I love mixing savory items and fruit in the summer--as if fruit is so fresh and so in-season that it only makes sense to go wild and pair it with everything. I was on the internet one night bookmarking "summer" recipes and after I'd finished I realized all the recipes were similar: tomato and watermelon salad with avocado, pork with fresh cherry chutney. It's not necessary to pair fruit with a savory dish every night, so I chose the most interesting of all the recipes I'd found.
For this dish, beef is marinated in lime juice and curry powder and grilled (I, not owning a grill, was forced to sear in a pan). On the side is a salad (the recipe called it a chutney, but there was very little that was chutney-like about it) comprised of honeydew melon, cucumbers, lime juice, minced jalapeno peppers, cilantro, coriander, and cumin.
The pairing of fruit and meat was indeed interesting and summery, and melon and cucumber salad was truly refreshing. I served it over brown basmati rice, which turned out to be a good choice.
If I made this again, I'd probably cut the meat into smaller chunks and arrange them atop the rice (for some reason I think this would be prettier). If I had a grill I'd certainly cut the meat into chunks and grill them on skewers--I think that'd be the ultimate in presentation with this dish.
I found the recipe via Epicurious; you can find it here.
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