Cucumber Salad

(Serves 4-6)

Ingredients

• 50 mls fish sauce
• 50 mls lime juice
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 clove garlic, thinly sliced
• 1 cucumber, peeled, halved lengthways, seeded, each half sliced paper
• thin, slices sprinkled well with salt, set aside 30 minutes, well
• rinsed in cold water and squeezed dry.
• 3 spring onions, thinly sliced on the diagonal
• ½ cup thinly sliced mint leaves
• ½ cup sweet Thai chilli sauce
• ½ cup crushed roasted unsalted peanuts.

Method

Mix the fish sauce, lime juice, sugar and garlic until the sugar has dissolved. Reserve.

Put the cucumber, spring onions and mint into a bowl, add the fish sauce mixture and mix well.

Serve each fritter with some salad on top, some chilli sauce and a sprinkling of peanuts.