DISH NAME : VIETNAMESE CARROT SALAD

Preparation Time : 20 minutes

Chilling Time : 30 minutes

Description

Thai sweet chilli sauce is available in supermarkets. It is a sauce with added sweetening ingredient such as fruit or a refined sugar to impart a sweet taste to the otherwise hot chili sauce. It is made with sugar, tomato paste, chilies, salt, spices and garlic powder. It is commonly used as dipping sauce or while stir frying.
Fish sauce is a light brown honey coloured liquid extracted after fermentingf fish with sea salt. It is used as an ingredient in various cuisines. Fish sauce is also used as an ingredient for dipping sauce. Most fish sauces are made from raw fish, some from dried fish. Most fish sauces contain only fish and salt, some add a variety of herbs and spices.
The peanut, or groundnut, is a species in the legume or "bean" family. The peanut was probably first domesticated and cultivated in the valleys of Paraguay. The brown shell or pod of the peanut contains two or three peanut kernels. Each oval-shaped kernel or seed is comprised of two off-white lobes that are covered by a brownish-red skin. Peanuts have a high protein content & mono saturated fats.

Note

1) I used a julienne peeler to shred carrot. Some people refer to julienne peeler as hairy peeler. In case you dont have it, use a grater.
2) Fish sauce has salt. Add salt only after checking. Fish sauce smells awful on its own, but added in salad it tastes good.

Method

1) Mix lemon juice, fish sauce,sweet chilli sauce and ginger to make the dressing.
2) Add the carrots, cabbage and mint leaves to the dressing and toss.
3) Sprinkle with groundnuts.

Serving Suggestions

Serve chilled.