Thai style lettuce wrap (Mien cum)
Ingredients.
1/2 cup each - Toasted coconut flakes, roasted and crushed peanuts, grated raw mango, chopped onion and water chestnuts.
1/4 cup each - finely chopped giner,red chillies and spring onion.
2 tbsp each - finely chopped garlic, lemon grass and corriander.
1 tbsp - seasame oil.
1 large head iceberg lettuce.
For the sauce.
1/4 cup each raw sugar and water.
1 tsp soy sauce or plum sauce.
salt to taste.
Method.
For the sauce
Mix sugar and water together in a saucepan and heat till sugar is dissolved.Remove from stove and add soy sauce.Pour in a serving bowl and set aside.Heat oil in a frying pan fry ginger,garlic, red chillies,lemon grass,and onion until soft.Remove from fire and add the remaining ingredients.
To serve : Take a leaf , fold slightly into a cup shape.Place a spoonful of mixture in the cup and a small spoonful of the sauce. Roll up and eat !
Note - each person may assemble his or own cup.
Serves 6-8