Thai Spicy 'Somtam' Style Slaw

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  • Difficulty easy
  • Serves 4-6
spicy thai slaw

Ingredients

  • Half white cabbage
  • 2 x Medium carrots
  • 1 x Finely chopped bird’s eye chilli, more if desired
  • 1 x Minced garlic clove
  • 8 x Cherry tomatoes
  • 10-12 Fine green beans
  • 1 tbsp Lime juice
  • 1 tbsp Fish sauce
  • 1 tsp Sugar
  • Handful of dry roasted peanuts
  1. Grate the carrots and cut the cabbage into fine shreds.
  2. Place the garlic and chilli in a large bowl or mortar, and pound vigorously with a pestle until it becomes paste like.
  3. Add the lime juice, fish sauce, sugar and peanuts and pound for ten seconds.
  4. Add the tomatoes and beans, and pound for ten seconds.
  5. Add the cabbage and carrot and pound for ten seconds.
  6. Toss everything and serve immediately.

Tip: Increase the number of bird's eye chillies if you want to take the salad from mouthwatering to breathtakingly spicy.