Green Beans Salad
Serves 2 | Prep 15 mins
Serves 2 | Prep 15 mins
INGREDIENTS
120g of haricots verts (green beans)
Half a tablespoon of palm sugar (or 1 teaspoon brown or white sugar)
1 small clove of garlic
A third of a cup of cherry tomatoes
1 tablespoon of fish sauce
1 tablespoon of lime juice
Half a tablespoon dried shrimps (optional)
1-2 tablespoons of peanuts to taste
1 birdeye chilli
Half a tablespoon of palm sugar (or 1 teaspoon brown or white sugar)
1 small clove of garlic
A third of a cup of cherry tomatoes
1 tablespoon of fish sauce
1 tablespoon of lime juice
Half a tablespoon dried shrimps (optional)
1-2 tablespoons of peanuts to taste
1 birdeye chilli
METHOD
1. In a mortar, add dried shrimps and pound until they turn into fluffy flakes, then remove from the mortar and set aside.
2. Gently crush a small garlic clove in the mortar, then add the haricots verts and peanuts and pound them with the pestle until the haricots verts are bruised and the peanuts lightly crushed.
3. Sprinkle the sugar, then add fish sauce and lime juice and continue to pound while stirring the content of the mortar until well mixed.
4. Add one (or only half) birdeye chilli to the mortar and crush lightly, then mix with the rest of the contents.
5. Add the cherry tomatoes to the mortar and crush them lightly. Sprinkle the shrimp flakes and toss well.
6. Check the seasoning, and add more lime juice or fish sauce as needed.
2. Gently crush a small garlic clove in the mortar, then add the haricots verts and peanuts and pound them with the pestle until the haricots verts are bruised and the peanuts lightly crushed.
3. Sprinkle the sugar, then add fish sauce and lime juice and continue to pound while stirring the content of the mortar until well mixed.
4. Add one (or only half) birdeye chilli to the mortar and crush lightly, then mix with the rest of the contents.
5. Add the cherry tomatoes to the mortar and crush them lightly. Sprinkle the shrimp flakes and toss well.
6. Check the seasoning, and add more lime juice or fish sauce as needed.
