Cabbage Salad

Ingredients:-                                                   Serves 6 pax

For Dressing:
Thai Fish Sauce                  30 ml/2 tbsp
Lime/Lemon rind                  1 no./3 no.s
Fresh Lime/ Lemon juice          30 ml
Coconut milk                     120 ml

For Salad:
Sunflower Oil                    15ml
Fresh red chilli                 2 no.
(seeded and thinly strips)
Garlic cloves                    6 no.
Cabbage (small shredded)         1 no.
Shallots/ bulb of 5 onion        6 no.

Garnish: Roasted peanuts (chopped)

Methods:-
- Prepare the dressing for the salad by pouring the coconut milk on a bowl and adding thai fish sauce, lime/lemon rind, fresh lime/lemon juice over it. Combine it properly and set aside.
- On a hot salt water blanch the cabbage for 4/5 minutes and put it through the cold running water. Bring it to the dressing and toss it into the dressing.
- Take a frying pan heat it, add sunflower oil and gradually add fresh red chilli, garlic cloves and shallots respectively. Stir fry it and set aside.
- Now combine the stir-fried items with cabbage and dressings, toss/combine it properly. Refrigerate it.
- While serving on plates garnish cabbage salad with chopped roasted peanuts on top.