Main Ingredients:

See below ingredients and instructions of the recipe

Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

Stephen Ceideburg
2 lg Cucumbers, peeled, halved
-lengthwise and sliced
-thinly
1 sm Red onion, peeled, halved
-and sliced thinly
1/2 ts Dried red chili flakes (or
-more)
4 tb Granulated sugar
1/2 c Water
5 tb White vinegar
1/2 ts Salt

Here's an excellent side dish to go with Satay, grilled fowl or meats,
fish--just about anything you can imagine.

Sweet and Sour Cucumber Relish (Taeng Kwa Brio Wan)

Toss the cucumber, onion and chili flakes together in a bowl. In a
small saucepan, over low heat, dissolve the sugar in the water.
Remove from heat and stir in the vinegar and salt. Pour this mixture
over the veggies. Stir and refrigerate until served.

From "The Original Thai Cookbook" by Jennifer Brennan GD/Perigee,
published by Putnam. 1981.

This a is quick 'n' easy dish that's refreshing--good for a barbecue
on a hot summer day. Some of the sucessful variations that I've tried
have been: Rice vinegar for white, add thinly sliced red or green hot
chilis, use palm sugar instead of granulated.

Posted by Stephen Ceideburg

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