Ainsley Harriott served up a spicy crab noodle salad with tamarind, avocado, mango and a coconut sambal on Ainsley’s Good Mood Food.

The ingredients for the sambal are: 2-3 dried red chillies or 1 tsp dried chilli flakes, ½ tsp sugar, 75g freshly grated coconut (or unsweetened desiccated coconut soaked with 2 tbsp water), ½ small red onion or 1 shallot, peeled and chopped, 1 lime, for squeezing and sea salt.

For the Dressing: 3 tbsp light olive oil, plus extra for drizzling, 2-3 tsp tamarind paste, 2 tsp fish sauce, 4 cm fresh root ginger, grated, juice and zest of 1 lime and 2-3 tsp honey.

For the Crab Noodle Salad: 200g rice vermicelli noodles or soba noodles, 3 spring onions, finely sliced, 1 red chilli, finely sliced into rings, 1 large mango, peeled, stoned and chopped, 1 large avocado, peeled, stoned and chopped, 200g fresh white crab meat, large handful of fresh coriander, chopped, handful of fresh basil leaves, torn and 1 tbsp chopped fresh mint.

See recipes by Ainsley in his book titled: Ainsley’s Good Mood Food: 100 easy, comforting meals (including all the recipes from the major ITV series) available from Amazon now.