Mango Salad With Grilled Shrimp - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 tablespoons dark brown sugar
2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
1 red chili pepper (about 4 inches long, thinly sliced, including seeds)
1 shallot, thinly sliced
1/4 cup fresh cilantro (chopped)
2 tablespoons of fresh mint (chopped)
2 mangoes, pitted, peeled & thinly sliced (firm-ripe)
1 1/4 lbs jumbo shrimp, shelled, tail-on, deveined
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 jalapeno chile, minced, including seeds (fresh)
2 teaspoons ground cumin
1/2 teaspoon salt

Preparation

Make mango salad: Whisk together brown sugar and lime juice in a large bowl util sugar is dissolved, then whisk in red chile, shallot, cilantro, and mint. Add mangoes, tossing gently.
Grill shrimp: beginning at thick end, insert a skewer lengthwise through each shrimp to straighten. Transfer to a tray. Prepare grill. Whisk together oil, jalapeno, cumin and salt, then brush on skewered shrimp until well coated. Grill the shrimp, turning occasionally, until lightly charred and just cooked through, about 4 minutes.
Toss mango salad again and divide among 4 plates. Arrange 4 shrimp on top of each serving.
Makes 4 first course servings or two main course servings.