Sweet carrot-cucumber sambal - chiles and fish sauce

Yield: 5 servings

Measure Ingredient
1 \N Unpeeled cucumber; thinly sliced
½ large Carrot; peeled and grated
½ \N Red onion; diced small
1 tablespoon Chili pepper; minced
½ cup White vinegar
2 tablespoons Sugar
1 tablespoon Chopped cilantro
1 tablespoon Chopped fresh mint; (or less)
1 tablespoon Chopped fresh basil
1 tablespoon Fish sauce
\N \N Salt
\N \N Cracked black pepper; to taste
1 teaspoon Fresh lime juice; (optional addition)

In a medium-sized bowl, combine all ingredients and mix well. Makes about 2-½ cups. Will keep, covered and refrigerated, 1 to 2 days.

CHILE PEPPER - Use your favorite minced red or green chile pepper or substitute 2 teaspoons of red pepper flakes. Fermented FISH SAUCE - Nuoc mam (Vietnam), nam pla (Thailand), nam pa (Laos). Chris Schlesinger and John Willoughby (1993). Salsa, Sambals, Chutneys & Chowchows: Intensely Flavored "Little Dishes" from Around the World. NY: Hearst Books. Page 69 (photo)

our review - 23 My 96 Tried, adopted. C H A N G E S - Add lime. Use less spearmint (our garden's). DON'T make it too far ahead. It gets soggy! It won't keep well for several days! Dinner Plate ~ Asian Wheat Noodle with Par-Cooked Napa Cabbage Thai Curry Shrimp Sweet Carrot-Cucumber Sambal NOTES : from book - Throughout SE Asia, cooks have created a whole range of side dishes and condiments known collectively as sambals. This version combines cucumber, carrots, fresh aromatic herbs and fermented fish sauce with chile peppers. Accompany tuna or sword or use as topping for steamed rice.

Recipe by: Southeast Asian

Posted to EAT-LF Digest by PatHanneman <kitpath@...> on Apr 08, 1999, converted by MM_Buster v2.0l.

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