I admit that I’ve never eaten one before. Now that I know they resemble a grapefruit, I’ll definitely be giving one a go. This salad look perfect!
Hyosun Ro says
February 4, 2012 at 12:30 pmNice refreshing salad you have here, Biren! I find Pomelo in Korean markets and love them.
Magic of Spice says
February 5, 2012 at 6:12 pmI love this salad! I need to pick up some pomelos soon π
And fun giveaway π
kristy says
February 6, 2012 at 9:30 amOooo…your pamelo salad looks really interesting. Haven’t try anything like this other than yu shang. thanks so much for sharing it.
Kristy
Edith says
February 7, 2012 at 6:44 pmYou have got a nice blog. Will definitely come back for more.
Philippine Food says
July 26, 2012 at 6:13 pmis it nice to use the outer skin of Pomelo, I thought this will make the salad bitter.