Vietnamese Dipping Sauce

Title:
Vietnamese Dipping Sauce

Yield:
1 Cup

Categories:
Sauces,
Vietnamese




Ingredients:





     2 sm Cloves garlic, sliced


     1 ts Ground chili paste


     1    Fresh thai bird chili,


          --chopped (optional)


   2/3 c  Hot water


     2 tb Fresh lime juice with pulp


   1/4 c  Sugar


     2 tb Shredded carrots for


          Garnish


   1/4 c  Fish sauce






 Place garlic, chili paste and chili in a mortar.  With a pestle, pound into


 a paste.  (If you do not have a mortar & pestle, finely mince the garlic


 and chili.)


 


 Combine the garlic mixture with the remaining ingredients in a small mixing


 bowl.  Stir until the sugar has dissolved.  Ladle sauce into serving bowls


 and float the carrot slivers on top.


 


 Reprinted from "The Best of Vietnamese & Thai Cooking" cookbook. Favorite


 recipes from Lemon Grass Restaurants and cafes.


 Posted to MM-Recipes Digest  by scotlyn@juno.com (Daniel S Johnson) on Feb


 23, 1998