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Banana & Pomegranate Salad Recipe

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Stephen Ceideburg 1 tb Palm Sugar

2 Pomegranates

3 Bananas

Juice of 2 limes Lime Dressing This is a side-dish from the north of India. It makes a refreshing and pretty contrast to a highly spiced dish and couldn't be simpler. Try it next time you are having a curry meal, or use it as one of several salads for entertaining. Mix together the juice of 2 limes and a tablespoon of palm sugar (or substitute brown sugar). Taste and adjust for sweet- sour balance if necessary. Cut 2 pomegranates which have been chilling in the fridge into quarters and twist each wedge to help free the seeds. Coax them out and mound them in the centre of a serving dish. Slice 3 bananas and arrange them around the peri- meter of the pomegranate seeds. Sprinkle with the lime dressing and serve. Posted by Stephen Ceideburg From an article by Meryl Constance in The Sydney Morning Herald, 5/11/93. Courtesy Mark Herron.

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        <TABLE cellSpacing=2 cellPadding=3 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD><P>Stephen Ceideburg 1 tb Palm Sugar <P>2 Pomegranates <P>3 Bananas <P>Juice of 2 limes Lime Dressing This is a side-dish from the north of India. It makes a refreshing and pretty contrast to a highly spiced dish and couldn't be simpler. Try it next time you are having a curry meal, or use it as one of several salads for entertaining. Mix together the juice of 2 limes and a tablespoon of palm sugar (or substitute brown sugar). Taste and adjust for sweet- sour balance if necessary. Cut 2 pomegranates which have been chilling in the fridge into quarters and twist each wedge to help free the seeds. Coax them out and mound them in the centre of a serving dish. Slice 3 bananas and arrange them around the peri- meter of the pomegranate seeds. Sprinkle with the lime dressing and serve. Posted by Stephen Ceideburg From an article by Meryl Constance in The Sydney Morning Herald, 5/11/93. Courtesy Mark Herron. <BR><BR></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>     <p>
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