Vietnamese Pomelo Salad with Shrimp and Roasted Pork

Vietnamese Pomelo salad with Shrimp and Roasted pork
Taken By Susan Tran

Serving: 4

Time: 30 minutes

Cost: $20

WE MUST EAT FRUIT SALAD OFTEN! IT IS GOOD FOR OUR MIND AND BODY! That is why you should try POMELO SALAD WITH SHRIMP AND ROAST PORK!

Herbs have been used from Middle East to West for centuries. Herbs is very welcomed in almost every cultures, from being use as medicine to being added in our special dishes that fills our loved one‘s belly. Beside Herbs, fruits are also used in the making of certain dish. Fruit is  incorporated into meals because of their unique special taste it gives off. The creamy taste in squash dessert to the natural sour stuffed tomato. For instance, Vietnamese add fruit alongside with their healthy herby meals. Pomelo is one of the fruit used in the making of this special Vietnamese salad I am about to share with you today.

FUN FACT: Both the Vietnamese and Chinese culture see Pomeloas a symbol of good luck and prosperity. That is why a pomelo is commonly usedas offering to ancestor so our ancestor can look after us and sprinkle somelucks on the upcoming year. Therefore, in most Chinese and Vietnamese family,Pomelo is used on Mid-autumn Lunar New Year and the Lunar New Year offering.

Pomelo Taken By Susan Tran

BENEFITS OF THIS SALAD:

Similar like the American Fruit salad, the Vietnamese pomelo salad carry the same goal too. Both salad purpose is to helps eliminated the junk food craving by substituting a healthy light meal.

VITAMIN C:

Pomelo, a fruit belonging to the grapefruit citrus family that is filled with high amount of rich Vitamin C. Vitamin C can boost our immune system by promoting the growth of antibodies used in defending and killing bacteria that is weakening the individual health.   

WEIGHT LOSS:

Ladies! Are you catching this?According to Stylecraze, Pomelo are very high in fiber, so it keep us from experiencing the constant hunger bell since it takes a longer time to digested in our stomach. Pomelo is also mention to have a special enzyme like that help burn the human body fat by eliminating the amount of sugar and starch in our body. So Ladies! We should try to include this recipe in often! We would want to look fabulous for that upcoming spring trip bikini!

Beside pomelo, Shrimps also can play a role in our weight losing campaign because they posses a highamount of Zinc and iodine. Zinc is really special because they helps in the production of more Leptin hormones. Leptins control our body energy, so we can be more energetic and last longer without having to constantly feeling the hunger food rage. Iodine is also an important to the human body because when our iodine is not enough our thyroid will fall apart which then cause us to feel tired and lazy. Feeling tired lead to sitting all day eating is not how one will lose weight!   

THEREFORE, You MUST TRY THIS delicious irresistible Pomelo Salad with shrimp and roasted pork!

Roasted Pork and Sliced Shrimp Taken By Susan Tran

Ingredients:

-          ½lb of roast pork (about $5) (cut into thin sliced about one cm)  

-          12 shrimps (cooked, peeled, cut in half)

-          ½ medium cabbages(sliced)

-          1 bunch of Vietnamese Coriander (Rau Ram) (pluck all the leaves and chop)

-          5 sliced of green lettuce

-          ½ Pomelo

-          1 small bowl of fish sauce

-          4 tablespoon of sugars

-          1 carrot peeled and shred
3     smashed peanut and fried shallot onion (as many as you like) 

Where do we start??

Roast Pork
Fully credit to Alpha

1.       Roast Pork.  Normally, we can use breast chicken meat or regular pork meat, but in this case I decide to use roast pork due to the limited time. Since the pomelo is sour, trust me! This little salty seasoned roast pork and crunchy skin will leave us drooling. For this we can use a scissor to cut one cm strip of roast pork.

2          2.   Shrimp. Cook them for 5 minutes on high boiling water and take them out for cooling. Peeled and use a knife to cut them into halves.

Rau Ram ~ Vietnamese Coriander
Thanks to By Jean-Paul Bigand

3.       Cabbages, Green Lettuce and Vietnamese Coriander.  Washed them clean and dry them. Cut them as thin as possible.

4.       Carrot. Washed and peel the skin off. We can cut this carrot into thin sliced or shredded them.

Pomelo pulp Taken By Susan Tran

5.       Pomelo. Washed the pomelo and peel off the skin and use a scissor to cut off the seed. Grab the pulp of the pomelo and we can break up the pieces into bite size because it would be easier to dettached and quicker.

6.       Sauce.  The pomelo itself is already sour so we don’t need to add any lemon juice. The fish sauce can be added with sugar and sir it up. A little heat can help speed the sugar dissolving process.

7. MIXED EVERYTHING TOGETHER! pomelo and smash peanut can be added last as topping. 

Have you ever try any salad similar to this? Have you heard of pomelo salad? If yes, tell me about your experience when you had this salad, did you like it? Why or why not?