DO THE SAMBAL

Give the sliced bananas and desiccated coconut a break with these new ideas

Coconut and lime: Blend

2 T lime juice with ½ cup coconut water, milk or cream,

1 t dried chilli powder or flakes and 100 g grated coconut.

Crispy pineapple: Combine ½ chopped pineapple with ½ cup coconut yoghurt and top with Woolworths’ crispy onion sprinkle.

Spicy mango: Blend 100 g chopped mango or papaya with 10 g fresh coriander, ½ fresh red chilli and a thumb of ginger.

Herb sambal: Blend ½ punnet mint, ½ punnet coriander, ½ red onion, 2 green chillies, 1 clove garlic, a pinch of salt and sugar and a squeeze of lemon juice to form a paste.

Tomato and date: Blend 5 chopped dates, 1 t tamarind paste, 1 t chilli paste and

½ cup water. Toss with 4 chopped tomatoes.