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Thai Cucumber Salad 1 tb Vegetable oil 1 tb Peanut Oil 2 tb Raw peanuts Drizzle Sesame Seed oil * optional 1 lg Asian or English type Cucumber, peeled 2-6+ Fresh red chile, Thai Dragons or Birds, to taste 1 Shallot, finely chopped 2 ts Finely chopped lime peel** 1 1/2 tb Lime juice 2 ts Fish sauce (Golden Boy or Dragonfly Brand is good) 1 ts Date Palm Sugar or Lt. Brown sugar 8 ounces Fresh salad shrimp or 2 ounces Large size dried shrimp, pounded Garnish Fresh Cilantro leaves Brown peanuts at high heat in a wok with the oil or brown in dry skillet. Chop the peanuts up. Set aside. Peel cucumber grate 1/2 of the cucumber and slice the other half in very thin slices (or grate the whole thing, or slice the whole thing, depending on which you like best). Mix everything together and serve. Garnish with chopped peants and cilantro leaves Variations: Grated cabbage or daimon in place of cucumber ** I use minced young bai magroot/kaffir lime leaves, but most don't have access so the grated lime peel is a good substitute | Related Articles | Previous Features | Site MapContent copyright © 2008 by Mary-Anne Durkee. All rights reserved.
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