Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 5 minutes
Total Time: 10 minutes
Ingredients:
- 1/4 cup water
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 garlic clove
- 1 small shallot
- 1/2 cup fish sauce
- 5 teaspoons fresh lime juice
- 2 teaspoons salt
Preparation:
In a small saucepan, bring the water to a boil and add the sugar, stirring to dissolve. Set aside and allow to cool.
Pound the garlic and shallot into small pieces with a mortar and pestle; or grind in a food processor. Stir into sugar water, then add fish sauce, lime juice, and salt.
Use with Banana Blossom Salad.
Yield: about 4 servings
Recipe Source: The Elephant Walk Cookbook by Nyoum Trayong Chaek (Houghton Mifflin)
Reprinted with permission.
Pound the garlic and shallot into small pieces with a mortar and pestle; or grind in a food processor. Stir into sugar water, then add fish sauce, lime juice, and salt.
Use with Banana Blossom Salad.
Yield: about 4 servings
Recipe Source: The Elephant Walk Cookbook by Nyoum Trayong Chaek (Houghton Mifflin)
Reprinted with permission.
