Malaysian Mango Salad is a refreshing salad made with ripe mangoes, sambal, fresh coriander leaves. Spicy and addictive mango salad which has a kick from the sambal added. Enjoy this with your summer barbeque or on its own. Learn how to make mango salad with step by step pictures.
Malaysian Mango Salad
A simple refreshing salad best for summer. This salad has a little bit of kick to it because of the sambal we add into this. This dish gets its Malaysian flavour by the addition of sambal to this. Please check my Nasi lemak for the sambal recipe. So go ahead and make this dish and tell me how it turned out.
About Mango Salad
Salads are an important dish to serve for any gatherings or party. Specially if it is summer barbecue or get togethers. Making a batch of refreshing salad elevates the other dishes. Specially this summer mango salad is one of the best salad you could serve.
This is a Malaysian inspired salad recipe that has chilli paste added which makes this super delicious. The slight spice adds a new dimension of flavour to your salad.
When mangoes are in season, the first thing I whip up is this simple yet addictive salad. This calls for simple ingredients like mangoes, herbs, seasoning and lemon juice. The main ingredient that adds tons of flavour to this salad is sambal oelek also known as chilli garlic paste.
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I always have a bottle of Sambal oelek in my fridge. I like to top it over my ramen or noodles, even add some over grilled chicken or morning eggs. If you don't have sambal on hand, the next best thing is schezwan chutney or even chilli garlic sauce.
You need the pungent flavour of chilli and garlic in this salad to make it addictive. I added coriander leaves alone, but you can add basil leaves and mint leaves too.
Chopped cucumbers can be added for crunchy hit. Make this super delicious salad all summer long along with my mango cucumber salsa and mango salsa.
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Mango Salad Ingredients
- Mango - use ripe mango for making this salad. Make sure the mango is sweet but still slightly firm so it holds in the salad better.
- Fresh herbs - I used coriander leaves, you can use basil or mint leaves as well.
- Sambal - You can use store bought sambal oelek. If you don't have sambal, add chilli garlic paste or sauce. You can even use schezwan sauce.
- Salt & Sugar - taste and adjust the seasoning as per your liking. Depending on the sweetness of mangoes, you might need to add more sugar.
- Lemon juice - a squeeze of lemon instantly brightens the mango salad and makes it refreshing.
Step by Step Pictures
1)Choose ripe mangoes, but not super ripe. Else it may get mushy. Peel the mangoes and chop them into chunks.
2)Take chopped mangoes, sambal oelek, salt, sugar and chopped coriander leaves in a bowl.
3)Squeeze in fresh lemon juice. Toss gently to coat the mangoes with this spicy sauce mix.
4)Serve.
Expert Tips
- Use ripe mangoes which is slightly firm so it holds it shape. Over ripe mangoes can get mushy when tossing.
- you can add a drizzle of lime juice instead of lemon juice.
- Fresh basil leaves and mint leaves can be added into the salad.
- Some recipes using addition of chopped onions, green onions or shallots. You can add if you prefer.
- For more filling salad, you can add in chopped cucumbers as well.
Serving & Storage
This mango salad taste best on its own, but you can enjoy with summer barbeque, grilled chicken or barbeque chicken. Leftover salad can be stored in fridge upto 3 days.
FAQ
Q: Can I use under ripe mango for this recipe?
Yes you can use raw mangoes as well in this recipe. Semi ripe mangoes work great.
Q: Can I use any other chilli sauce?
Yes any chilli garlic sauce, even sambal can be used in this salad.
Q: Can I store this mango salad in fridge?
Yes mango salad can be stored upto 2 days in fridge.
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Malaysian Mango Salad Recipe (Ripe Mango Salad)
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 large Ripe Mango peeled and cubed
- 2 tablespoon Fresh Coriander leaves finely chopped
- 1½ tablespoon Sambal Oelek use schezwan chutney or chilli garlic sauce
- 1 teaspoon Salt or to taste
- 1 teaspoon Sugar
- 1 tablespoon Lemon Juice
Instructions
- Choose ripe yet slightly firm mangoes. Peel the skin off, cut either cheeks from the ripe mango. Chop them roughly into chunks.
- Take mango cubes in a mixing bowl. Add in sambal, lemon juice, salt, sugar and coriander leaves. Toss gently to combine.
- Serve.
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Carolina
What a coincidence. We both used the same ingredient today. You made it a salad and i made a sweet.
Kisses
Suma Gandlur
Very refreshing and colorful salad.
harini-jaya
sounds interesting!!
Priya (Yallapantula) Mitharwal
Yum, love the recipe 🙂
Taste Junction
Nice salad. Hope you are sending it to my event 🙂
Dzoli
Yes.mango I loev.Salad I make.It si something special:)
Gayathri Kumar
Very tasty salad...
Priya Sreeram
looks great
Anonymous
Normally we malaysians use unripe mango for this.. We add light soy sauce, sugar, n cut green chillies in small pieces n toss it all together 🙂