Friday, November 30, 2007

Glass Noodles Salad

Ingredients

200 g. glass noodles
1 cup minced pork (can be omitted if meat free)
1/2 cup sliced shallots
1 1/2 cups woodear mushrooms- cut into small pieces
3 tomatoes- cut into quarrters
3-4 tbsp lime juice
1-2 tbsp fish sauce (or soy sauce)
1 tsp palm sugar- mix in 1 tbsp of warm water
7-10 cloves garlic
5-7 small chilis
1/4 cup roasted peanuts
1/2 cup celery- cut into 1 inch pieces.

Preparation
1. Roughly pound chilis and garlic, and set aside
2. Put mushroomsin boiling water for3-4 minutes and then allow them to drain.
3. Put minced pork in boiling water and stir for 3-4 minutes until cooked. Then allow it to drain.
4. Soak glass noodles in water for 10 minutes and then dreain them. Put glass noodles in boiling water for 3-4 minutes (unitl noodles are transparent) and then allow them to drain.
5. Mix the mixture of chilis and garlic with fish sauce (or soy sauce), lime juice and palm sugar. Adjust to your preferred taste. Set aside.
6. Place noodles in a big bowl, add tomatoes, mushroom, minced pork, shallots and celery. Stir until well mixed.
7. Pour the sauce (No. 5) over the noodles and stir until well mixed. Adjust to your perferred taste.
8. Sprinkle roasted peanuts and some celeery before serving.

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