california salad

Ingredients For california salad

• THE DRESSING
• 1

  shallot, minced
• 1/2

  inch piece of ginger, chopped
• 1 clove

  garlic, chopped
• 1 1/2 Tbsp

  cilantro leave
• 1 Tbsp

  olive oil
• 2 Tbsp

  rice wine vinegar
• 1 dash

  toasted sesame oil
• 2 tsp

  mirin or rice wine
• 1 tsp

  soy sauce
• juice of 1/2 lime
• THE SALAD
• 1/2 c

  quinoa or bulgur wheat, cooked in 1 3/4 cups water and cooled
• 3

  scallions, chopped
• 2

  avocados, sliced
• 2

  navel oranges, peeled and segmented
• 20

  raw shrimp
• pickled jalapeno peppers, to serve
• cilantro, chopped, to serve