2 Cucumbers
3 tb Round, thin red chile
-pepper slices (with seeds)
3 tb Chopped red onions
2 Heaping tablespoons dried
-shrimp, ground to a coarse
-powder in a mortar or food
-processor (should be about
-2 tablespoons powder).
3 tb Fresh lime juice
1 1/2 tb Fish sauce
2 tb Sugar
1 tb Peanut oil
1/4 c Crushed roasted or fried
-peanuts
Peel cucumbers. Cut off the ends; cut them in half lengthwise and
scrape out the seeds. Slice them thinly into half moons. Add the
cucumbers to a bowl with the chiles and onion. Add the ground
shrimp, lime juice, fish sauce, sugar and peanut oil; toss well.
Allow to sit or serve immediately sprinkled with the peanuts.
