Main Ingredients:

See below ingredients and instructions of the recipe

Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

2 sm Garlic cloves, crushed
1 sm Fresh red chile pepper,
-seeded and minced
2 tb Sugar
2 tb Fresh lime or lemon juice
1/4 c Rice vinegar
1/4 c Nuoc mam (Vietnamese fish
-sauce)
1 sm Carrot, shredded
1 sm Daikon or turnip, peeled and
-shredded
1 ts Sugar

---------------------VEGETABLE PLATTER--------------------------
1 lg Head of Boston lettuce,
-separated into individual
-leaves
1 bn Scallions, cut 2" lengths
1 c Coriander leaves
1 c Mint leaves
1 c Fresh Asian or regular
-basil leaves
1 Cucumber, peeled in
-alternating strips, halved
-lengthwise and sliced
-crosswise
4 oz Fresh bean sprouts

Combine the garlic, chile and sugar in a mortar and pound with a
pestle to a fine paste. Add the lime juice, vinegar, fish sauce and
1/4 cup water. Stir to blend. (Alternately, combine all ingredients
in a food processor or blender and process for 30 seconds, until the
sugar dissolves. Toss the carrot and daikon shreds with the sugar in
a small bowl. Let stand 15 minutes to soften the vegetables. Add the
Nuoc Cham to the softened vegetables and stir.

On a large platter, decoratively arrange the vegetable ingredients in
separate groups.

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