Sunday 5 March 2017

Fennel Salad, Thai Style

ingredients: garlic 2 cloves, red chilis 4, unsalted peanuts 2 tbsp, dried shrimp 1 tbsp, palm sugar 1/2 tbsp, lime juice 1, cherry tomatoes 6, fish sauce 11/2 tbsp, fennel 1 bulb, dried berries, coconut sugar


Dry roast the peanuts and set aside. Melt the palm sugar with a tbsp of water, so you have a thick syrup.
Take garlic, sliced chilli and crush them with pestle and mortar. Add the 2 tbsp of lime juice, sugar syrup and the fish sauce crush some more. Now add the thinly sliced fennel, use the mortar to gently bash the fennel, add the cherry tomatoes (cut in half) and bash a bit more. Add the shrimp mix well.
Empty the mortar on a plate and dress with the peanuts and dried berries. Sprinkle a bit of coconut sugar on top.
Use any dried berry you like.
A deep wooden pestle and mortar works best.
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