Yield: 1 Servings
Measure | Ingredient |
---|---|
2 \N | Cucumbers |
3 tablespoons | Round, thin red chile pepper slices (with seeds) |
3 tablespoons | Chopped red onions |
2 \N | Heaping tablespoons dried shrimp, ground to a coarse powder in a mortar or food processor (should be about 2 tablespoons powder). |
3 tablespoons | Fresh lime juice |
1½ tablespoon | Fish sauce |
2 tablespoons | Sugar |
1 tablespoon | Peanut oil |
¼ cup | Crushed roasted or fried peanuts |
Peel cucumbers. Cut off the ends; cut them in half lengthwise and scrape out the seeds. Slice them thinly into half moons. Add the cucumbers to a bowl with the chiles and onion. Add the ground shrimp, lime juice, fish sauce, sugar and peanut oil; toss well.
Allow to sit or serve immediately sprinkled with the peanuts.
Posted by Stephen Ceideburg; January 21 1991.