Thai cucumber salad--taeng kwa brio wan

6 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
2 Cucumbers; large, peeled, halved lengthwise and sliced thinly**
1 Red onion; small, peeled, halved and sliced thinly
½ teaspoon Dried red chiles; flakes
4 tablespoons Granulated sugar
½ cup Water
5 tablespoons White vinegar
½ teaspoon Salt

Directions

This fresh relish is usually served in Thailand as an accompaniment to chicken satay with peanut sauce. Freshly made in larger amounts it can be refrigerated in jars for a week, no longer. To increase the amounts multiply the ingredients in proportion.

Place cucumber, onion and chile flakes in a mixing bowl. In a small saucepan, over low heat, dissolve the sugar in the water. Remove from the heat and stir in the vinegar and salt.Pour this mixture over the vegetables in the bowl.Stir and refrigerate until served.

**I remove the cucumber seeds.

Source: The Original Thai Cookbook Jennifer Brennan Page(s): 245 Posted to bbq-digest by Gary Wiviott <gwiv@...> on Mar 20, 1999, converted by MM_Buster v2.0l.

Related recipes